ANNUAL REVIEW

OF

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

BY

J. CASTELL HOPKINS, F.S.S., F.R.G.S.

1917

SEVENTEENTH YEAR OF ISSUE

ILLUSTRATED

TORONTO: THE CANADIAN
ANNUAL REVIEW, LIMITED

In

Sincere and Affectionate Memory

of

BRIG.-GENERAL THE HON. JAMES MASON

Who

In a Life-time of devotion to the Military

Service of Canada, to its Banking

Interests and National Welfare,

to the Unity and Greatness

of his Empire, embodied
the highest qualities

of Honour and

Loyalty

This Volume is Dedicated

By

THE AUTHOR.