PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

Judge Alley was a member of the Numis- matic and Antiquarian Societies of Canada and always evinced a keen interest in the

local and general history of Prince Edward Island.

Dr. Gordon T. Alley received his ele— mentary education in the public schools of Charlottetown, from whence he entered Bishop’s College School, at Lenoxville, Que- bec, where he spent four years. He next entered McGill University, where he gradu- ated in June, 1899, with the degree of M. D. C. M. He then returned to Charlotte- town and entered upon the active practice of his profession. In 1902 he went abroad for a year, spending his time in the hospitals of Edinburgh, Glasgow and London, and there took the triple qualifications in Great Britain, and in April, 1903, there were con- ferred upon him the degrees of L. R. C. P., L. R. C. S., and L. F. G. Upon his return to Charlottetown Doctor Alley resumed his practice and has been successful to a gratify— ing degree. He is now doing effective ser- vice on the staff of the Prince Edward Island Hospital.

Doctor Alley takes a keen interest in local affairs and in 1903 was elected a mem- ber of the city council of Charlottetown and re-elected in 1906. He is a member of the police committee, of which he is chairman. and also a member of the market committee and the street committee. He is also a com- missioned oflicer in the Prince Edward Is- land Light Horse. While a student in Mc- Gill University the Doctor took a prominent part in footballand in ’98 captained the team. Since retuming home he has taken up golf, being generally considered one of the lead- ing golf players of the province. He is an active member of the Golf Club and the Charlottetown Club. He is an ardent ad—

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mirer of good horse flesh andis the possessor of some swell turnouts. A man of splendid personal qualities and recognized ability, the Doctor enjoys the highest esteem and re— gard of a wide circle of acquaintances.

C. CAVAN DUFFY, barrister, of Char- lottetown, was born in Kinkora, Prince county, Prince Edward Island, on Novem- ber 2, 1874, and is the son of James M. and Elizabeth (Smith) Duffy, both natives of the same place. The paternal grandfather, Patrick Duffy, was a native of County Mon— ahan, Ireland, and came to Prince Edward Island in 1844, being one of the original settlers of Kinkora, where he followed farm- ing, the original homestead being still in the possession of the family, and being now operated by the subject’s father. Of the latter’s seven children. the subject of this sketch is the eldest. He received his early education in the public schools, and took the scholarship for Prince county entitling him to two years’ training in Prince ofVVales College. Upon the completion of his col- legiate course, Mr. Duffy engaged in teach— ing school in Prince and Queens counties, at which he continued for three years. He then entered St. Duncan’s College. at Char- lottetown. from which he graduated to take up the study of law under W. A. O. Morson. K. C. He was admited to the bar, at the Easter term, 1903, and was the first to re— ceive the benefit of the newlaw which allowed a student obtaining over seventy-five per cent. of the aggregate number of marks in the final examinations to be admitted at once as a barrister of the Supreme Court. He