THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Vol. vtii. 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



PROCEEDINGS FOR THE SESSION 1874-75. 



FIELD DAY. 



A Field Day to Belceil Mountain was held on the 24th of 

 May, which was very numerously attended. The spring being 

 unusually late, the collections of plants, &c, were not so large as 

 they otherwise might have been. From the summit of the 

 mountain, addresses relating to the geology and history of the 

 surrounding district were delivered by the President, A. R. C. 

 Selwyn, F. R. S., by Principal Dawson and Rev. Dr. De Sola. 



The following prizes were awarded during the afternoon : 



1. For the best named collection in any department of Natural 

 History. — Captain F. S. Barnjum. 



2. For the largest number of species of Flowering Plants, 

 unnamed. — Mr. Rankine Dawson. 



3. For the second best ditto. — Miss Grace Lyman. 



MONTHLY MEETINGS. 



1st Monthly Meeting, held October 26th, 1874. 



The Hon. Donald Smith, M. P., was elected a member of the 

 Society. 



Dr. J. Baker Edwards exhibited a sample box of materials 

 for chemical experiments, prepared by Dr. May, of Toronto, for 

 the use of schools, and commented on the cheapness of these 

 portable cabinets, and their use to young students. 



Mr. Whiteaves then read a paper on the Marine Fisheries 

 and Oyster Beds of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This will be 

 found (condensed) on pages 336-349 of the last volume of this 

 journal. 



2d Monthly Meeting, held Dec. 7th, 1874. 



Postponed from Nov. 30th, 1874, that being St. Andrews's 

 Day. 



Dr. W. Osier and Messrs. James Fletcher, Arthur Webster, 

 W. Campbell and Thomas W. Evans were elected members of 

 the Society. 



Principal Dawson then read a communication on Indian Re- 

 mains from Lake St. Francis and elsewhere. 



