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Report of the Council. 



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representative Canadian fishes during the past season as a nucleus 

 of a new collection tor the Department of Marine and Fisheries, 

 and cites examples belon<cing- to the four great groups into which 

 the fishes of the Dominion are divisible. 



The treasurer reports a balance on hand of $41.73. 



The Council desires to express its gratification at the honors 

 recently paid two of the members of the Club in the awarding by 

 Cambridge University to Dr. Robert Bell, the President, of the 

 deg; ee of Doctor of Science, and in the granting of the Bigsby 

 Medal to Dr. H. M. Aini, a former president, by the Geological 

 Society of London. 



The Council desires to place on record its sense of the loss 

 whici the Club has sustained thriuigh the sudden death ol' Dr. J. 

 A. MacCabe, late principal of the Noi-mal School, whc^ tor many 

 years was a member of the Club. The Club was much indebted 

 to him for the frequent use of rooms for meetings and tor the per- 

 manent use of a room for the library. His genial presence and 

 inspiring addresses added much to the interest of the meetings 

 which he attended. 



The thanks of the Club are due to Mr. |. F. White. M..A , the 

 present Principal of the Normal School, for continuing to us the 

 privileges we now enjoy ; also to the daily newspapers of the city 

 for kindly inserting notices of our meetings free of charge. 



Respectfully submitted. 



W. J. Wilson, 



Secretary. 





