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I got very near Prince Albert that day, and am looking forward enormously
to visiting it at the end of September.

At Edmonton I found our poor Mr. Aberhart in rather a melancholy
state. He is in a worse mental confusion than ever. I am
really sorry for him, for I do not see any way out of the hole he has
got into. His prosperity certificates have, of course, nothing to do
with Social Credit in the ordinary sense, but are merely an attempt
to increase the velocity of circulation. But in effect they are the
issuing of bad money, and if the ordinary tradesman considers them
bad money the result can only be chaos. I am rather afraid of serious
rows there when Government employees find they can only cash in their
wages at a heavy discount.

By the way, I liked all the Lieutenant-Governors very much,
Tupper and Munroe and Walsh. I fancy it might be wise to continue
Munroe for another term of office if he were willing, though his
health is not very good. There does not seem to be any obvious person
to succed him.

The Rockies were too kind to me, and welcomed me in real
Scottish weather - heavy rain and mist. What I could see of Jasper
was wonderful. We had a wash-out on the line and were nine hours
late at Vancouver yesterday. The result was that the ceremonies and
the dinner here had to be dropped.

The Hambers are extraordinarily kind and this is a delightful
house. I am just off to the Presbyterian Kirk. I am having to address
the Canadian Club tomorrow, and inspect the dockyard, and am
going to be officiallly received in the afternoon. Then I go off in