1902 J 



A. Remarkable Spring. 



THE OTTAWA FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB. 

 The Treasureis Sfate?nenf for the year ending March iS, igo2. 



RECEIPTS. 



I90I 



March 20 To balance $256 



1902 

 March 18 Subscriptions 



1901-02 [44 00 



Arrears 54 10 



198 



Advertisements 42 



Authors' extras sold 34 



Ottawa Naturalists sold . . i 

 Government Grant 200 



46 



ID 

 60 

 09 



15 

 00 



2 40 



EXPENDITURE, 

 1902 



March i8. By print- 

 ing Ottawa Natur- 

 alist, Vol. XV. 12 



numbers pp. 286 . . .$267 70 



Illustrations 98 70 



Authors' extras 64 50 



Wrapping- and mailing 6 00 



Postage 23 15 



Editor 50 00 . 



510 05 

 Less 5% on printers' 



bill, for cash 21 04 



489 01 



Miscellaneous printing 



Circulars 9 15 



Advertising 3 60 



12 75 



Soiree expenses 92 70 



Excursion expenses , . 63 



Stationery i 20 



Postage 6 83 



Balance 1 29 28 



$732 40 



March 18, 1902. 



JAMES FLETCHER, 



Treasurer. 



Audited and found correct. 



J. Ballantyne, 

 R. B. Whyte, 



A uditors. 



A REMARKABLE SPRING. 

 Not even the proverbial "oldest inhabitant" can remember a 

 spring which opened at Ottawa as early as the one we are now 

 enjoying. From the beginning of February till the end of March 

 the weather has been almost uniformly fair and mild. March 3rd 

 was cold and blustery, but from that on the days were bright, and 

 the snow melted away gradually without floods or an undue 

 amount of slush or mud. The return of the spring birds and the 

 blossoming of native plants are good indications of the progress 

 of the season. Certainly no spring within the recollection of the 



