208 PAST AND PRESENT OF Island. He was accompanied by Le Baron Coleman, high chief ranger, F. W. Emmer- son, high secretary, and Alexander W. Mc- Rae, high counsellor of the of New Brunswick . The convention was held in the Society hall (Wright's Building), Charlottetown , and opened at 8 p.m., on Au¬ gust 18, 1893. Of the eighteen courts with a total membership of 468, fourteen were represented by twenty-seven delegates. The four not represented were St. John, Albino, Ferndale, and New London . After the cus¬ tomary ceremony and speeches, the follow¬ ing officers were installed by Judge Wedderburn : High Chief Ranger, J. M. Martin , M. D. , Montague. Past H. C. Ranger . Daniel Stewart , Summerside . High Vice High Chief Ranger , James B. Russ , Summerside . High Secretary , John M. Clark , ¬ merside. High Treasurer , John Agnew , Alberton . High Physician , H. D. Johnson , M. D. , Charlottetown . High Counsellor , Percy YV 7 Carver, Pownal . High Auditors , Rev. W. H. Spargo , Murray Harbour ; Charles A. McNutt , Ken¬ sington. High Chaplain , Rev. W. H. Spencer , Montague. High Senior Woodward, M. McLeod, Milton. High Junior Woodward , J. F. Covey , M. D. (since deceased), Crapaud . High Senior Beadle , Geo. Houston, New Cilasgow. High Junior Beadle , H. W. Turner , O'Leary . High Messenger , D. Preston McNutt , Malpeque . High Marshal , Jas. R. McKie , lottetown. High Conductor , Thomas Moyse , Bedeque . The office of high journal secretary was left vacant, but was afterwards filled by the appointment by the high secretary of L. U. Fowler , a member of Court Minnewawa, No. 215, Daniel Stewart , J. M. Martin , M. D. , da H. D. Johnson , M. D. , were elected repre¬ sentatives to the , which was to meet in Chicago on August 31st. The rep¬ resentatives and others who attended the meeting of the had an op¬ portunity of attending the World's Fair, then being held in Chicago. Rev. G. M. Campbell , then in St. John, since pastor of the First Methodist church of Charlottetown , was one of the rep¬ resentatives from New Brunswick . Many who have heard the Rev. G. M. Campbell 's lecture on the "" will remember that he gave the Foresters credit for securing him the opportunity of seeing the World'•■ Fair where he gathered the material for his popular talk. The membership at this time was 54,484 with a surplus of S858.S57.S.,. During the next year one new court was organized by J. M. Clark ', high secretary. When the met in Charlottetown on August 14, 1894, the membership had grown to 62,738, of whom 558 were in Prince Edward Island . The accumulated funds had increased to $1,018,484.62. When one million dollars had been laid aside for the future, the executive council celebrated the occasion by an outing to Foresters' , and by issuing a badge known as the "Million Dollar" badge. The next meeting of the was held in London, England , in August, 1895. John M. Clark was the representative