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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1 893-1 894. 



To the Members of the Ottawa Field- Naturalists Club : 



In presenting this, the fifteenth Annual Report of the work of the 

 Club, your Council has to announce that the year just closed has been 

 one in which the Club's success, usefulness and activity have amply 

 repaid the amount of time and labour devoted to it. 



The very large attendance at the Excursions held during the sum- 

 mer season to Wakefield, Rockland and to Borthwick's shows plainly to 

 what degree of popularity our spring and summer outings have attained. 



Nineteen new members were elected by your Council and their 

 names added to the membership roll. A few have resigned for various 

 reasons. 



Ten meetings of the Council were held during the past year at 

 different times for the transaction of routine business, appointing 

 leaders, preparing for excursions and soirees, and the publication of the 

 Ottawa Naturalist. 



Six soirees or evening sessions of the Club were held during the 

 winter months as follows : 



Dec. 12th Inaugural Address: The extinct Northern Sea-cow and 

 earl) Russian Explorations in the North Pacific. 



Dr. G. M. Dawson, C.M.G., F.R.S. 



Jan. 9th. Following a Planet. ( With lantern illustrations.) 



A. McGill, B.A., B.Sc. 



Jan. 23rd. Biological Water Analysis. {With lantern illustrations.) 



Dr. Wyatt Johnston, Montreal. 



Feb. 6th. Disintegration and Denudation of Rocks. 



Frank Adams, Ph.D., (McGill College, Montreal.) 



Feb. 20th. The Transmutations of Nitrogen. (With chemical ex- 

 periments.) Thos. Macfarlane, F.R.S. C 



Mch. 6th. Ottawa Butterflies James Fletcher, F.L.S., F.R.S.C. 



Notes on the Natural History of the Islands of Behring 



Sea James M. Macoun. 



