Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual General Meeting. 293 



the appeal recently made on behalf of the School by Mr. Chamberlain on the 

 occasion of the reading of a Paper before the Institute by Sir Ronald Roas on 

 " Medical Science and the Tropics." 



Halifax Memorial Tower. 



18. On the occasion of the dedication of the Halifax (Nova Scotia) Memorial 

 Tower by His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught in August last, the Institute 

 was represented by Dr. George R. Parkin, C.M.G., Mr. Ellis T. Powell, LL.B. B.Sc, 

 and the Secretary. 



The Memorial, consisting of a massive tower, stands within an extensive park 

 fronting Halifax harbour, which has been given to the city by Sir Sandford Fleming. 

 The Institute is presenting a pair of bronze lions, which are to be placed at the base 

 of the tower to symbolise the vigilance and protection over the Empire which the 

 Mother Country has exercised since she became a colonising Power. It is expected 

 that the lions, which are now being cast, will reach Halifax in June next, and that 

 they will be unveiled in the presence of many of the Fellows of the Institute resident 

 in Canada. 



Plumage Bill. 



19. The Council have shown their interest in the preservation of wild bird life 

 throughout the British Empire by taking part in the effort now being made to obtain 

 legislative action for the protection of native birds by the passing of an Act to prohibit 

 the sale, hire or exchange of the plumage and skins of wild birds from British Colonies, 

 and the following resolution was forwarded to the Prime Minister, the Secretary of 

 State for the Colonies, and the Rt. Hon. A. Bonar Law : 



" That in view of the expressed desire of the Dominions that an end should 

 be put to the illegal and wasteful traffic in the feathers of their Wild Birds, 

 which traffic threatens many valuable species with extermination, we appeal 

 to the Government to grant facilities for placing the Plumage Bill (No. 2) on 

 the Statute Book." 



International Congress of Entomology. 



20. The Institute was officially represented by Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., a 

 member of the Council, on the occasion of the International Congress of Entomology 

 which was held at Oxford. The Congress was attended by leading entomologists 

 from all parts of the world, and papers were read and discussed dealing with the insect 

 pests of cultivated plants and other subjects regarding the methods of combating 

 insects destructive to agriculture and forests. 



Empire Lectures. 



21. The Empire Lectures Committee have continued the work which was inau- 

 gurated two years ago of bringing to the notice of the people of the Mother Country the 

 importance of the various Overseas Dominions, Colonies and India by means of illus- 

 trated lectures. Mr. W. H. Garrison, F.R.G.S., the Official Lecturer of the Institute, has 

 given addresses with remarkable ability and success in various parts of the United 

 Kingdom to large audiences of the general public, as well as to public schools, societies, 

 and various educational institutions. Several Fellows of the Institute have assisted in 



