The Insignia of New Brunswick.
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ITH advancing civilization there always comes an increasing culture which manifests itself in a greater regard for education, literature, science, art, and everything which appeals to the higher intellectual and aesthetic nature. One of its phases is a more active interest in all that relates to one’s people and country, including the various symbols or emblems interwoven with its history. In New Brunswick there is a growing regard for these matters, and I think a brief discussion of the symbols and emblems of the Province will be acceptable at this time.
1. The Provincial Coat of Arms.
This is the only generally known and legally recognized symbol of New Brunswick. It bears the familiar Lion and Galley, arranged as in the crude accompanying sketch. It was adopted in 1868, but its history is so closely bound up with that of the Province Seal that we may best consider the two together.
2. The Province Seal.
The present seal is not the one most closely associated with the history of New Brunswick, for it has been in use only since Confederation. The older seal was granted by the Imperial Government on the foundation of the Province. It is that "Great Seal for New
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