1912] The Ottawa Naturalist. 7 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE OTTAWA FIELD- 

 NATURALISTS' CLUB FOR THE YEAR ENDING 

 MARCH 19th, 1912. 



During the past year eight meetings of the Council have 

 been held, at which the attendance has been good. For the 

 most part these meetings were for routine work of passing ac- 

 counts, receiving reports, electing new members, arranging for 

 excursions in the spring months, and lectures in the winter, 

 and so forth. The items of special interest were the meetings 

 of the Roval Societv of Canada, which were held in the Carnegie 

 Library, on the 16th, 17th and 18th of May. The President of 

 the Club was elected as delegate, and presented a report of our 

 work to be printed in the Proceedings of the Royal Society. 

 Several other members were present and took part in the pro- 

 ceedings. 



How to obtain more funds for the publication of The Ottawa 

 Naturalist was a question that came up several times. The 

 arrangement proposed by the Publications Committee will be 

 presented. 



Shortly after the arrival of H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, 

 a letter was sent to him requesting that he continue the custom 

 of other Governors-General and act as Patron of the Club. To 

 this he graciously consented. 



The Committee appointed early in 1909 to deal with a 

 suitable memorial to the late Dr. James Fletcher, have com- 

 pleted their labors. In addition to the memorial fountain 

 placed on the Experimental Farm, and unveiled on July 19th, 

 1910, they purchased with the surplus a painting by Mr. Franklyn 

 Brownell, R.C.A., pronounced an exceedingly good likeness of 

 Dr. Fletcher; this painting was unveiled at a meeting of the 

 Club, held on Jan. 9th, 1912, and it is now hung in a prominent 

 place in the Carnegie Library. Our thanks are due to the Com- 

 mittee for the very satisfactory manner in which they have dis- 

 charged their duties. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



During the past year 16 new members have been elected, 

 15 members have sent in their resignation, and 3 have died. 

 This leaves our present membership 309, composed of 302 

 active members and 7 corresponding members. 



We regret to record the death on the 12th of March of one 

 of our oldest corresponding members. Prof. John B. Smith, D.Sc, 

 of Rutger's College, New Brunswick, N.J. 



