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 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



To the Members of the Ottawa Field- N aturalistii Club .: — 



Ladies and Gentlemen, — It has been the pleasing duty of the 

 Council — since the formation of the Club- — to rejjort its affairs in 

 a more prosperous state each succeeding year, but at no previous 

 period has the condition of the Club been so satisfactory, or the success 

 achieved during any year, been equal to that which has attended it 

 during the one just ending. 



At the close of last year the membership was 232, and now — after 

 revising the list and deducting the lapses through death, removal and 

 resignation — it stands at 296. There were 66 new members elected 

 during the year. 



There were five general.excursions held during the summer ; the 

 first was on the 31st of May, to Butternut Grove, near Old Chelsea; 

 the second on the 21st of June, to Casselman ; the third on the 

 19th of July, to Montebello ; the fourth on the 9th of August, to 

 Eastman's Springs, and the fifth on the 6th of September, to Kirk's 

 Ferry, on the Gatineau River. Besides these excursions a number of 

 the members availed themselves of the invitation given by the Montreal 

 Natural History Society, and met the members of that body at Lachute, 

 P.Q., on the 7th of June. 



Sub-excursions were also carried on throughout the season, as 

 usual, to different points of interest within easy reach of the City. 



The winter course of meetings was arranged as formerly, and 



consisted of Soirees and Afternoon Lectures. The Soirees were held 



on alternate Thursday evenings, in the Lecture room of the Normal 



School building, and the papers read at them were as follows : — 



1890. 



Dec. II. — Science as an Aid to Education, by Dr. McCabe. 



The President's Inaugural Address, by Dr. Ells. 

 1 89 1. 



Jan. 15. — Report of the Zoological Branch. 

 Asbestus, by Dr. Ells. 

 " 29. — Report of the Ornithological Branch. 

 The Chimney Swift, by Mr. Kingston. 



