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tinuance and improvement of our periodical, the formation of a cabinet 

 of insects arranged in an economical point of view, and placed in the 

 rooms of the Association at Toronto, and by the publication of a Report 

 upon the Insects affecting the Apple, Grape, and Plum, prepared by 

 Messrs. Saunders and Reed and myself. The singular favour accorded 

 by the public to this Report, and the fact that an edition of three thou- 

 sand copies was speedily exhausted, sufficiently attest its value. 



The present year (187 1) has been signalized by the Incorporation of 

 the Society by the Legislature of Ontario, at the instigation of the Bureau 

 of Agriculture, and the grant to its funds by the Government of $500 a 

 year. By the same Act, moreover, your President is entitled to take 

 his seat as an ex officio member of the Board of Agriculture and arts. 

 Among the ranks of progress of the year, mention must by no means be 

 omitted of the formation of a third Branch of the Society at Kingston, 

 which we trust will long continue to grow and prosper. 



Such, gentlemen, is a brief account of the origin and progress of our 

 Society, the recital of which has not, I trust, proved uninteresting to 

 you. When we look back upon our growth and development, we must 

 all, I am sure, feel cheered and encouraged to continue our work and 

 strive by our united efforts to make the Entomological Society of 

 Ontario a credit and a blessing to our land. 



Before concluding, I feel that it is my painful duty to remind you 

 of the loss which our Society and the cause of Natural Science generally 

 in this Province has sustained in the recent death of Prof. Hincks, of 

 University College, Toronto. He joined us in our first attempts at 

 organization, and continued our steady friend and supporter till a few 

 months ago. Though his special studies were chiefly devoted to another 

 department of Nature, he yet took a lively interest in Entomology, and 

 was a frequent attendant at our meetings. He died at a ripe old age, and 

 has left a mark upon the scientific records of our country which will not 

 soon be effaced. 



Thanking you, gentlemen, for the honour you have done me in calling 

 upon me to preside over you during the past year, and trusting that our 

 Society will continue to grow and prosper, and be zealously maintained 

 by us all, 



I have the honor to be, gentlemen, 



Your obedient servant, 



Charles J. Bethune. 

 Kingston, Sept. 27, 187 1. 



