THE OTTAWA NATURALIST 



VOL. XXV, OTTAWA, MARCH, 1912 No. 12 



FINAL REPORT OF THE JAMES FLETCHER 

 MEMORIAL COMMITTEE OF THE OTTAWA FIELD- 

 NATURALISTS' CLUB. 



The Memorial Fountain, erected on the Central Experi- 

 mental Farm, was unveiled on July 19th, 1910. Several hun- 

 dreds of people were present at the ceremony, including some 

 distinguished visitors from a distance. Official representa- 

 tives of the Royal Society of Canada, the Entomological Society 

 of Ontario and the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club were present, 

 and took a prominent part in the proceedings. The Fountain, 

 including the medallion, is the work of Dr. R. Tait McKenzie, 

 of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 



The Memorial portrait, which is the work of Mr. Franklvn 

 Brownell, R.C.A., was unveiled at an evening meeting of the 

 Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club on January 9th, 1912. It is an 

 exceedingly good likeness of the late Dr. Fletcher, and, as most 

 satisfactory arrangements have been made with the Municipal 

 Library Board and the Librarian of the Carnegie Library, 

 the portrait will be. hung in a 'prominent place in this latter 

 building. 



Cash Statement. 

 Receipts. 



Total amount paid by subscribers $1,838.85 



Bank interest 22.61 



$1,861.46 

 Expenditure. 



Cost of Memorial Fountain $1,500.00 



Cost of Portrait, including frame 225 .00 



Miscellaneous expenses: printing, envel- 

 opes, receipt forms, postage, travelling, 



etc 136.46 



$1,861.46 



On behalf of the Committee, 



Arthur Gibson, Secretary-Treasurer. 

 Ottawa, January 23rd, 1912. 



