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As soon as I can find time to put my notes into shape, I pro- 

 pose to publish a final report on the results of the whole of these 

 dredgings. 



COLLECTIONS DEPOSITED BY THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



These consist of marine invertebrates from the Gulf of Georgia 

 and other parts of the west coast of British North America, for 

 the most part dredged or collected by Mr. James Richardson, 

 also of a collection of dried plants from the Pacific coast made 

 by the same veteran explorer. These require to be labelled with 

 tickets stating clearly to whom they belong, in case they should 

 be claimed by the Government or by the Directors at any future 

 time. 



Finally, while resigning the offices of Scientific Curator and 

 Recording Secretary, permit me to express the hope that the 

 members generally will overlook or excuse any shortcomings or 

 remissness on my part during the past fourteen years, and that 

 they will believe that my sole object during this long period has 

 been to endeavour to promote the advancement of knowledge and 

 to popularize the study of Natural History in this city. 



Mr. E. E. Shelton, as Treasurer, submitted the annexed 

 financial statement: 



