ORP
- Palmerston, Lord, his government in office during confederation negotiations, [206]
- Parker, Hon. Robert, becomes chief-justice, [235]
- Parliament of Canada, its first meeting, [273]
- Partelow, Hon. John R., member for St. John County, [65];
- on money appropriations, [93];
- becomes provincial secretary, [116];
- his ability as a business man, [157]
- Peters, Colonel Harry, speaker of the assembly, [148]
- Peters, Susan Ann, mother of Sir Leonard Tilley, [146]
- Peters, William, grandfather of Sir Leonard, [146]
- Peto, Brassy and Betts, propose to construct New Brunswick railways, [167-9]
- Pickard, John, defeated in York, [237]
- Portland Railway Convention, [119];
- L. A. Wilmot's speech at, [120]
- Prohibitory liquor law, [176-8];
- Putnam, Charles S., barrister, [11]