1908] Council Meeting. 79 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



A meeting of the Council was held in the Carnegie Library 

 on May 13th, with the President, Mr. Attwood in the chair. 

 Other memliers present were Miss M. B. Williams, Messrs. A. 

 Halkett, A. Gibson, C. H. Young, E. E. Lemieux, L. H. Newman, 

 and T. E. Clarke. 



The following. were elected ordinary members: — 



E. A. LeSueur, Ottawa. 



J. W. Jones, Macdonald College, Ste. Anne de Bellevuc. 



F. C. Hart, B.S.A., Gait. 



Dr. John Brittain, Macdonald College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue. 



Mr. C. Rose, Ottawa. 



Mr. A. Gordon Spencer, Ottawa. 



Mr. C. A: Crabtree, Ottawa. 



Mr. Arthur Gibson was appointed to act as Editor of The 

 Ottawa Naturalist during the absence of Mr. Macoun from the 

 city. 



By formal motion, the Council expressed its opinion that 

 the Editor of The Ottawa Naturalist should be a member of 

 the Council. T. E. C. 



EXCURSIONS. 



Owing to the inclemency of the weather, the excursion of 

 the Club, which was to have been held at Aylmer Park, on the 

 afternoon of Saturday the 9th of May, was cancelled, and the 

 members met instead at the Fisheries Museum. 



Mr. A. E. Attwood, President of the Club, was in charge, 

 and about thirty members attended. Much interest was dis- 

 played in looking at the various aquatic specimens of natural 

 history which this institution contains, and which have been 

 brought together from many parts of the Dominion. Many 

 questions Avere asked in regard to the structure, development, 

 hal its and environments of the various kinds of fishes and other 

 denizens of the sea, lakes, and rivers, specimens of which are on 

 exhibition in this institution. Great interest was taken in a 

 specim.en of Octopus from the coast of British Columbia. 



After spending an hour or so in the Museum, the members 

 went down to the basement of the building and viewed the Fish- 

 hatchery, and were shewn the process of hatching out the fry 

 of the white-fish, the speckled-trout, the salmon-trout and the 

 -Atlantic salmon. 



Altogether a pleasant and instructive time, occupying some 

 two hours, was spent; and those who attended expressed them- 

 selves as well satisfied with tlieir visit. A. H. 



