=O’Hara, Francis Charles Trench=, Deputy Minister of Trade and Commerce for Canada, and one of the best known citizens of Ottawa, was born at Chatham, Ont., November 7, 1870, the second son of Robert O’Hara, Master of Chancery in that city, and Maria S. (Dobbs) O’Hara. He was educated at the Chatham Collegiate Institute and in 1888 entered the service of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. His inclinations led him to literary pursuits, however, and in 1891 he left the service of the bank to enter newspaper work in Baltimore, Maryland. In this field he showed great promise, but in 1896 Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Cartwright, having entered the first Laurier cabinet as Minister of Trade and Commerce, persuaded him to return to Canada and become his private secretary. Since then Mr. O’Hara has continued to reside in Ottawa, and has been a vital factor in the Department of Trade and Commerce, of which, since 1908, he has been Deputy Minister. He was Superintendent of the Trade Commissioners Service, to extend Canada’s markets in various parts of the world from 1904 to 1911, and from 1908 to 1911 Chief Controller of Chinese Immigration. During the late war he rendered very important service as Chief Canadian officer in charge of British and United States Import and Export Trade Restrictions; until that work was assumed by the War Trade Board in 1918. He was also a member of the Ships Licence Committee, the Editorial Committee on Government Publications, and officer in charge under H.M. Ministry of Munitions of the distribution in Canada of Industrial diamonds. Since June, 1918, he has been also Deputy Commissioner of Patents. He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and of the Royal Colonial Institute. In 1907 the late Earl Grey, then Governor-General of Canada, induced him to become Honorary Secretary of his Musical and Dramatic Trophy Competitions, which for six years did admirable service in stimulating public interest in these arts. In 1914-16 he was Local Officer for Canada for the Dominion Royal Commission to inquire into there sources of the Overseas Dominions. Mr. O’Hara wields a skilful pen as evidenced by numerous magazine and newspaper contributions. He is also a Captain of the Corps Reserve of the Governor-General’s Foot Guards. His recreations are golf, fishing and shooting, and he is a member of the Rideau, Country and Royal Ottawa Golf Clubs, Ottawa. He married Helen R., a daughter of the late Senator Corby of Belleville, Ont., and has one daughter. His residence is at 125 Wurtemburg Street, Ottawa. * * * * *