The following students at the Law School, Osgoode Hall, have passed the Christmas examinations for the first year:-C. Black, S. Factor, C. A. Payne, C. Finlayson, P. E. F. Simly, C. A. Paul, J. S. Duggan, L. C. Jarvis, Miss E. L. Paterson, Miss M. E. Buckley, M. C. Purvis, R. O. Daly, H. A. O'Donell, J. M. Riddell, S. M. Phoenix, P. L. Armstrong, W. R. Campbell, H. Blake, Jr., H. N. Farmer, J. V. Guilfoyle, W. H. Beatty, H. E. Manning, J. E. Lawson, A. H. Plant, J. K. Paul, T. Eakin, J. U. Garrow, W. W. Parry, C. F. Leonard, C. W. G. Gibson, C. H Watson, J. H. Best, T. J. Galligan, T. J. Murphy, F. H. Barlow, J. F. Strickland, W. G. Hanna, A. C. Casselman, W. D. Bell, G. E. Edmonds, F. A. A. Campbell, M. E. Mulhern, K. B. Maclaren, J. H. Naughton, H. R. Alley, M. Aylesworth, N. M. Retallack, C. P. Plaxton, T. J. MacEwen, J. P. Walsh, C. F. Elliott, D. McConnell, J. Idington, G. McTeigue, A. H. Robertson, J. A. W. Robinson, J. G. Bole, R. Code, G. B. Jackson, S. M. Scott, E. M. Rowand, N. A. Keys, F. Baalim, D. B. Sinclair, J. O. Buckley, G. M. Malone, F. C. Richardson, W. R. Willard, Tom. Brown, J. C. MacFarlane, J. G. A. M. Schiller, N. J. Macdonald, H. W. Macdonnell, R. B. Whitehead, A. Chenier, H. B. Neely, W. G. Lumsden, C. J. Bovaird, R. H. Green, W. S. Montgomery, H. McConnell, R. A. Olmsted, J. S. McLaughlin, D. McArthur, L. V. Fitzpatrick, D. E. Dean, C. H. Higgins, A. L. Shaver, R. S. Clark, W. F. Greig, J. J. Hunt, R. A. Patchell, O. A. Lauzon, W. M. Cox, W. B. McPherson, R. L. White, A. J. Johnson, S. H. Brown.

The following students at the Law School, Osgoode Hall, have passed the Christmas examinations for the second. year: Isidor Finberg, H. S. Hamilton, E. R. Thomson, F. E. Hetherington, L. Macaulay, P. W. Beatty, J. R. Rumball, S. Rogers, D. W. Lang, W. P. MacKay, S. J. Birnbaum, N. S. Caudwell, A. Singer, E. H. Cleaver, S. G. Metcalfe, E. Bristol, G. W. Walrond, H. A. Beckwith, G. D. McLean, L. C. Outerbridge, Wm. McNally, J. F. P. Birnie, V. E. Gray, H. Obee, R. M. Dick, E. M. Reeve, L. W. Wood, J. S. Beatty, H. S. Robinson, J. W. Broudy, H. H. Ellis, A. W. Langmuir, O. Sauve, W. H. Bennett, E. P. Dowdall, B. H. L. Symmes, J. W. Gauvreau, N. M. Young, R. B. Law, C. L. Carrick, W. H. Furlong, H. D. Anger, J. A. Hope, B. F. Fisher, S. E. Wedd, L. Dale, J. E. Anderson, C.

W. Carruthers, H. A. L. Conn, H. H. Donald, B. P. Fitzpatrick, V. H. Hattin, C. B. Henderson, R. N. McCormick, E. F. McDonald, C. R. Widdifield, C. H. A. Armstrong, L. W. Goetz, J. G. Holmes, E. C. Awrey, H. J. Stuart, C. J. F. Collier, C. G. Mortimer, W. Lawr, D. J. Coffey, W. T. Robb, W. N. Hancock, G. H. Tennent, W. M. Mogan, C. G. Robertson, J. A. Donovan, J. M. Forgie, H. Morwick, L. S. LeVernois, W. B. Henderson, W. W. Evans, W. J. Grace, E. Papler, W. L. L. Gordon, J. F. Coughlin, J. S. Allan, G. W. Morley, T. M. Mulligan, D. G. McIntosh, F. Regan, D. D. McLeod, R. B. Williams, F. H. M. Irwin, J. M. Baird, J. A. Devaney, W. H. Male.

The following students at the Law School, Osgoode Hall, have passed the Christmas examinations for the third year: J. L. Duncan, J. W. Pickup, E. V. McMillan, D. A. MacRae, G. T. Walsh, A. L. Fleming, W. J. McCallum, F. G. Dyke, T. S. Elmore, G. W. Adams, W. H. Ford, N. A. McLarty, S. Cowan, C. G. McCullough, G. M. Miller, W. K. Fraser, A. J. Gordon, N. Phillips, J. P. Barlow, N. L. LeSueur, Miss J. Cairns, H. F. Parkinson, T. Crosthwaite, P. J. Knox, A. H. Foster, H. Friedman, R. W. Treleaven, J. B. Moon, A. A. Macdonald, E. Sugarman, D. A. Macdonald, N. S. Macdonnell, R. R. Evans, E. M. Dillon, J. M. Donahue, H. L. Slaght, J. H. Bone, J. C. McRuer, W. F. Schwenger, C. P. Tisdall, C. G. French, H. Saunders, L. S. Cuddy, J. H. McDonald, G. H. Shaver, M. Herzlich, J. Y. Murdoch, J. F. L. Cote, J. J. Greenan, H. R. Moses, B. L. Bedford, W. H. Cook, J. Wearing, A. L. Brady, R. H. G. Ivey, G. R. Forneret, H. E. Wallace, G. M. Willoughby, M. Gordon, E. H. Senior, F. H. White, K. W. Wright, A. Ellis, F. C. Gullen, G. P. McHugh, A. E. Parkinson, W. G. More, E. Braden, J. M. Greer, W. A. Dillon.

