' PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

the records of this year I find the first for- mal assignment of a sum of money from the funds of the club to be distributed among the poor of' the city. The year was for the club a more than usually eventful and prosperous one. In the session of the Provincial Assem- bly of 1881, the Caledonian Club was incor- porated. The committee appointed to apply to the House of Assembly for the act of in- corporation consisted of the chief, Hon. A. A. McDonald; the president, John A. Mc- Donnell; vice-presidents, A. McNeill and Angus McDonald; treasurer, J. W. Morri- son; recording secretary, R. J. Campbell, John S. McDonald and Robert Shaw. About the close of the year 1882 a com- mittee to get up an entertainment for the re- lief of the poor was appointed. The commit-

tee was composed of the following members: Hon. A. A. McDonald, Joseph A. McDon-

ald, J. W. Morrison, Capt. S. McRae, John McPhee, Robert Campbell, A. McNeill, John S. McDonald. The survivors of this com- mittee at the time of the writing of this ar- ticle are Hon. A. A. McDonald, Messrs. John McPhee, Robert Campbell and John S. Mc- Donald. The others have departed this life, to be rewarded for their charitable work.

In August of the following summer the games, or field sports, were held at Char- lottetown and were quite successful, finan- cially at least, for the gross receipts amounted

to $888.38. But even more successful was .

the gathering of 1883, when the gross re- ceipts amounted to $1,065.59. Several of those who competed in the games of the last mentioned year went to the celebration which took place soon afterwards at Pictou, and were successful in winning several prizes. In July, 1884, the chief of the club was appointed Lieutenant-Govemor of this Prov- ince. At a meeting of the club a committee

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was nominated to draw up a complimentary address, which was presented to him a few days afterwards. Later in the year a liter- ary society, in connection with the club, was organized for the study of Scottish history and poetry and the discussion of the leading questions of the time.

In August, 1885, a special meeting of the club took place for the purpose of ap- pointing a committee to present an address to Bishop McIntyre, on the occasion of his silver jubilee. which was then about to be celebrated, “the Bishop being a prominent Scotchman,” as stated in the minutes of the club.

On account of the smallpox epidemic of 1885 the usual St. Andrew’s dinner did not take place. The members met in their club room on St. Andrew’s day, the first day of the club year, and after the installation of officers, adjourned.

The most important event of 1887 was the celebration of the Victoria Golden Ju- bilee. In this celebration the club took a conspicuous part and forwarded an address to be presented to the Queen.

At the close of the regular monthly meeting of January, 1889. the club held a short entertainment in celebration of Bums’ anniversary. The program consisted of songs, recitations and addresses. Several entertainments had been held before this in aid of the poor of the city. Here, however. we may recognize for the first time our famed Bums concert, which is now an an— nual event in the history of the Caledonian Club. The following year there was a sim- ilar entertainment, bearing on the songs, poems, life and character of Robert Burns. These concerts or entertainments were cer- tainly not so highly perfected and elaborate, and it may be said with equal certainty that