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sor an annual R. S. McLaughlin — W. E. Gallic 

 Visiting Professorship supported by grant from 

 the R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation. 



Publications: Register of Fellows, annual, 

 free to Fellows of College. 



214. Royal Society of Canada, National Research 

 Council Building, Sussex Drive, Ottawa 2, 

 Ont. President: M. Y. Williams, University 

 of British Columbia, Vancouver 8, B. C. Term 

 expires June, 1961. Honorary Secretary: Guy 

 Sylvestre, 355 Wilbrod Street, Ottawa. Ont. 

 Term expires June, 1962. Associate Honorary 

 Secretary: S. C. Robinson, Geological Survey 

 of Canada, Ottawa, Ont. Term expires June, 

 1962. Executive Secretary: Mrs. Lea 

 Metivier. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded by His Grace the Duke of 

 Argyle in 1882 ; incorporated by Act of Parlia- 

 ment, May 25, 1883. Sections : I. Humanites et 

 sciences sociales ; IL Humanities and Social Sci- 

 ences; HI. Mathematical, Chemical, and Phy- 

 sical Sciences ; IV. Geological Sciences ; V. 

 Biological Sciences. 



Purpose: To encourage studies and investiga- 

 tions in literature and science ; to publish trans- 

 actions annually or semiannually, containing 

 minutes of proceedings at meetings, records of 

 work performed, original papers and memoirs 

 of merit, and such other documents as may be 

 deemed worthy of publication ; to offer prizes or 

 other inducements for valuable papers on sub- 

 jects relating to Canada, and to aid researches 

 already begun and carried so far as to render 

 their ultimate value probable ; to assist in col- 

 lection of specimens with a view to formation 

 of a Canadian museum of archives, technology, 

 archaeology, and natural history. 



Membership: 530 Fellows (F.R.S.C.) must 

 be persons resident in Canada who have pub- 

 lished original works or memoirs of merit, or 

 who have rendered eminent service to literature 

 of science. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Flavelle Medal, for 

 original work in science of conspicuous merit ; 

 Lome Pierce Medal, for some achievement in 

 imaginative or critical literature of special 

 significance ; Tyrrell Medal for outstanding 

 work in history; Pierre Chauveau Medal, for 

 outstanding work in humanities ; Henry Mar- 

 shall Tory Medal, for outstanding work in 

 physical sciences; Willet G. Miller Medal, for 

 outstanding research in geological sciences. 

 Harrison Prize in Bacteriology. 



Publications: Transactions, annual, current 

 volume: 53, $14. (Sectional separates available: 

 Sections I and H combined $3 ; Sections HI, IV, 

 V, $2 each). Studia Varia, annual, current vol- 

 ume : 6, prices varies. 



Library: Approximately 60,000 volumes cov- 

 ering all branches of knowledge, particularly 

 natural sciences ; now housed in library of 

 National Research Council, Ottawa. 



215. Saskatchewan Association of Architects, 



2426 Hanover Avenue, Saskatoon, Sask. 

 President: G. H. Kerr, 102 Ross Block, Saska- 

 toon, Sask. Term expires October, 1960. 

 Executive Secretary: Mrs. E. C. Hippe. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1909; incorporated 1911. 



Purpose: To control the practice and promote 

 the study of architecture in Saskatchewan. 



Membership: 54. Members must have been 

 resident in Saskatchewan for one year, must 

 have passed suitable training or qualifying 

 examinations. 



Meetings: Semi-annual. 



Professional activities: Awards one university 

 scholarship. 



216. Saskatchewan Association of Chiropodists. 



President: Leo Bernbaum. 720 Medical Den- 

 tal Building, Regina, Sask. Secretary: Earle 

 R. Williams, 212 MacMillan Building, Saska- 

 toon, Sask. 



History: Incorporated 1943. 



Purpose: Professional association concern- 

 ing practice of surgical chiropody to keep 

 professional standards up to a high level and 

 establish who shall have right to practise. 



Membership: 6. Membership gained after re- 

 gistration and following examination by LTni- 

 versity of Saskatchewan. 



Meetings: Annual. 



217. Saskatchewan Geological Society, P. O. 

 Box 234, Regina, Sask. President: C. K. 

 Caldwell, Financial Building, Regina, Sask. 

 Term expires December 31, 1960. Secretary: 

 A. Chesney, c/o Central Canada Stratigraphic 

 Service, Regina, Sask. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 31, 1960. 



History: Incorporated 1951. 



Purpose: To promote science of geology and 

 geophysics, particularly as applied in petroleum, 

 natural gas and allied industries ; to promote a 

 spirit of scientific research among members. 



Membership: 90. Requirements: eligible for 

 membership in American Association of Petro- 

 leum Geologists, Society of Exploration Geo- 

 physics, or Society of Economic Paleontologists 

 and Mineralogists ; degree in geology or science 

 fundamental to petroleum geology and working 

 in technical capacity in oil industry; sponsored 



