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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



81. Canadian Institute of Mining and Metal- 

 lurgy, 1117 St. Catherine Street, W., Mont- 

 real 2, Que. President: W. H. Durrell, c/o 

 Hollinger-Hanna Ltd.. 810 Cote de Liesse 

 Road, Montreal 9, Que. Term expires April, 



1961. Secretary-Treasurer: C. Gerow. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized and incorporated 1898 

 as The Canadian Mining Institute ; name changed 

 to present title by Act of Parliament 1920. 

 AffiHation of Mining Society of Nova Scotia 

 arranged 1918. Six geographic districts across 

 Canada numbered 1 to 6 from east to west ; 

 thirty-eight branches. Technical divisions : coal ; 

 geology ; industrial minerals ; metallurgy ; metal 

 mining and petroleum ; natural gas ; separate 

 committees of each for particular subjects. 



Purpose: To promote arts and sciences con- 

 nected with economical production of valuable 

 minerals and metals ; to maintain a central refer- 

 ence library ; to act at all times in the interest 

 of the mineral industry. 



Membership: 5959. Members and associates 

 3494; junior and junior associates 1390; cor- 

 porate 120; student 955. Members and juniors 

 are directly connected with mineral industry 

 with relative amounts of responsible charge ; 

 associates and junior associates are indirectly 

 connected with the mineral industry with rela- 

 tive amounts of responsible charge. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Prizes for Student 

 Essays ; President's Gold Medal ; Institute 

 Medal for Distinguished Service ; Past Presi- 

 dents' Memorial Medal ; John T. Ryan Trophies ; 

 Barlow Memorial Medal ; Selwyn G. Blaylock 

 Medal ; Medal of the International Nickel Com- 

 pany of Canada ; Institute Medal for Bravery 

 (to recognize great valour displayed in saving 

 lives in mines or plants of the mineral industry). 



Publications: The Canadian Mining and 

 Metallurgical Bulletin, monthly, current volume : 

 53, $10. Transactions, annual, $10. Editor: C. 

 Gerow. 



Library: 7000 volumes on mining, metallurgy, 

 geology, and petroleum. 



82. Canadian Institute of Sanitary Inspertors. 



President: Thomas E. Elliott, City Hall, 

 North Bay, Ont. Term expires September IS, 



1962. Secretary: L. A. McCreesh, 4178 New 

 Street, Burlington, Ont. Term expires 

 September 15, 1962. Executive Secretary: 

 Louis M. Berube, 1910 rue Beugrand, Mont- 

 real 5. P. Q. Term expires September 15, 

 1962. 



History: Organized 1923 in Winnipeg by 

 members of Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec 

 sections ; incorporated 1934. Branches in all 

 provinces of Canada. 



Purpose: To promote advancement of sanitary 

 science in all or any of its branches ; to raise 

 the status and standards of the inspectors ; to 

 cooperate with other health associations in the 

 interest of better public health programs. 



Membership: 800; 34 student. Certificate in 

 Sanitary Inspection (Canada), and recommenda- 

 tion of a Branch of the Institute required. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Canadian Sanitarian, quarterly, 

 current volume : 4. Editor : George Auton, P. O. 

 Box 4006, Station D, Vancouver, B. C. 



83. Canadian Institute of Surveying, P. O. Box 



3151, Postal Station C. Ottawa, Ont. Presi- 

 dent: R. Thistlethwaite. Term expires Feb- 

 ruary, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : R. J. 

 Parlee. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1882 as Association of 

 Dominion Land Surveyors ; name changed to 

 Canadian Institute of Surveying 1934, then to 

 the Canadian Institute of Surveying and Photo- 

 grammetrv 1950 ; reverted to the present name 

 1957. 



Purpose: To further the professional know- 

 ledge of its members ; to promote professional 

 interest in surveying and mapping; to enhance 

 usefulness of the profession to the public. 



Membership: 1283; honorary 9; life 16; 

 members 881 ; associate 117; junior 260. Mem- 

 bers are professional ; associate and junior are 

 nonprofessional but engaged in or of service 

 to surveying and mapping. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: The Canadian Surveyor, five 

 yearly, current volume: 15, $5. Editor: E. J. 

 Jones. 



84. Canadian Library Association — Association 

 Canadienne des Bibliotheques, 63 Sparks 

 Street. Ottawa 4. Ont. President: Neal Har- 

 low, Lhiiversity of British Columbia Library, 

 Vancouver, B. C. Term expires 1961. Execu- 

 tive Secretary: Miss Elizabeth H. Morton. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1946; incorporated 1947. 

 Technical, scientific committees, sections, etc: 

 research library ; reference ; cataloguing ; Spe- 

 cial Committee on Union List of Serials working 

 in cooperation with the American Library As- 

 sociation, Library of Congress and the H. W. 

 Wilson Company of New York. 



Purpose: To promote education, science and 

 culture within the nation through library ser- 

 vice ; to promote high standards of librarianship 

 and the welfare of librarians ; to cooperate with 

 library associations both within and outside of 

 Canada and with other organizations interested 



