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Mr. Whiteaves then read the report of the retiriog Council. 



REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL. 



Session 1879-80. 



At the conclusion of their year of office your Council beg 

 to report as follows : 



The Sommerville Course of free public lectures, has also 



been duly delivered, to good audiences ; the folio iviog being the 



titles of the lectures, the names of the lecturers and the dates at 



which the lectures were delivered : 



1880. 

 February 5th. Weights and Measures, with a plea for the 



Metric System. By Dr. J. B. Edwards, 



F.C.S., &c. 

 February 20th. Women in Canadian History. By Professor 



F. W. Hicks, M.A. 

 February 26th. Money. By H. Mott, Esq. 



March 11th. Claims of Pictorial Art. By John Popham, 



Esq. 

 March 18th. Cosmic Matter. By Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, 



F.R.S. 

 April 8th. Timber trees and their economic uses. By 



G. L. Marler, Esq. 



An hour previous to each lecture, the Museum of the Society 

 was lighted up and thrown open to the public, the latter privilege 

 being taken advantage of by numbers who probably would not 

 have visited the premises otherwise. 



The Society accepted an invitation from the Ottawa Nat- 

 uralists' Field Club to meet them at Calumet on the 12th of 

 June last to hold a field-dav too-ether. The excursion proved to 

 be an eminently enjoyable one, and four prizes were awarded for 

 the best botanical and zoological collections made on the spot. 



Your Council has also to report that the number of new 

 members elected in the past session is seven, and that about 1500 

 persons have visited the Museum since the last Annual Meeting. 



The Annual grant of $750 has been received, as usual, 

 from the Legislature of the Province of Quebec. 



The premises have been put in a thorough state of repair, 

 a new gravel roof or metal covering has been provided, the 

 woodwork inside and outside of the building has been repainted^ 

 the two furnaces have been repaired and put in good working 



