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197. Ottawa Biological and Biochemical So- 

 ciety. President: B. B. Migicovsky, Animal 

 Research Institute, Canada Department of 

 Agriculture, Ottawa, Ont. Term expires May, 

 1961. Secretary: F. Sauer, Animal Research 

 Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, 

 Ottawa, Ont. Term expires May, 1961. 



History: Organized 1949. 



Purpose: To provide a forum for discussion 

 of research in experimental aspects of biology. 



Membership: 165. Professional or amateur 

 interest in biological research. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



198. Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada. 

 President: Eric L. Medcalf, 70 Gloucester 

 Street, Ottawa 4, Ont. Term expires Sep- 

 tember, 1962. Honorary Secretary-Treasurer : 

 Harvey I. Marshal, 56 Sparks Street, P. O. 

 Box 1077, Station "B", Ottawa, Ont. Term 

 expires September, 1962. 



History: Begun 1926 with a meeting of patent 

 solicitors at Ottawa. Organization constituted 

 1927 as Canadian Institute of Patent Solicitors ; 

 incorporated 1935 as Patent Institute of Canada. 

 Present name adopted 1957. 



Purpose: To form a united and representa- 

 tive group of persons specializing in matters 

 pertaining to patents, trade marks, copyright 

 and industrial designs; to study laws and prac- 

 tice relating to patents, trade marks, industrial 

 designs and copyright in Canada and to promote 

 efficient administration and development of same 

 for protection of industrial and intellectual pro- 

 perty in Canada ; to promote and maintain high 

 standards of training and ethics among mem- 

 bers ; to disseminate to public useful knowledge 

 relating to protection of industrial and intel- 

 lectual property ; to facilitate acquirement of 

 professional knowledge and information affect- 

 ing practice and to promote interchange thereof 

 among members. 



Membership: 264. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Bulletin, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 4. Editor : E. G. Metcalfe. Proceedings, 

 annual, current volume : 33. $1. 



199. Pharmaceutical Association of the Province 

 of British Columbia, 207 West Hastings 

 Street, Vancouver 3, B. C. President: M. S. 

 Evers, 616 6th Street, New Westminster, B. C. 

 Term expires June, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Gibb G. Henderson. Term indefinite. 



History: Established 1891. 

 Purpose: Administration of pharmacy act in 

 British Columbia. 



Membership: 1130; 250 students. Members 

 require bachelor of science in pharmacy from 

 recognized Canadian university. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Two scholarships an- 

 nually at University of British Columbia ; Phar- 

 maceutical Association of the Province of Brit- 

 ish Columbia Scholarship $100; Dean E. L. 

 Woods Memorial Prize $50. 



Publications: Bulletin, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 3. Editor : D. A. Denholm. 



200. Pharmacological Society of Canada — La 

 Societe Pharmacologique du Canada, c/o 



P. O. Box 959, Montreal, Que. President: 

 Mark Nickerson, University of Manitoba, 

 Winnipeg, Man. Term expires June, 1961. 

 Secretary: J. D. McColl. Term expires June, 

 1961. 



History: Founded 1956. Charter member 

 Canadian Federation of Biological Societies 

 1957. 



Purpose: To promote advancement of science 

 of pharmacology in its widest sense. 



Membership: 129. Any person who has con- 

 ducted research and published meritorious papers 

 in pharmacology in the widest sense, or engaged 

 in teaching in this field, eligible for membership. 



Meetings: Annual. 



201. Prince Edward Island Institute of Agrolo- 

 gists. President: J. D. E. Sterling, Experi- 

 mental Farm, Charlottetown, P. E. I. Term 

 expires July, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 David Scales, 10 Confederation Street, Park- 

 dale, Charlottetown R. R., P. E. I. Term ex- 

 pires July, 1962. 



History: Formed 1960. 



Purpose: Promotion and maintenance of high 

 standard of qualifications for agrologists ; to 

 unite agrologists in a society devoted to solving 

 agricultural problems in the province. 



Membership: 35. Graduation in agriculture 

 from a recognized university required. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



202. Prince Edward Island Pharmaceutical So- 

 ciety, Charlottetown, P. E. I. President: 

 Derald F. MacKenzie, 197 Kent Street, Char- 

 lottetown, P. E. I. Term expires June, 1961. 

 Secretary-Registrar: K. J. Cantwell, 175 

 Grafton Street, Charlottetown, P. E. I. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Founded 1905. 



Purpose: Public safety and public protection; 

 licensing of pharmaceutical chemists ; educa- 

 tion standards of pharmacy in P. E. I. 



