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1. What is the date of the oldest tombstone in the Old Burial Ground ? B.

2. When were the "Three Lamps" erected at Reed's Point?

3. From what circumstance does Souris, P. E. I., derive its name? W. D.

4. When did percussion caps take the place of flints for the muskets of the British Army? J. M. B.

5 What is the true source of the Restigouche river?

6. Was St. John or Halifax the first of the Maritime Province cities to use gas? J. W.

1. According to the Loyalist Memorial book, the oldest stone in the Old Burial Ground, St. John, is that of Conradt Hendricks, who died July 13, 1784. Ed.

4. I have a memo, that in July, 1846, the soldiers of the 14th Regiment, then at Quebec, exchanged flints for percussion muskets. Some military reader may be able to furnish further information on the subject. Ed.

6. Halifax appears to have been in advance of St. John in the use of gas for illumination. The former city was lighted by this method late in 1841 or early in 1842, while in St. John the gas was turned on for the first time in September, 1845. Ed.