THE DEPARTING YEAR
\Vc Iicivc 110 rciisoii to think t,liiit i t iviis lit tile wry end of Dccciiibcr tliiit, C'olcridgc snw tlic t rriiii of t,hc deporting ycrir. I-ic mny well hnvc bccii iiblc n fcw wccke carlicr to scc tlic pngcnnt of tlint, period iiiiirslinllcd bcforc Iiini. N'c tlicreforc oflcr no npology for piilJIisliing our siirvcy HOK, rittlicr tliiiii nt it Inter tlnte. It. is plciisniit to sit, slicltcrcd on litiid iuntl ivntcli otbers struggling witli tlic tcmpcstuoiis scns. 1\11 early writer on tile ntoiiiic tlicory put this iicntly niid melodiously wlicn he wrote : 'I Stiuce, rtiuri ititrgno t t i r h d h s crepuoru vetitis, B terra r t i q w t t i crlteriws speclnrc 1uboreiJi." lye iirc glnd to tlriiik tliiit in this stormy iiud daiigerous t h o we iirc, it. ~iiiy rritc for the iiioinciit, not csposcd to t,lic Iiiiiiiifcst duiigcrs qiiitc so iinmediittcly ns scvcrnl of our iieigliloiirs niid friends. l'c wish thc storiii would subsitlc, tlint tlic wirriors of today could betit tlicir swords into ploughslitires niid their spears int.0 pruning hooks, and tliat tlic uations could rcfrniii from borrowing moncy for t,lie innnufacture of giins rind riiiiliiuiiitioii. Therc iirc very iiiniiy plcnsrriitcr iuitl iiiorc profitnlilc wnys of proinoting thc prentcst good of t,lic grctitest niinibcr. THE KING'S JUBILEE Tile King's Juliilce stiiiitls out its 11 time of 1111cloutlcd rejoicing rind spoiittincoiis loyitlty. It viis just it visible sign of tlic iiflictioii rind rcspec~ wliicli we 1111 feel for our sovcrcign irnd his fiiiiiily circle;