238 Report of The Natural History Society. 



It is to be hoped that members interested in the welfare of 

 this Society will not neglect any opportunity of sending specimens 

 for preservation, so as to render, as far as possible, the collection 

 in the various branches of Natural History complete. 



These views would be more fully carried out were the members 

 of this Society to form themselves into sub-branches, each being 

 devoted to some special department of Natural History. This 

 would tend to augment our collection and increase the usefulness 

 of the Society as a whole. 



REPORT OP THE EDITING COMMITTEE. 



The third volume (1858) of "The Canadian Naturalist; and 

 proceedings of the Natural History Society of Montreal," the edit- 

 ing of which was entrusted to this Committee, has been completed. 

 It has been published in numbers every two month's with much 

 regularity. It contains twenty-five original artieles, presented to 

 the Society by its members or correspondents, and prepared ex- 

 pressly for the magazine. These articles, for the most part, per- 

 tain to scientific affairs within the Province of Canada, and 

 embrace original investigations and discoveries in the departments 

 of Geology, Zoology, and Botany. Thirteen articles on topics of 

 interest to the Science of this country have been selected from 

 the valuab'e reports of the Geological survey of Canada, and 

 from the Scientific Journals of Britain and the United States. The 

 chief scientific books which have been published during the year 

 have been either reviewed or noticed, and described with discrimi- 

 nation and care. Numerous scientific gleanings and communi- 

 cations have also been published, which, though not ranking as 

 articles, were yetin great part original. The volume is illustrated 

 with two steel engravings and many original wood cuts of much 

 interest and virtue. For the engravings the editors are indebted 

 to the geological survey, and they desire to acknowledge with 

 thanks, the valuable assistance they have ever received from 

 Sir Win. E. Logan and his staff. 



The number of copies published of each issue is eight hundred 

 and fi f ty. Free copies are sent to most of the Scientific Societies 

 of Europe and America, for which several exchanges are received 

 and will be acknowledged in their proper place. The editors 

 would, however note, that the number of copies published is 

 greater than the number of subscribers, and therefore urge upon 

 the members and friends of the Society to do what they can to 



