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NO. SPROTT ARCHIBALD, Q.C., D.C.L., professor of Constitutional and Criminal Law, McGill University, Montreal, Que., was born September 8th, 1843, in Musquodoboit, Halifax county, Nova Scotia. His father was Wm. G. Archibald, and his mother, Nancy Archibald, a relative of his father. John S. Archibald is the next to the youngest in a family of five. He was educated in Truro, N.S., at the Presbyterian Seminary. In 1864, he came to Montreal, and took the Arts course in McGill University, from which he graduated in 1867, with the degree of B.A., and winning the Prince of Wales gold medal. He afterwards studied law in the office of the late John A. Perkins, taking also the law course at McGill, graduating B.C.L. in 1870, and receiving the Elizabeth Torrance gold medal. He was admitted to the Bar in January, 1871. He first practiced alone, and later with Mr. McCormick, under the firm name of Archibald & McCormick. In 1887, he dissolved this partnership, and formed one with Hon. W. W. Lynch, Q.C., who was solicitor general of the Province of Quebec for many years, and Geo. G. Foster, under the firm name of Archibald, Lynch & Foster. In 1871, Mr. Archibald was appointed lecturer on criminal law in McGill University, and in 1880, he was made professor of criminal and constitutional law. In 1887, he received the degree of Doctor of Civil Law, and also the distinction of Queen's Counsel, from the

Canadian Government. Mr. Archibald is one of the most scholarly men, who grace either the educational or the legal profession of Montreal, and his scholastic attainments are only equalled by his practical ability. In 1884, he was elected alderman of St. Antoine Ward, which office he held for six years, being elected by acclamation in 1887. In 1885, he was appointed revising officer, under the Franchise Act, for the electoral division of Montreal West. In religion, he is a Presbyterian, and in politics a Conservative. In July, 1871, he married Ellen Hutchinson, of Bluevale, Ont. His family consists of five children.

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EV. ALEX. RICHARD, Methodist minister, Huntsville, Ontario, was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, and came to this country in 1857. He was converted in his twentieth year, and joined the Bible Christian Church. He taught school for three and a half years, during which time he took work as a local preacher. He attended the Normal School,Toronto, one session and a half, and was received on trial for the ministry in 1867, and sent to P.E. Island. After three years on the Island, he returned to Ontario, and attended Victoria College, Cobourg, for one year, after which he was sent to

Chagrin Falls, Ohio, U.S.A. He was ordained in June, 1872, at Cobourg, Ont., and has filled among others, the following charges: Lakefield, St. Thomas, Belleville, Columbus, Manilla, Orono, Dalston, Rosemont, Tottenham and Beeton. He was appointed district chairman at the last conference, June, 1892, and has been a member of the Board of Conference Examiners for a number of years. He is a liberal in politics, a zealous temperance advocate, and a fearless and practical preacher. He was married, January 29th, 1874, to Miss M. Lake, third daughter of the late Johu Lake, of Sarnia, Ont.

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AS. C. MURDOCH, book and job printer, Walkerville, Ont., was born in Girvan, Scotland, May 7th, 1855. His parents, John L. and Rebecca (Clark) Murdoch, were highly exemplary people, who emigrated to Canada in 1857, and after one year's residence in London, Ont., settled in Sandwich. The former was a printer by trade, and is now deceased; the latter is still living. Mr. Murdoch Mr. Murdoch was educated in the Sandwich public schools, after which he entered his father's office, and learned the business thoroughly. He is now (1892), operating for himself, and by his unques

tioned integrity and industry, is quietly building up a desirable business. He furnishes estimates for work at shortest notice, and does plain and fancy printing at reasonable rates. Mr. Murdoch is very considerate of his employees, and is therefore quite popular with them, and also retains the confidence of the public in general. He is a member of the Church of England, and belongs to the Knights of Pythias, in which order he is deputy district grand chancellor of the 5th Erie district. He was married in 1890, to Miss Caroline, daughter of John Kirby, Esq., of Basingstoke, England.

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ILLIAM HENRY HUTTON, of the firm of James Hutton & Co., Montreal, Que., was born in Sheffield, Eng., October 8th, 1834. He is the son of William Carr and Mary Anne (Hinchcliffe) Hutton, of that city. His father was the original maker of nickel silver goods, and one of the pioneers of the electro plate trade. Mr. Hutton was educated at the Pension "Sillig," at Vevey, on the Lake of Geneva, Switzerland. As soon as his education was completed, he entered the hardware trade, and has continued in that calling. He came to Canada in 1856, to join his uncle, the late James Hutton, who was then the head of the firm of which the subject of this sketch is now sole proprietor. They represent in this country the celebrated houses of Thomas Firth & Son, limited; Joseph Rodgers & Son, limited; William Hutton & Sons; Steel, Peech & Tozer, limited, and other well-known firms. In religion, Mr. Hutton is an Episcopalian. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and was worshipful master of St. Paul's Lodge, No. 374, E.R., from 1867 to 1870. He has been deputy district grand master in charge of the Montreal district of English masonry since 1886. He joined the Victoria Rifles of Canada at their formation in 1862, and served as adjutant of the first administrative battalion on the Western frontier, from December, 1864 to May, 1865. In the year 1868, he was made lieutenant-colonel of the Victoria

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Rifles, and seven years later, after thirteen years of service, he retired, retaining rank. In politics, Mr. Hutton is a Liberal-Conservative. 1872, he was appointed Justice of the Peace in Peace in Montreal. Whether as a business man in charge of very important interests as a prominent member and office bearer of the masonic fraternity, as a soldier, a Justice of the Peace, or as a private citizen, Mr. Hutton is a decided success. He married Cornelia Middagh, daughter of the late Joseph Henshaw, of Brooklyn, New York, 1862, and two daughters have been born to them.

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OS. HERMYLE LECLAIR, land surveyor, St. Jérôme, Que., was born May 8th, 1845, in Ste. Thérèse, county of Terrebonne, P. Q. He went to the common schools, in Ste. Thérèse, until he was ten years of age, and afterwards was educated in the College of Ste. Thérèse, which he left in 1863. He then acted for a year as teacher of mathematics in that college, after which he came to Montreal and undertook the study of land surveying. He studied for three years with Mr. Joseph Rielle, and was admitted into practice on January 9th, 1869. He made the first exploration survey of the

railway between Montreal and St. Jérôme, also the first exploration for the railway between Barrie and Orillia. He was appointed as an employee in the Cadastre Office in Montreal, with instructions to survey or have surveyed all the towns and farms, in the Island of Montreal. In 1873, he was sent to take charge of a similar office in St. Jérôme, his work there, to be in connection with the district of Terrebonne. This work he finished in 1880, but he continued at St. Jérôme, practicing his profession of land surveying, and he still resides there, having an office in Montreal, which he opened in the Fall

of 1888. He has drawn a map of Deux-Montagnes, and also one of the county of Terrebonne, which has given great satisfaction. For a long time he has been a prominent figure in politics, in St. Jérôme, being mayor of that town for three years, and warden of the county of Terrebonne, for two years. He was the chief organizer of the election for Mr. Chapleau in that county. In politics, he is a conservative. He has been for two terms member of the Board of Land Surveyors for the Province of Quebec. In religion, he is a Roman Catholic and belongs to the Catholic Benevolent Legion. He was married. to Miss Emma Desnoyers, niece of Judge Desnoyers, August 6th, 1872. His family consists of five children, two boys and three girls. Mr. Leclair's brother has recently been elected M.P., for the county of Terrebonne.