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vented by following the practical advice given by such men as the 

 lecturer of the evening. He felt proud that Canada in no way 

 lagged behind other countries in the prosecution and appfication 

 of these studies. The Dominion Entomologist was doing excel- 

 lent work, highly appreciated both at home and abroad. 



Dr. Fletcher, the Dominion Entomologist, in seconding the 

 vote of thanks, considered it an honour to have an opportunity of 

 expressing his opinion, not only of the lecture of the evening, but 

 of the splendid work which Dr. Howard had been doing for so 

 many years. He drew attention to some of the triumphs in 

 Applied Entomology in which that gentleman had taken an active 

 part, mentioning, among other things, the discovery of practical 

 remedies for some of the worst enemies of the farmer and fruit 

 grower, the improvement of machinery for the distribution of 

 insecticides and many other kindred subjects. He felt very happy 

 this evening on account of the honour which was being paid his 

 dear and particular friend, Dr. Howard, as well as the science of 

 Entomology, and which was well attested by the presence of His 

 Excellency the Governor-General, the Hon. Minister of Agricul- 

 ture, and the large audience now before him, as well as by the 

 rapt attention which was paid to every word uttered by the 

 lecturer and the hearty and frequent applause. 



The skilful manipulation of the lantern by Mr. J. P. Dunne 

 was favourably commented upon by Dr. Howard. 



THE BILLINGS MEMORIAL. 



A Portrait to be Placed in the Geological Survey 



Department. 

 Under the auspices of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 

 last fall a movement was inaugurated with the object of perpetu- 

 ating, in some visible and tangible manner, the memory of one of 

 Canada's greatest sons, Elkanah Billings, who departed this life 

 some 24 years ago. Elkanah Billings, well known in old Bytown 

 and in Ottawa's earliest days as a barrister, was an ardent natur- 

 alist and geologist. He published the "Canadian Naturalist and 

 Geologist" for several years, first in Ottawa, but later in Montreal, 

 whither Sir William Logan had induced him to go and join him 

 in investigating the geological resources of old Canada (Quebec 



