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Each volume of both series has added t.-p. "Memoires et comptes rendus de 

 la Societe royale du Canada" and contains Proceedings (with appendices 

 in later vols.), Memoires, Section I (in French), Transactions, Sections 

 II, III and IV (in English) each being separately paged. 

 Reports of Georgian Bay Biological Station (Lake Huron) and Marine 

 Biological Station" (at present at Gaspe, P. Q.) and of the associated 

 societies pub. in appendices to Proceedings. 

 Price: $5 per vol. 



Distribution. Sent to universities, important libraries and learned societies 

 throughout the world. Current vols. for sale by James Hope & Son, Ottawa; 

 The Copp-Clark Co., Toronto; Bernard Quaritch, London, England. 1st ser. 

 v. i, 2, 4, 6 and 2d ser. v. 1-5 scarce and reserved from future distribution. 



Union of Canadian Municipalities. 



Address. Bureau of information : 107 St. James Street, Montreal. Hon. 



Secretary-treasurer : W. D. L/ighthall. 

 History. Founded at Toronto, Aug. 1901 : became mainly a federation of 



provincial unions of municipalities by adoption of amended constitution, 



Aug. 1907. 



Object. General improvement and facilitation of every branch of municipal admin- 

 istration. 



Meetings. Annual convention ; place determined by vote of previous convention, 

 time by the executive committee. 



Membership. About 300 municipalities are represented. Provincial unions con- 

 tribute 25% of their revenues ; yearly fees of cities and towns, which are indi- 

 vidual members, $3 per thousand of population. 



Publications. 



Official yearbook of the 2d-4th annual convention. 1902-04. Montreal, 

 [1902-04]. 8. 



1902-03 have title : The official report of the . . . annual convention. 



Interim report, May 1902. 



The CANADIAN MUNICIPAL JOURNAL, pub. monthly since Jan. 1905 at 

 107 St. James Street, Montreal, is the official organ of the Union. 

 Price: $i per year; single copies, loc. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



Natural History Society of British Columbia. 



Address. Victoria, B. C. Secretary: R. E. Gosnell, Bureau of Provincial 

 information. 



History. Organized in Mar. 1890; incorporated in 1900. Special histori- 

 cal, botanical and photographic sections. 



"Maintained by the Dominion government. Its papers are published as appendices 

 to the annual reports of the Department of marine and fisheries under the title Con- 

 tributions to Canadian biology. 



