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by the Legislature, great benefit will be conferred on the farmer 

 and gardener. An act for the amendment of the constitution is 

 now under the consideration of parliament, and, if passed, the effi- 

 ciency of the Society will be thereby increased. 



A committee of the members is now on deliberation concerning 

 the "disease of the apple trees on the Island of Montreal," a sub- 

 ject of great and practical importance, and their report will be of 

 great value to horticulturalists and to the Society. 



From a review of the events of the past year, and the progress 

 of the Society, your Council have every reason to believe that 

 their ardent wishes for the increase of the prosperity and useful- 

 ness of the Society will be realized, and that the Society may meet 

 with still greater success, and obtain that support from its mem- 

 bers and the public to which it is justly entitled, much, very much 

 depends upon the zeal and activity of the members, and if they 

 would see the Society rank more prominently as a public institu- 

 tion, its debt liquidated, and its membership augmented, they too 

 must assist. It is upon the subscription that we are to depend in 

 a great measure for funds not only to meet the current expenses, 

 but to pay the old debts, and enable the Society to engage in fur- 

 thering the study of Natural History. Let the members feel that 

 a certain amount of responsibility rests upon them. The Council 

 acting in conjunction would find additional motives for zeal and 

 activity, and in promoting the legitimate objects of the Society. 

 They should feel that the members are auxiliaries in their labors, 

 and that their valuable counsel and assistance is afforded. The 

 Society then will surely realize its important position. 

 Montreal, 15th May, 1862. 



List of Donations to the Museum. 



Donors' Names. 



Donations. 



John Leeming, Esq 



James Ferrier, Jr., Esq. 

 Stanley C. Bagg, Esq.. 



Mr. William Hunter. 



Specimen of a Wi\\-^s,h,{LepidosteusHuronensis.) 



Do. do. 



Snuflf-box of a Mandarin. 

 Map of the Seceding States of America. 

 Piece of Christ Church Cathedral Bell. 

 Piece of Magnetic Wire from Sebastopol. 

 Rock Specimen from Cape Diamond, C, E. 



Do. Sault-aux-Recollets. 



Male Canada Porcupine, (Hystrix dorsata.) 

 Nest of Indigo Bird, (Spyzia Cyanea,) 4 eggs. 



