sts of empire,
184-185; meets storm of opposition in Canada, 185-186; defends treaty in
Parliament, 186-190; Halifax Commission and award, 190. =B= Brown's
mission of 1874, and abortive Reciprocity Treaty of same year, a direct
result of, 225. =Bib.=: Pope, _Memoirs of Sir John A. Macdonald_;
Houston, _Constitutional Documents_; Hertslet, _Treaties and
Conventions_; _Messages, Despatches, and Minutes of the Privy Council
Relative to the Treaty of Washington_, Ottawa, 1872; Cushing, _The
Treaty of Washington_; Adams, _Before and after the Treaty of
Washington_.

=Waterways.= =B= Improved as a result of British preference, 31;
navigable rivers in North-West, 214-215; joint commission for
improvement of, provided for in Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, 227. _See
also_ Canals; Rivers.

=Watkin, Sir Edwin William, Bart.= (1819-1901). Born in Manchester,
England. Educated there. In 1845 secretary of the Trent Valley Railway,
and at various times connected with the London and North-Western
Railway, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Railway, Great Western
Railway, and South-Eastern Railway. In 1857 elected member of Parliament
for Yarmouth. From 1862 to 1868 president of the Grand Trunk Railway.
=Index=: =C= President of Grand Trunk Railway, 125; friend of Cartier's,
125; declines distinction of C. B., 125; Cartier's letter to, 125-128.
=Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Watson, Samuel James= (1837-1881). Born in Ireland. Educated at Belfast
Academy. Came to Canada and engaged in newspaper work, 1857. Appointed
librarian of the Ontario Assembly, 1871. Died in Toronto. =Bib.=: Works:
_The Constitutional History of Canada_; _The Powers of Canadian
Parliaments_; _The Peace-Killer or The Massacre of Lachine_; _The Legend
of Roses_; _Ravlan: a Drama_.

=Watters, Charles.= =T= Defeated in St. John County, New Brunswick, 11;
becomes solicitor-general, New Brunswick, 43; defeated in St. John, 84.

=Waverley Abbey.= =Sy= In Surrey, birthplace of Sydenham, 5.

=Wayne, Anthony= (1745-1796). Born in Pennsylvania. Sent in 1765, on the
recommendation of Benjamin Franklin, to Nova Scotia, as financial agent
and land surveyor. One of the provincial deputies chosen in 1774 to
consider the relations between the American colonies and Great Britain.
In 1775 raised a regiment of troops, and in 1776 made colonel; defeated
and wounded at Three Rivers in an attack on the British. Promoted
brigadier-general, 1777; major-general, 1783; and general-in-