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to report. The chairman was absent on official work, in the course 

 of which some interesting points in the life-history and migrations 

 of the shad were decided, and a note of these will appear shortly 

 in The Ottawa Naturalist. Mr. Halkett was again for some 

 months in the Northwest Provinces, visiting remote lakes, 

 where interesting observations were' made in fish life in the 

 Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Biological Stations 

 at St. Andrews, N.B., on the Georgian Bay, near Penetanguishene 

 Ont., and at Nanaimo, B.C., have carried on important re- 

 searches. At the last named station Ronquihis jordani was 

 taken by the Rev. G. W. Taylor and Mr. Halkett in October, 

 the first record for Canada of this interesting trachinoid. A 

 further series of Biological Reports (forming Part III.) will be 

 issued at an early date. Three specimens of the interesting 

 Rocky Mountain Whitefish (Coregonus ivilliamsoni) have just 

 been received at the Fisheries Museum, and a short account of 

 this peculiar species is being prepared. 



The Late Dr. Fletcher. 



In the death of Dr. James Fletcher the Club has sustained 

 the greatest loss in its history. Dr. Fletcher was one of the 

 founders of the Club, and from its inception, thirty years ago, 

 he continued to take an active part in all its affairs up to the 

 time of his death. The present volume of The Ottawa Naturalist 

 contains contributions from his pen, and the published reports 

 of excursions and branch meetings of the past year bear witness 

 to his untiring zeal. No member ever brought to the work of 

 the Club greater genius, displayed a more charming personality, 

 or gave more unselfishly of his time and talents. It is quite 

 fitting, therefore, that the Club with which he was so closely 

 identified should take the initiative in the movement to erect 

 a permanent memorial to him. A circular letter has been 

 prepared and sent to societies and individuals interested in his 

 work, and the committee in charge of the movement anticipates 

 a generous response to its appeal for contributions towards the 

 proposed memorial. 



The Library. 



During the year a great many sets of The Ottawa Naturalist 

 have been transferred from the room in the basement of the 

 Normal School to the Geological Survey, where they are stored 

 under the direct supervision of the Librarian, Mr. C. H. Young. 

 The Council is pleased to be able to report that the question of 

 making the exchanges more accessible to the members at last 

 bids fair to be settled satisfactorily, as two definite plans for 



