Extracts from The Canada Gazette and The Citizen on Dominion Day

PROCLAMATION CANADA

By His Excellency the Right Honourable Charles Stanley Viscount Monck, Baron Monck of Ballytrammon, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland, and Baron Monck of Ballytrammon, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Governor General of Canada, &c., &c., &c.

To all to whom these presents shall come, or whom the same may concern -- GREETING:

JOHN A. MACDONALD, Min. of Justice.

WHEREAS by Royal Proclamation dated at Windsor Castle on the 22nd day of May, in the year of our Lord 1867, Her Most Gracious Majesty did ordain, declare, and command, that on and after the 1st day of July, 1867, the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick should form and be one Dominion under the name of Canada;

AND WHEREAS the anniversary of the formation of the Dominion of Canada falls upon Wednesday, the 1st day of July next ensuing:

AND WHEREAS it is meet and proper that the said Anniversary should be observed and kept;

NOW KNOW YE, that I, Charles Stanley Viscount Monck, Governor General of Canada, do hereby proclaim and appoint WEDNESDAY, the FIRST day of JULY next, as the day on which the Anniversary of the formation of the Dominion of Canada be duly celebrated. And I do hereby enjoin and call upon all Her Majesty's loving subjects throughout Canada to join in the due and proper celebration of the said Anniversary on the said FIRST day of JULY next.

Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at the Government House, in the

CITY of OTTAWA, in the said Dominion, this TWENTIETH day of JUNE, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight and in the thirty-first year of Her Majesty's Reign.

MONCK.

BY COMMAND,

HECTOR L. LANGEVIN, Secretary of State

Newspaper reports on Dominion Day 1879

The Ottawa Citizen, July 2, 1879 reported as follows on events at Ottawa. On Page 4, under the headlines - Our National Holiday - How it was observed - Picnics, cricket matches - the report says:

"Yesterday was the 12th anniversary of the confederation of the several Provinces of the Dominion, and the day was, of course, observed as a general holiday. Our citizens tore themselves away from the dust and heat of the city. No public demonstration was arranged."

Under the date-line July 1

at Toronto the report says:

"Dominion day passed off very quietly,
Citizens swarmed out the city by boat and rail;"

and at Quebec City:

"Numbers of people are leaving the city by almost every boat for seaside resorts."

PROCLAMATION

DEVONSHIRE
(L.S.)

CANADA

GEORGE THE FIFTH, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great

Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India.

To all to whom these presents shall come, or whom the same may in anywise concern, -- GREETING:

A PROCLAMATION

E.L. NEWCOMBE,

Deputy Minister of Justice

Canada.

WHEREAS the first day of July next, being Dominion Day, falls upon a Sunday, and furthermore the said day in this present year marks the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Confederation of Our Dominion of Canada, We deem it expedient that the following day, Monday, the second day of the said month of July, be appointed and set apart for the celebration of Dominion Day, and for the special celebration of the said Anniversary,-

NOW KNOW YE that by and with the advice of Our Privy Council for Canada We do proclaim and declare by this our Proclamation that Monday, the second day of July next be and is hereby appointed for the celebration in this present year of Dominion Day and for the special celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Confederation of Our Dominion of Canada.

Of all which Our loving subjects and all others whom these presents may concern, are hereby required to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly.

In Testimony Whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS: Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin and Counsellor, Victor Christian William, Duke of Devonshire, Marquess of Hartington, Earl of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, Baron Cavendish of Hardwicke, Baron Cavendish of Keighley, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter; One of Our Most Honourable Privy Council; Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Our Dominion of Canada.

At our Government House, in Our City of OTTAWA, this SIXTH day of JUNE, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and in the eighth year of our Reign.

By Command,

Thomas Mulvey,

Under-Secretary of State.

Events of Sunday, July 1, 1917

p. 1. Messages of congratulation to Governor General
p. 5. Erection of new flagstaff on Printing Bureau
p. 8. Special sermons in churches.

The Citizen, Ottawa, Tuesday, July 3, 1917