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Association for the Advancement of Science, held in Buffalo, New York, 

 our Society was represented by the President, Vice-President, Secretary 

 and Mr. J. Alston Moffat. Our Society was honored in the election of 

 our Secretary, Mr. E. Baynes Reed, to be Secretary of the Club. The 

 local members did all in their power to make the gathering a pleasant 

 one, and, in addition to the ordinary meetings, special entomological ex- 

 cursions took place which were much enjoyed by all. The collections of 

 the several members residing in Buffalo, and the fine library belonging to 

 the Society of Natural Science, were freely opened to the visiting 

 members. 



The entomological collections in the American National Museum at 

 Washington, are being rapidly augmented under the energetic direction 

 of the curator, Mr. John B. Smith. The valuable private collections 

 which have been acquired, added to the large amount of material con- 

 stantly accumulating and being rapidly arranged, have already made it a 

 most valuable collection of reference. In accordance with a request 

 made by the Minister of Agriculture for the Dominion, the valuable col- 

 lection of our Society was specially prepared for exhibition during last 

 winter, and forwarded early in the spring to the Colonial and Indian Ex- 

 hibition, in London, where it has been an attractive object to visitors 

 throughout the summer. In the work of preparation, most valuable aid 

 was rendered by one of our esteemed fellow members, Mr. J. Alston 

 Moffat, who devoted many weeks of consecutive labor to this end. 

 Mention should also be made of the valuable aid rendered by our 

 esteemed Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. E. Baynes Reed, and of his son 

 Lawrence, also of a member of our Council, Mr. J. M. Denton, for it is 

 to the combined efforts of these several individuals that our great success 

 has been mainly due. 



In bringing these brief remarks to a close, I desire to refer to the 

 pleasure it has given me during many years past to fill, to the best of my 

 ability, the post of honor in which, year after year, you have been pleased 

 to place me. Public duties of an important character which I have 

 recently undertaken, will, from this time forward, necessarily engross all 

 my time, and in case my name should be mentioned again in connection 

 with the position of President, I beg to state frankly that I shall be no 

 longer able to serve you in this capacity. I regret also that I shall be 

 compelled to relinquish the work of editing The Canadian Entomolo- 



