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..BRITISH COLUMBIA 315re-election and subsequently resigned. On November 5, the Ministry wasreconstructed as follows :Hon. R. McBride, Premier, Minister of Mines and Provincial Secretary.} },JHon. R. G. Tatlow, Minister of Finance and Agriculture.Hon. Charles Wilson, K. C, Attorney-General.Hon. R. F. Green, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works.Hon. F. J.Fulton, K. C, President of the Council.On May 18, 1904, Hon. F. J. Fulton was appointedProvincial Secretaryand Minister in Charge of the Educational Department, and on June 6,Mr. Francis C. Carter-Cotton was sworn in and appointed President of theCouncil.BRITISHCOLUMBIA JUDICIARY.THE SUPREME COURT.The Supreme Court of British Columbia iscomposed of a Chief Justiceand four Puisne Judges. Prior to the passing of the Act 42 Vict. (B. C),Chap. 20 (1878), the Court was composed of a Chief Justice and two PuisneJudges.The Court was originally called " The Supreme Court of Civil Justiceof British Columbia," and was constituted by proclamation having the forceof law, issued by the Governor of the Colony of British Columbia, on the 8thof June, 1859. The followingis a list of Judges appointed from the outset :1870— March 11. The Hon. Henry Pering Pellew Crease, first PuisneJudge. Received knighthood January ist, 1896. Retired January 20th,1896. Mr. Justice Crease was appointed Deputy Judge in Admiraltyof theExchequer Court of Canada for the AdmiraltyDistrict of British Columbia,November 27th, 1893. ^^ was succeeded by Hon. Angus McColl.1872 — July 3. The Hon. John Hamilton Gray, Puisne Judge. DiedJune 5th, 1889.1880— Nov. 26. The Hon. John Foster McCreight, Puisne Judge. RetiredNov. 17th, 1897.

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