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Mr. (t. L. Marler then read the 



REPORT OF OH AIRMAN OP COUNCIL. 



As chairmau of Council it is my duty to report that during 

 the session now olosinii; your Soeiety has received the large addi- 

 tion of 125 members. The usual course of Somnidrville Lectures, 

 six in number, was delivered to large and appreciative audiences. 



The Museum was open to the public each evening for one 

 hour before the commencement of the lecture. It is estimated 

 that not less than 2000 persons visited the Museum on these 

 -evenings. 



The subjects of the lectures with the names of the lecturers 

 were : 



1882. 

 Feb. 2r)d. Mountains and Valleys. Principal Dawson, G.M.Gr., 



F.R.S. 



Feb. 9th. The Ijungs and Air Passages in relation to Health 



and Disease. T. Wesley Mills, M.D. 



Feb. 16th. Edible Fruits, theii- Composition, Preservation, and 



Causes of Dec;iy. J. T. Donald, B.A. 



Feb. 2Hti\. Th(! Microscope :ind its Revelations. J. Stevenson 



Brown, Esq., assisted by Wm. Muir, Esq., 

 with his Oxyhydrogen Microscope, 



March 2d Alcohol and its Physiological Effects. F. Bul- 



ler, M.D. 



March 9th. Notes on a Recent Trip to Europe. T. Sterry 



Hunt, LL.D., F.R.S. 



The thanks of the Society are due to the gentlemen who 

 delivered these lectures which were eminently successful, the 

 lecture hall on each occasion being more than filled. 



Your Council has also to report that an invitation to the 

 American Associati(m for the Advancement of Science was for- 

 warded by a deputation of your Society which was cordially 

 received and the invitation accepted. The citizens of Montreal 

 were then called together in your rooms to form a series of com- 

 mittees to prepare for the reception of this Association in a 

 fitting manner. The use of your building has been placed at 

 their disposal, and considerable progress has since been made by 

 the various committees. Your Council cannot allow it to pass 



