384 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Vol. ix. 



With regard to the Naturalist the Editors report that since 

 the last annual meeting the publication of the Journal has been 

 continued, four numbers having been issued during the year. 

 They regret, however, the scantiness of material supplied for 

 publication by members of the Society and would urge upon 

 them the importance not only of doing more scientific work but 

 of recording the results of their labors in the pages of the 

 Naturalist. This, indeed, is an absolute necessity if the Journal 

 is to be continued at all. 



REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE. 



The Library Committee have but little of importance to report 

 at the close of the present session. There have been few addi- 

 tions to the Library proper, and the efforts of the Committee 

 have been directed more to improving the condition of the present 

 contents of the shelves than to addinir to them. Much i>;ood 

 work has been done by Mr. Curry in the arrangement and clas- 

 sification of the contents of the cupboards under the library cases. 

 These contain a very large collection of the transactions of various 

 learned societies and of periodicals, etc., received in exchange for 

 the Canadian Naturalist. They have all been carefully arranged 

 and labelled, and an alphabetical index has been prepared show- 

 ing the contents of each cupboard. A considerable number of 

 very valuable and important volumes of these works is now ready 

 for the binder, and the Committee would recommend that an 

 effort be made to have them bound as soon as possible and placed 

 in the Library. 



It was then moved by Mr. Joseph, seconded by Major Latour, 

 and resolved '' that the reports read be adopted and printed in 

 the Naturalist, as usual." 



The election of Officers then took place with the following 

 results : 



President — Principal Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S. 



Vice-Presidents— Uv. A. R. C. Selwyn, F.R.S. ; Dr. De Sola, 

 Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, Mr. H. Joseph, Mr. Whiteaves, Dr. King- 

 ston, Prof. P.J. Darey, Prof. B.J. Harrington, B. A., Ph.D. ; 

 Dr. J. B. Edwards, F.C.S. 



Corresponding Secretary — Dr. Edwards. 



Recording Secretary — Mr. Frank W. Hicks. 



Treasurer — Mr. G. L. Marler. 



Cabinet-Keeper — Mr. Wm. Muir. 



Council — Messrs. Brissette, Sanborn, Bemrose, Donald, Dr. 

 Bell, Dr. G. M. Dawson, Rev. Mr. Empson, and Major Latour. 



Library Committee — Messrs. Hicks, Donald, Brisette, Bern- 

 rose and Brown. 



Published August 13th, 1880. 



