WM. MILER MAGRATH, rector rist Church R. E., Barrie, Ont., was born at the Lakes of Killarney, Kerry, Ireland, in the year 1832, only surviving son of the late James Magrath, Esq., of the Irish Poor mmission, and grandson of Lt. Col.Magrath, of the 87th Royal Irish Regioot, who served for the long period ree years in the British army. Mr. was educated in Dublin for mercanand came to Canada with his family 1, and for the period of sixteen years he one of the most prominent and popular mercial travellers in the Dominion. Reng mercantile life in 1889, he was orned to the ministry of the Reformed Epispal Church by the Right Rev. Samuel Sallowes, D.D., presiding bishop, and was then appointed rector of Christ Church, Barrie, which position he still occupies. Mr. Magrath was married in 1857 to Emily, daughter of Wm. Atkinson Sadlier, Esq., Sea Park, Malahide, County Dublin, and neice of Very Rev. Frank Sadlier, D.D., Provost, T. C.D.

UNCAN MCNABB HALLIDAY, Chesley, Ont., was born May 2nd, 1837, in the County of Renfrew, Ont. His parents were John Halliday and Catherine McNabb, of Perthshire, Scotland. The subject of our sketch received such an education as the schools of his day afforded. He first engaged in the lumber business in Renfrew County. In 1857 he removed to Chesley and engaged in the general store business, being the pioneer storekeeper of the town. Mr. Halliday is a public-spirited citizen, and has held many trustworthy offices in the town and county. He has been treasurer of the town since its incorporation, and postmaster and Justice of the Peace since 1873. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has been an elder for ten years. He has also been secretary and treasurer of the School Board for twenty-four years. Mr. Halliday was married in April, 1867, to Miss Graham, daughter of William Graham, of Carlisle, England. He has one of the handsomest residences in Chesley, where he lives happily with his family.

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managing clerk. In 1880 he entered into partnership with him under the firm of Cameron & McPhillips, which continued nine years. Mr. McPhillips then practiced alone in Toronto until 1891, when he removed to London. The firm of Cameron & McPhillips were solicitors for many of the large corporate bodies, such as the Grand Junction Railway, Belleville and North Hastings Railway, Canadian Pacific (during construction), Old Dominion, Montreal and Great Western Telegraph Companies, and Ontario solicitors for the Western Union Telegraph Company, of New York. Mr. McPhillips has been engaged in some of the most important law cases of the past ten years, several of which were argued before the Privy Council in England, and has had charge of celebrated divorce and alimony suits before the Canadian Senate. He has been Professor of Law and Examiner in St. Michael's College four years, and has taken all but the final examination for LL.B. in Toronto University. He has travelled extensively on the continent of Europe and through the United States, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and possesses one of the finest private libraries in Canada. He enjoys a large and lucrative practice, having clients not only here, but in England and Germany. In politics, Mr. McPhillips is a prominent Conservative, and has conducted many contested election cases. In religion he is a Roman Catholic.

ATRICK MCPHILLIPS, barrister, solicitor, notary public, etc., London, Ont., was born 8th March, 1857, in the township of Markham. He left home at eleven years of age, attending Fairfield Academy first, and afterwards St. Michael's College, Toronto. He also received additional private tuition in classics. He matriculated in law, and became a member of the Law Society in 1875, and was called to the Bar in 1880. He was four years in the office of W. R. Meredith, Q.C. and M.P.P., and then entered the office of Hector Cameron, Q.C., Toronto, as

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EV. WM. MILER MAGRATH, rector Christ Church R. E., Barrie, Ont., was born at the Lakes of Killarney, County of Kerry, Ireland, in the year 1832, and is the only surviving son of the late James Lawson Magrath, Esq., of the Irish Poor Law Commission, and grandson of Lt.-Col.James Magrath, of the 87th Royal Irish Regiment of Foot, who served for the long period of fifty-three years in the British army. Magrath was educated in Dublin for mercantile life, and came to Canada with his family in 1874, and for the period of sixteen years he was one of the most prominent and popular commercial travellers in the Dominion. Resigning mercantile life in 1889, he was ordained to the ministry of the Reformed Episcopal Church by the Right Rev. Samuel Fallowes, D.D., presiding bishop, and was then appointed rector of Christ Church, Barrie, which position he still occupies. Mr. Magrath was married in 1857 to Emily, daughter of Wm. Atkinson Sadlier, Esq., Sea Park, Malahide, County Dublin, and neice of Very Rev. Frank Sadlier, D.D., Provost, T.C.D.

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UNCAN MCNABB HALLIDAY, Chesley, Ont., was born May 2nd, 1837, in the County of Renfrew, Ont. His parents were John Halliday and Catherine McNabb, of Perthshire, Scotland. The subject of our sketch received such an education as the schools of his day afforded. He first engaged in the lumber business in Renfrew County. In 1857 he removed to Chesley and engaged in the general store business, being the pioneer storekeeper of the town. Mr. Halliday is a public-spirited citizen, and has held many trustworthy offices in the town and county. He has been treasurer of the town since its incorporation, and postmaster and Justice of the Peace since 1873. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has been an elder for ten years. He has also been secretary and treasurer of the School Board for twenty-four years. Mr. Halliday was married in April, 1867, to Miss Graham, daughter of William Graham, of Carlisle, England. He has one of the handsomest residences in Chesley, where he lives happily with his family.

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E. MILLWARD, M.D., Grimsby, Ont., was born in April, 1838, in the township of Grimsby. He was educated at the public schools of Grimsby and Nelson townships, and afterwards attended the Saltfleet school. He then taught school for a time, and after taking a second-class certificate, attended for a time the Milton Grammar School. In 1860 he entered the medical department of Victoria College, where he graduated in 1864. On leaving college he relieved two physicians, who were temporarily absent from practice, and then began practice for himself at Grimsby, which he has ever since carried on successfully. In religion Mr. Millward is an Episcopalian. In politics a Liberal-Conservative. He belongs to the Masonic body, is a member of the Royal Arch Knight Templars, Scottish Rite up to the thirty-second degree, of the A.O. U.W., Canadian Order of Foresters, and various other societies. He was married on the 11th of February, 1873, to Charlotte R., daughter of H. Salisbury, New York State, U.S.A.

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YRON WARREN BURR, furniture manufacturer, Guelph, Ont., was born September 23rd, 1840, at Dover, Vt., U.S.A. He is the son of Lyman and Elizabeth Rice Burr, descendants of the earliest settlers in Massachussets. He received his education at the public schools, and in 1862 came to Canada and settled in Guelph. For a period of ten years he had the contract for ornamenting and gilding the well-known Raymond sewing machines. In 1872 he relinquished this branch of business and commenced the manufacture of furniture in company with his brother, F. C. Burr, and F. B. Skinner, the latter retiring in 1882, a business that from small beginnings has grown to be one of the largest of its kind in Canada, it being well known from one end of the Dominion to the other. Mr. Burr is a prominent and active member of the Methodist Church in Canada, and also holds the offices of trustee and steward. He was married in 1876 to Helen, daughter of William Mitchell, of Guelph, Ont. They have a family of two daughters.