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47. Ophiogljpha nodosa^ Labrador. 



48. Chiredole laeve, " 



49. Hyas aranea 



50. Cancer borealis, " 



51. Crangon vulgaris, " 



52. Echinarachnius atlanticus, " 



53. Asteracanthion polaris, " 



54. " rubens, " 



With a number of fishes and reptiles from Labrador and crustaceans 

 from Florida, and the following Batrachians : — 



Salamandra dorsalis, Mass. S. coccinea, Mass. S. erythronota. S. 

 bilineata. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The annual meeting of the Society was held pursuant to public 

 notice, at the rooms of the Society, on Saturday evening, May 

 18, 1861, when there were present the following members : — 



The President, the Lord Bishop of Montreal ; Principal Dawson, 

 Chairman of Council ; Dr. DeSola, 1st Vice President ; Dr. King- 

 ston, Corresponding Secretary ; John Leeming, Recording Secre- 

 tary ; James Ferrier, Jr., Treasurer ; Dr. Craik, Curator ; 

 Messrs. Davies, Kemp, Murphy, of the Council ; and Messrs. 

 Gordon, Gouldie, Weaver, J. C. Becket, Dr. Jones, J. J. Day, 

 Douglas, H. A. Joseph, D. Mackay, Alex. Morris, Gibson, Henry 

 Rose, S. C. Bagg, and other members of the Society. 



The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



His Lordship the President of the Society then delivered the 

 following address : 



Gentlemen, — Before we proceed to the more special business 

 for which we are assembled at this the Annual General 

 Meeting of our Society, I will ask your patience while as Presi- 

 dent of the Natural History Society of Montreal during the past 

 year, I endeavour to lay before you some brief statements of what 

 we have been doing, and what are our claims to support. We 

 have a charter of Incorporation, and we receive support from the 

 Legislature, upon the plea that we are promoting the study of 

 Natural Science. It is very reasonable that such aid and encour- 

 agement should be given in a young country like this, but we 

 can only expect it to be continued upon some good showing that 

 we are accomplishing the work to which we are pledged. This 

 I trust we can justly assert to be the case. But whatever help 

 we may derive from the Legislature, it is rather upon the co-ope- 

 ration of our own members, that we must mainly and eventually 

 rely, if we expect to advance our Institution or extend its useful- 

 ness. It is not however reasonable to anticipate any rapid accession 



