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Being in England in 1853, Dr. Ryerson wrote to me there:--

I was glad to learn that Lord Elgin was to go in the same steamship
with you from Boston. I have no doubt it will have proved
interesting to him as well as to you, and perhaps useful to you. I
miss you very much from the office, but I do not like to employ any
more aid without sanction of the Government, though I could get no
one to take your place. I would wish you to write me what Lord
Elgin may have thought or said as to our doings and plans of
proceeding. If the Library plan succeeds, it will achieve noble
results.[134] I feel that our success and happiness in the
Department are inseparably united.

In 1854 Dr. Ryerson was appointed a member of Commission to enquire into
matters connected with King's College, Fredericton, N.B. His
fellow-commissioners were Hon. J. H. Gray, Dr. Dawson, Hon. J. S.
Saunders, and Hon. James Brown. Mr. Grey the Chairman, in transmitting
the Report of the Commission to the Provincial Secretary of New
Brunswick, said:--

I beg to express, with the full conscience of my
fellow-commissioners, our acknowledgment of the very valuable
assistance offered us by Dr. Ryerson. His great experience, and
unquestioned proficiency in all subjects connected with Education,
justly entitles his opinions to great weight.

FOOTNOTES:

[133] Being a member of the Conference Committee appointed to confer
with the Government on the establishment of Manual Labour Schools for
the Indians, Rev. Peter Jones, in writing to Dr. Ryerson from the
Credit, on the subject, in September, 1844, said:--You will be glad to
see that our Indian brethren have subscribed liberally, which shews
their ardent desire to have Manual Labour Schools established amongst
them. We forwarded a copy to the Governor-General, and His Excellency
was pleased to approve of the liberality of the Indian tribes. From the
manner in which His Excellency has always spoken of Indian Manual Labour
Schools, I am sure that he will take great pleasure in aiding their
establishment. As you have access to the ears of our Great Father at
Montreal, may I beg the favour of your explaining to him the object of
my visit to England, and the necessity of His Excellency's sanctioning
the payment of my expenses. As I intend to visit England for the purpose
of augmenting the funds of the Manual Labour Schools, I think