8 The Ottawa Naturalist. [April 



The Librarian, Mr. A. E. Currie, has arranged the back 

 issues of The Ottawa Naturalist so that we now know definitely 

 what numbers are available. 



The report of the Librarian is as follows: 



A short while ago the surplus copies of The Ottawa 

 Naturalist, issued since April, 1910, were transferred from the 

 residence of Mr. Arthur Gibson to the Osgoode St. School, and 

 placed along with the older numbers. 



About a year and a half ago, while first arranging the back 

 numbers of the Naturalist in an accessible position, there were 

 five parcels found, each bearing the legend, "Nos. required to 

 complete this set, Sept., 1891; April, 1892; Jan., 1895; Feb., 

 1895, and March, 1896." Recently, while examining these 

 parcels and loose numbers more closely, it was found that the 

 five numbers were never issued. There are, therefore, five com- 

 plete sets of The Ottawa Naturalist still available and no 

 doubt at least another two sets could be compiled from the loose 

 numbers. 



During the year the various publications received through 

 exchange have been placed, with the library of the Club, on the 

 north-west stack of the second floor of the Carnegie Library. 



Excursions Committee. 



As the experience of the preceding season seemed to indicate 

 that a programme of fortnightly excursions did not give a 

 sufficient number of excursions after the deduction of those 

 inevitably cancelled through bad weather or other unforeseen 

 circumstances, it was decided to revert to the practise, previously 

 followed by the Club, of holding an excursion every week during 

 the earlier part of the season. A programme of weekly excursions 

 was accordinglv arranged for. The first excursion was on April 

 27th to Beechwood, and the two succeeding ones on May 4th 

 and May 11th to Blueberry Point and Britannia respectively. 

 Notwithstanding the backward season these were well attended 

 and in every way successful. Detailed reports of them will be 

 found in The Ottawa Naturalist. 



An excursion was held on Saturday. June 1st, to Chelsea, 

 at which several leaders and a large number of members took 

 part. While waiting for the return train the leaders gave an 

 instructive account of the botanical and geological specimens that 

 were observed and studied. No account of this was published. 



The excursion to Ironsides on June 8th was spoiled by a 

 deluge of rain, which rendered it impossible to make observations. 

 On June 22nd a few members held an enthusiastic and successful 

 excursion to the Mer Bleue. 



