No. 5.] NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 293 



D. W. & Co 10 Charles H. Waters 5 



Messrs. Prowse, Bros 5 H. Lyman 5 



Jas. Sutherland 5 Henry Morgan & Co 5 



Thomas Irving 5 A Friend 5 



F. W. Henshaw 5 A Friend 5 



Eev. Gavin Lang 5 Dr. Reddy 3 



James Bissett 5 W. Grant 2 



W. D. McLaren 5 F. C. & Co 2 



E. J. Major 5 H. J. Shaw 2 



H. Shackell 5 M. Cassidy 2 



S. Waddell 5 F. H. Harrison 2 



Scott Barlow 5 A. Freeman 1 



John Date 5 W. Marler 1 



D. Sinclair 5 



$800 



. A case to hold alcoholic preparations has been made, the cost 

 of which (845) has been defrayed by the liberality of the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen : 



M. H. Brissette ^35 



G. Barnston 5 



J. Ferrier, jun 5— $45 



On the occasion of the Dominion Cabinet meeting at Montreal 

 in June last, the Hon. the Minister of Marine and the other 

 Ministers of the Privy Council, were invited to visit the museum, 

 ■which, however, they were unable to do. 



A memorial has been sent to the present Minister of Marine 

 ^and Fisheries, asking for increased facilities for dredging opera- 

 tions in the Gulf, but the answer received has been unfavorable, 

 and your Council regret that for the time at least these investi- 

 gations will have to be discontinued. 



A petition to the Legislature of the Province of Quebec for a 

 special donation of $1,000 to liquidate the debt due on the So- 

 ciety's buildings has proved unsuccessful, although the usual 

 Government grant of $750 has been duly received. 



The basement has been thoroughly cleaned, and attempts have 

 been made to remedy the defective ventilation of the ground 

 flat. Some dissatisfaction having been evinced by members of 

 -the Council at the amounts of bills for repairs, &c., Messrs. J. 

 H- Joseph and E. E. Shelton were appointed a eoinmitiee to 

 supervise and examine into necessary expenses of this kind, aai 

 ithe thanks of the Society are due to them for the trouble thoy 

 .have taken in the matter. 



