In recognition of his representative position and eminent public services.
"I want to make it clear that I represent the oldest colony in the realm, but that I represent the nearest colony to this old Scotland of yours. You have many of your own kinsmen out there. The sons of Scotland have shed lustre upon both the professional and the public life of the colony. I have in my mind's eye just now the names of Grieve, Miller, Murray, Blair, Munn, Anderson and others who are today keeping up the high standard of commercial morality for which the people of Scotland have ever been celebrated."