2IO The Ottawa Naturalist. [January 



PROGRAMME OF WINTER SOIREES, 1902-1903. 



In St. John's 

 Hall. 



1903, 

 Jan. 



1902. 



In the Assembly Dec] 16. President's Address: 'The Functions of a Geo- 

 Hall of the " logical Survey," bv Robt. Bell, M.D., LL.D., 



Normal School. Sc.D. (Cantab.), F.R.S. 



Address of Welcome, by the Principal of the 

 Normal School. 



^^ Some Ottawa Butterflies and Moths," by Dr. 

 James Fletcher, illustrated by coloured lan- 

 tern slides. 



Conversazione, with exhibition of Natural His- 

 tory objects and microscopic slides. 



13. " The Scenery of the Rocky Mountain Ret^ion,'" 

 illustrated by lantern slides, by Dr. R. A. 

 Daly, of the Geolog-ical Survey. 



Report of the Geological Branch. 



7- " The Wood-pulp Industry of Canada,^' by Pro- 

 fessor D. P. Penhallow, McGill College, 

 Montreal, illustrated by lantern slides. 

 ^ Nature Study iti American Universities,^' by Dr. 

 S. B. Sinclair, of the Normal School, 

 Ottawa. 



Report of the Entomological Branch. 



" The Summer Climate of the Yukon and its 

 Effects on Vegetation.,'" by Professor John 

 Macoun, of the Geological Survey. 



Report oi' the Botanical Branch. 



" Whales and Whale Hu7iting," illustrated by 

 lantern slides, by Professor E. E. Prince, 

 Commissioner of Fisheries. 



Report oi the Zoological Branch. - 

 17, (a) Annual Meeting. Reports of Council, Elec- 

 tion of Officers, etc. 



(h) ^^ Additional Notes on the Geology and Pale- 

 ontology of Ottawa," illustrated by lantern 

 slides and specimens, by Dr. H. M. Ami, of 

 the Geological Survey. 



The meetings will be held at 8 p.m. on the secofid nnd fourth Tuesdays 

 of the month, except in the case of the Annual Meeting. 



President: Dr. Robert Bell, F.R.S. 



In the Assembly Tan 



Hall of the ' 

 Normal School. 



In the Assembly Feb 

 Hall of the "^ ^''" 

 Normal School. 



In St. John's Feb 

 Hail. 



In St. John's Mar 

 Hall. 



In St. John's Mar 

 Hall. 



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Secretary : W. J. WiLSON 

 Geol, Surv, Dept.) 



Treasurer : Arthur Gibso.m. 

 ((jCntral Experimental Farm.) 



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