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Your Council have to report that ten new ordinary members, 

 two lady associates, and two new corresponding members have 

 been elected during the year. They have, however, to regret 

 the loss of Mr. E. Billings, one of the Vice-Presidents of the 

 Society, and one of its oldest and most zealous members. 



The papers read at the regular monthly meetings having been 

 already referred to in the President's address, call for no special 

 notice here. 



The free course of Sommerville lectures has been delivered 

 in due course, and the titles of these lectures, the dates at which 

 they were delivered, and the names of the authors, will be found 

 in their proper place in the Society's proceedings. On the nights 

 when these lectures were delivered, the museum was lit up and 

 thrown open free to the public, a privilege of which many availed 

 themselves. 



About 1200 persons have visited the museum during the past 

 year, and a large number of these have been admitted free of 

 charge. 



In accordance with a recommendation of the Council for the 

 previous year, the walls of the premises have been tinted, and 

 the ceilings whitewashed ; the contents of the cases in the museum 

 have been taken out, and both the specimens and the interior of 

 the cases have been dusted and cleaned. 



In October last the use of the rooms was granted free of 

 charge to the Protestant Teachers' Association of the Province 

 of Quebec. 



No further action has been taken in the matter of the Praser 

 Institute. 



Finally your Council have to report that the name of Mr. J. 

 Fraser Torrance has been associated with that of Dr. Harrington 

 in the editorship of the Canadian Naturalist. 



The report of the Scientific Curater and Rec. Secretary was 

 then read by Mr. Whiteaves, as under : 



REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC CURATOR AND REC. SECRETARY. 



The report of the work done in the museum since the last 

 annual meeting embraces only a period of three months, and 

 during this time two days a week were spent at the Geological 

 Survey, by special permission of the Society. 



