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their results will be incorporated in reports to be issued by the 

 Surv ey. 



The Treasurer's report shows a balance on hand of $13.85. 



The thanks of the Club are due to Principal White for the 

 use of the Normal School Hall, To the Library Board of the City 

 Council and to the Librarian of the Carnegie Library, for the 

 use of the lecture and committer rooms of that building, to the 

 gentlemen who have so kindly assisted us in our winter lecture 

 course, and to the Press of the city for its co-operation in further- 

 ing the work of the Club. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



E. H. Blackader, Secretary. 



OBITUARY. 



William White. 



Lieut. -Col. William White. C.M.G., first President of the 

 Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, died at his residence, 185 

 Wurtemburg Street, Ottawa, on Tuesday, April 2nd, 1911, 

 after an illness extending over a month. 



The late Lieut. -Col. White was born in London, England, 

 Jan. 6, 1830. He received his education in a private school and 

 entered the Imperial civil service in 1846. In 1854, he came to 

 Ottawa and entered the money order branch of the Post Office 

 Department and in Jarmary, 1861, was made secretary of the 

 department. In July, 1888, he succeeded W. H. Griffin, C.M.G., 

 as deputy Postmaster-General of Canada. This position he 

 held until June, 1897, when he retired. 



Lieut. -Col. White was probably more widely known as a 

 military man. In 1859 he entered the Canadian Militia and 

 since that year served in the 3rd Battalion of the Toronto Militia, 

 the Civil Service Regiment, the Governor-General's Foot Guards, 

 and the 43rd Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles. 



Above all things the late Colonel was a lover of nature and 

 spent much time in his garden, experimenting with flowers, 

 fruits and vegetables. He was deeply interested in the work 

 of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, being one of its founders 

 in 1879, and as mentioned above was our first President. His 

 was a familiar figure for many years at the Club's summer ex- 

 cursions, at which his kindly and genial personality made him 

 one of our most popular and esteemed members. 



He was also the first president of the Ottawa Horticultural 

 Society. In addition he has been president of the Ottawa 

 Athenaeum and Mechanical Institute and of St. George's Society. 

 He was made a C.M.G. on completion of the 60th vear of Her 

 Majesty's reign, 1897. F.T.S. 