MINISTER OF JUSTICE AT MCGILL.

The annual dinner of the McGill law students was held Saturday night at Freeman's Hotel, Montreal, with Hon. C. J. Doherty, Minister of Justice, as guest of honour. Chief Justice Davidson, of the Superior Court; J. L. Archambault, K.C., battonnier of the Montreal Bar; R. C. Smith, K.C., and Deans Walton and Moyse were also at the head table. Mr.

M. T. Burke, president of the Law Undergraduates' Association, presided. Regrets were received from Right Honourable R. L. Borden, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Francis Langellier, Sir Lomer Gouin and Hon. A. R. Angers.

About sixty students attended the dinner, which was also attended by representatives of Harvard, Laval (Montreal), Laval (Quebec), and Bishop's College.

The Minister of Justice, in replying to the toast in his honour, proposed by Mr. John MacNaughton, stated that to a large extent the fate of the country was in the hands of the lawyers. The profession had had in the past, and still had, a large part to play in the moulding of the destinies of the country, and in teaching their fellow countrymen the differences between right and wrong. The old proverb that it is righteousness which exalteth a nation, still held good, he declared, and there was no body of men which could contribute more to the righteousness of the nation than the members of the legal profession.

It was necessary for a young man, he continued, to have a proper realizing sense of the power, dignity, and responsibility of the profession which he had undertaken to practice.

Other toasts were as follows: Alma Mater, proposed by A. K. Hugessen and responded to by Dean Moyse; The Bench, S. McDougall and Hon. Mr. Justice Davidson; The Faculty, H. E. Herschorn and Dean Walton; The Bar, O. S. Tyndale, J. L. Archambault, R. C. Smith and J. Creelman; Sister Universities, R. Moyse and A. Macdermott (Harvard); Graduating Class, S. G. Dixon and M. T. Burke.

In speaking of the growth of the Faculty of Law at McGill, Dean Moyse gave some interesting comparisons by quoting from the files of the Gazette for the year 1855, one article stating that the Law Faculty was in an encouraging situation, as it had, besides a full professor, a lecturer to assist in the work.

He also spoke of the needs of McGill, and said that the demands made during the recent campaign would not be the last tax on the generosity of Montreal by any means.

The menu was enlivened by the fact that the various courses were christened after well-known students in the third year, and by the addition of legal terms of a more or less humourous and appropriate nature.

The Committee in charge of the dinner consisted of Messrs. M. T. Burke, D. Gilmour, H. Scott, A. Mills, J. Kerry, and H. Howard.

PRESENTATION TO CHIEF JUSTICE WETMORE.

The retirement of Hon. E. L. Wetmore, Ex-Chief Justice of Saskatchewan, has not been permitted to go into effect without another example of the esteem in which he is held by members of the legal fraternity.

Yesterday afternoon, J. F. Frame, president of the Regina Bar Association, presented the Ex-Chief Justice on behalf of the association with a handsome polished black ebony cane, with a gold head, on which was inscribed the name of the recipient and the fact that it was presented by the Regina Bar Association.

P. H. Gordon, as secretary of the association, read an appreciative address.

The address was illuminated and on parchment. The presentation took place at the Court-house in the presence of a large number of lawyers.

A COMMON BRITISH CITIZENSHIP.

The report which comes from Ottawa of the conditions for naturalization which have been accepted over the Empire, and which only awaits the necessary legislation,

are:

1. The Government may grant a certificate to an alien who:

A. Has resided in his Majesty's Dominions for a period of not less than five years, or has been in the service of the Crown for not less than five years within the last eight years before the application; and

B. Is of good character and has an adequate knowledge, in the case of Canada, of the English and French language; and

C. Intends if his application is granted either to reside in his Majesty's Dominions or to serve under the Crown.

2. The residence required is residence in the country granting the certificate for not less than one year immediately preceding the application, and previous residence, either in the same country or in some other part of his

Majesty's Dominions for a period of four years within the last eight years before the application.

And there are some further provisions, such as the reserving of discretionary power to the Government and the taking of the oath of allegiance.

The gist of the proposed law, put briefly, is Imperial citizenship after five years residence within the Empire, and acquaintance with one of the languages officially recognized; in England, Australia and New Zealand, English alone; in Canada, English or French; in South Africa, English or Dutch.

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION LAWS ARE SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE IN ENGLAND.

(EVIDENCE OF AN AMERICAN EXPERT.)

Mr. Sherman is a graduate of Yale University and of Columbia Law School, was formerly commissioner of labor of the State of New York and has spent much time in Europe studying compensation laws. A summary of his remarks is as follows:

"Insurance is not an essential feature of the compensation law. Where insurance is required in a compensation law, that requirement is simply an ancillary method of effectuating the purpose of the liability thereby imposed upon the employer.

"There is a specific danger under the compensation law that insurance may thwart the purpose of that law as a regulation for accident prevention. If the employer with a high risk is enabled to insure his liability at the same rate as a competitor with a distinctly lower risk, then the effect of the compensation liability as an incentive to the employer to study out methods and to incur expense to cut down his rate will be defeated. The cost of his insurance is the civil penalty each employer pays for maintaining the hazards of his business and to be effective it must be closely proportionate to those hazards.

TWO PROBLEMS PRESENTED.

"Therefore, we have two problems which are logically absolutely distinct. The first problem is to frame a just