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more, made its way back to the St. Hilaire Station at 4.30 p.m., 

 and reached town a little after six o'clock. 



The first prize, for the largest number of named species of 

 flowering plants, was awarded to Mr. J. B. Goode, but no other 

 prizes were giveu, as the collections submitted for competition 

 were not deemed to be of sufficient merit. 



MONTHLY AND OTHER MEETINGS. 



Special Meeting of the Society, held June 26th, 1876. 



The meeting was called for the purpose of considering the 

 desirability of procuring a suitable memorial of the late Mr. E. 

 Billings. 



On motion of Mr. G. L. Marler, seconded by Mr. J. H. Joseph, 

 it was resolved : 



lt That on the occasion of the decease of Elkanah Billings, 

 F.G.S., one of the Vice Presidents of the Society, and for many 

 years one of its most eminent members, the founder of the Cana- 

 dian Naturalist and Geologist, and above all the careful and 

 accurate describer of the Palaeozoic Fossils of Canada, it becomes 

 this Society to testify its sense of the great scientific services of 

 the deceased, and its high estimate of the importance of palaeom 

 tological research to the practical and scientific exploration of 

 this Dominion. This meeting would therefore record its appre- 

 ciation of the life-long labours of Mr. Billings in the cause of 

 science, and its sorrow for his removal from among us, and would 

 convey to his widow and other relatives its sympathy with them 

 in their bereavement." 



On motion of Mr. J. F. Whiteavcs, seconded by Mr. Christian 

 Hoffman, it was further resolved : 



" That a Committee of the Society, to consist of the President, 

 the Rev. Dr. DeSola, Rev. Canon Baldwin, Drs. B. J. Harring- 

 ton, John Bell, and the mover, be appointed to take such steps 

 as may seem to them desirable to provide a suitable memorial to 

 the late Mr. Billings." 



The opinion of those present was in favour of obtaining an oil 

 painting of the deceased, to be hung in the Society's rooms, and 

 Mr. Whiteavcs with Dr. John Bell were requested to inquire 

 if there were any existing portraits from which a copy might be 

 made. 



