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Minister of Agriculture for Ontario and his assistants on the excellent 

 results which had been achieved by their efforts, and the important discov- 

 ery of a practicable and effective remedy for this most destructive insect. 



In the evening a public meeting was held at the Normal School, at 

 which Prof. James, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Ontario, presided. 

 The Rev. Dr. Fyles read his presidential address on " Insect Life," illus- 

 trated by a series of beautiful coloured diagrams which he had himself 

 prepared. Prof. Lochhead followed with a lecture on " Some noted 

 Butterfly-hunters and some common Butterflies," which he illustrated with 

 a large series of lantern pictures. 



On Thursday, Oct. 30th, the reports of the Council, Directors, 

 Officers, Branches and Sections were read, and also a number of valuable 

 and interesting papers ; these will all be published in full in the Annual 

 Report to the Legislature. Many rare and interesting specimens were 

 exhibited, and a considerable numher were kindly presented to the 

 Society's collections. The election of officers resulted as follows : 



President — Professor William Lochhead, Ontario Agricultural 

 College, Guelph. 



Vice-President — J. D. Evans, C. E., Trenton. 



Secretary — W. E. Saunders, London. 



Treasurer — J. H. Bowman, London. 



Directors : Division No. 1 — C. H. Young, Hurdman's Bridge. 

 Division No. 2 — C. E. Grant, Oriilia. 

 Division No. 3 — E. M. Walker, Toronto. 

 Division No. 4 — G. E. Fisher, Freeman. 

 Division No. 5 — J. A. Balkwill, London. 



Directors Ex-officio (ex-Presidents of the Society) — Professor Wm. 

 Saunders, LL.D., F.R.S.C., F.L.S., Director of the Experimental Farms, 

 Ottawa; Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S.C., London; James 

 Fletcher, LL.D., F.R.S.C, F.L.S., Entomologist and Botanist of the 

 Experimental Farms, Ottawa; W. H. Harrington, F.R.S.C, Ottawa; 

 John Dearness, Normal School, London; Henry H. Lyman, M.A., 

 F.K.G.S., F.E.S., Montreal; Rev. T. W. Fyles, D.C.L., F.L.S., South 

 Quebec. 



Librarian and Curator — J. Alston Moffat, London. 



Auditors— W. H. Hamilton and S. B. McCready, London. 



Editor of the Canadian Entomologist — -Rev. Dr. Bethune, London. 



Editing Committee — Dr. J. Fletcher, Ottawa; H. H. Lyman, Montreal; 



