His successor is the Rev. R. Laing. The congregation is a large, liberal and
benevolent one, its contributions having for some]
years past averaged ten thousand dollars per annum.
A little further north stands the Music Hall at the|
east side, the Glebe House with St. Mary's schools
occupying the west side of the street. We next pass
on east side the first Masonic Hall, built 86 years
since, and now in temporary occupation as a high
school. Then the U. P. C. Hall and St. Paul's
Church, north of which, on the west of Barrington
Street, is the Grand Parade, the original drill ground
of the City, with Dalhousie College occupying the
north side of the square. Next comes Chalmers
Church, which formerly looked down upon scores of
dwellings, since converted into shops, auction rooms
and offices. An extension of this street connects
with Lockman, leading to North St. Depot, a centre
