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Lieut. John A. McDonald, being about to depart for service in South Africa, was presented by the club with a valuable ring and an address. On the following evening the members assembled in the clubroom and, under the direction of Marshal W. Dodd Small, marched to the railroad station, where they bade farewell to their fellow clansman. In March the club joined the other national societies of the city in cele- brating the relief of Ladysmith, South Africa. On August 27th, on the invitation of the Whelan Monument Demonstration Committee, it marched in regalia in the procession to the athletic association grounds. to assist in making the demon- stration a success. The club joined in the celebration in honor of the soldiers' re- turn from South Africa. The members marched from the clubroom. under the direc- tion of their marshal, W. Dodd Small, to the railway station, and then to Market Square, where addresses were delivered by some eminent men. Afterwards in the club- room addresses and souvenirs were pre- sented to Chaplain Fullerton and Lieutenant McDonald, members of the club, in pres- ence of the club and several visitors, ladies and gentlemen. A resolution of condolence on the death of her late Majesty, Queen Victoria, was adopted at the regular month- ly meeting of February 26th.

The annual gathering took place this year in the Amateur Athletic Association Park, Charlottetown. The Governor Gen- eral. Lord Minto, and Lady Minto, who were at the time visiting the province, came to see the games in response to the invita- tion of the club. An address read by Presi- dent Stewart was presented to them, to which His Excellency replied in felicitous terms. They remained for an hour and a

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half interested spectators of the games then taking place. The Boys’ Highland Brigade, on this as well as several other occasions, contributed much to the imposing appear- ance of the march to the grounds and of the return march to the clubroom after the games were ended.

A communication was received from the city council stating that it was desirable that the citizens of Charlottetown should cele- brate in a public manner the coronation of His Majesty, King Edward VII, on the 26th of June. It was also intimated that a public procession of the various military so— cieties and of the children of the city schools to Victoria Park would form part of the proceedings, and the co-operation of the Caledonian Club was solicited. This celebra- tion did not, however. take place until the 9th of August, as the serious illness of His Majesty necessitated a postponement of the coronation ceremony. On that day it took place, when the club, with clansman Lorne Robertson as marshal, marched to the Mar- ket Square and after taking its proper posi- tion in the procession. advanced to the park in the general parade of the military and so- cieties of the city. After participating in the exercises in the park the club returned to their rooms.

In October, 1903. Lord Dundonald. commander-in-chief of the Canadian mili- tia. visited Charlottetown on official busi- ness and was presented with an address on behalf of the club by clansmen Small, Paton. Rev. T. F. Fullerton and Colonel Stewart.

The St. Andrew’s dinner, famed for its quaint and old-time customs; the entrance of a clansman bearing aloft the haggis. and preceded by the piper playing a spirited Scottish march; the address to the haggis, delivered in the sonorous and forcible dialect