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These lectures have beeo attended by large numbers, and were 

 of high merit and scientific character. The thanks of your 

 Society are due to the gentlemen who so kindly and at so much 

 trouble save them. 



Your Council have also to report that the usual annual field 

 day took place on the first June, 1878. The party numbered 

 over 118 members and friends. The day was a most favourable 

 and enjoyable one. The party proceeded by rail to St. Jerome, 

 where they were kindly received by the Rev. Father Labelle 

 and a number of gentlemen of that village, to whom the cordial 

 thanks of the Society are due for their kindness on that occasion, 

 especially for the address of welcome by Father Labelle. Prizes 

 were awarded for collections. No part of the country could be 

 more suitable for a field day than St. Jerome and its environs, 

 it being full of interest to your members. The receipts of the 

 trip scarcely covered the expenditure, a small sum being re- 

 quired from the funds of the Society to cover the deficiency, 

 $3.05. 



curator's report. 



Mr. Caulfield, the Curator, submitted the following report: — 



The entire zoological collection has been closely examined and 

 cleaned, and any specimens showing traces of museum pests have 

 been thoroughly disinfected. 



The cases containing the fishes, reptiles and exotic birds have 

 been cleaned and re papered, but owing to the coldness of the 

 museum the work had to be suspended, leaving the papering of 

 the cases containing the mammals and Canadian birds unfinished. 



The alcoholic preparations in the cases upstairs have also been 

 examined. Some of the common Canadian batrachians which 

 had been bleached by long exposure to light have been removed, 

 and the jars containing the remainder of the specimens have 

 been cleaned and re-filled with fresh alcohol. 



The miscellaneous collections in the old wall case in the aqua- 

 rium room have been taken out, cleaned and temporarily arranged 

 in the new wall cases. The collection of fossils presented by the 

 late Sir G. Duncan Gibb has been cleaned and placed in the new 

 table cases. 



The entomological collection is in good order and free from 

 dermestes, &c. The herbarium is also free from insects, but 

 needs replenishing, as many of the specimens are old and faded. 



