PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 543 business, in which lines he is still engaged, being successful in his operations and stand¬ ing high in general esteem. D. J. Riley attended the public schools and College, after which he learned the business of tobacco manufactur¬ ing with his uncle, T. B. Riley , with whom he continued as an employe until 1904, when he became a partner in the enter¬ prise, under the firm name of T. B . & D. J. Riley . The product manufactured by them consists chiefly of plug and twist tobacco and is sold throughout Prince Edward Is ¬ land, Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and por¬ tions of Quebec , being considered high class goods. Mr. Riley thoroughly under¬ stands every detail of the business and is by his personal efforts contributing largely to the present prosperity of the firm. He takes a healthy interest in public affairs and in 1904 was elected a member of the lottetown city council from the second ward. In politics he supports the Liberal party. while fraternally he is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus and the Independent Order of Foresters. William C. White , who occupies the two positions of register of deeds of Prince Edward Island and commissioner of public lands, is a native of Charlottetown , where he was bom on November 23, 1847. His grandfather on the paternal side, William White , who was a native of Cornwall . Eng¬ land, came to Charlottetown in 1818 and here followed his profession as a ship draughtsman, being one of the first men in his line to locate on this Island. He also engaged in the building of ships, most of which were for the sealing and British trade. Mr. White died in 1858. The subject's parents were William and Sarah (Found) White, both also natives of Cornwall , Eng¬ land, the father's birth occurring in 1815. The latter had learned the shipbuilding trade under his father and afterward continued it on his own account. He was a competent navigator, sailing his own ships to various ports, where he sold them. He died in 1904, in his ninetieth year. William C. White obtained his educa¬ tion at the old , Charlotte¬ town, after which he engaged in clerking for the firm of Peake Brothers, with whom he continued three years. He then entered the employ <>f the late Henry Haszard , and when the latter retired from business in 1868 Mr. White went to work for Peter W. Hyndman . In the fall of 1869 he went into partnership with Mr. Hyndman at Mon¬ tague, where he had charge of the shipbuild¬ ing and trading business of the firm. This business was closed in 1874 on account of the failure of the shipbuilding industry. In 1876 Mr. White engaged in farming at Mon¬ tague. In July, 1891, he received the ap¬ pointment as register of deeds of the prov¬ ince, which necessitated his removal to Charlottetown . In 1901 he received the ad¬ ditional appointment as commissioner of public lands, and is now holding these two offices, which are worked under one depart¬ ment. While residing at Montague, Mr. White took an active part in the political affairs of the province, being twice the nom¬ inee of the Liberal party for the fourth electoral () district of Kings county. Although defeated, the returns show that the vote polled by him was as large as has been obtained by his party in this dis¬ trict at subsequent elections.