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re-nomination on the ground that he found it impossible to at- 

 tend properly to the duties of the office. 



The following report of the Chairman of Council was read by 

 Mr. G. L. Marler. 



REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL. 



Your Council in presenting its annual Report deeply regret to 

 announce the loss of four life members, who were distinguished 

 alike for their long connection with the Society and for the deep 

 interest they took in its proceedings. In mentioning the name 

 of Sir William E. Logan, there is little need for me to do more 

 than allude to his geological researches : the result of his life- 

 long labours are known to you all, and have secured for him a 

 high place in the annals of Canadian science. 



Sir G. Duncan Gibb, whose recent loss we have also to deplore, 

 although not lately a resident in Canada, was once a very active 

 member of this Society, and was at one time the Scientific Cur- 

 ator of its museum. He was fond of the study of Natural His- 

 tory, and contributed the following papers to the Society's 

 Journal : 



1. A Pedestrian Tour from Brighton to Hastings. 



(Canadian Naturalist, 1st series, vol. 2. page 382.) 



2. On the existence of a Cave in the Trenton Limestone at 



the Cote St. Michel, on the Island of Montreal. 



{Canadian Naturalist, 1st series, vol. 3, page 192.) 



3. The Natural History of the Sanguinaria Canadensis, or 



Canada Blood Root. 



(Canadian Naturalist, 2nd series, vol. 2, page 432.) 



The late John Swanston, of the Hudson's Bay Co., was also a 

 warm friend and strong supporter of the Society, to whose 

 museum he made many valuable contributions. George H. 

 Frothingham, another life member, has been removed from 

 among our midst ; as has also Mr. Walter McOuat, with whose 

 reports, as a member of the staff of the Geological Survey, many 

 here will be familiar. 



While death has thus severely visited the Society, the increase 

 to its ranks has been very small, only two new members having 

 been added during the session ; though, on the other hand, in 

 spite of the prevailing commercial depression, fewer resignations 

 than usual have been received. 



