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with a view of obtaining his patronage. He was graciously 

 pleased to accede to their request and has since evinced great 

 interest in the work of the Club. 



A grant has again been received from the Provincial Govern- 

 ment at Toronto. Upon this grant depends in great measure 

 the maintenance of the standard of excellence which has made 

 Thk Ottawa Naturalist the best medium in Central 

 Canada for the prompt publication of original papers bearing on 

 the Natural History and resources of Ontario and the adjoining 

 provinces. 



The thanks of the Club arc due to the \'oung Men's Christ- 

 ian Association, which kindly put the Association Hall at its 

 disposal for the lectures ; to Dr. J. A. MacCabe for the 

 use of rooms in the Normal School for the monthly Council 

 Meetings and for the library, also for the use of the large Assem- 

 bly Hall for the Public Conversazione held on Jan. 24th ; 

 to the Electric Light Co. for their generosity in gratuitously 

 putting in wires and lamps for the microscopes on that occasion; 

 to the daily press for inserting notices of all meetings and 

 thus helping the Club considerabl)- b}- bringing its work before 

 the public. 



W. J. Wilson Edward E. Prince 



Secretary. President. 



twentieth annual meeting oe the ottawa 

 fh^:ld-naturalists' club. 



The Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Ottawa Field-Natur- 

 alists' Ckib was held in the Lecture Hall of the Y.M.C.A , 

 Ottawa, on Tuesday evening March 14th, 1899. The following 

 members and officers of the Club were present ; Prof John 

 M^LCOun, Dr. James Fletcher, W. H. Harrington, Colonel Wm. 

 White, C.M.G., Dr. H. M. Ami, Dr. R. W. Ells, Mr. R. B. Whyte, 

 Mr. W. R. Billings, Mr. F. T. Shutt, Mr. D. B. Dowling, Mr. J. 

 M. Mgicoun, Mr. Andrew Halkctt, Mr. S. J. Jenkins, Mr. A. H. 



