78 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Marcll 



Fifth monthly meeting, Blarch 28th, 1870 ; the President, 

 Rev. Dr. De Sola, in the chair. 



DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



North American Oology, by Thomas Brewer, M. D. Part I. 

 Quarto. Plates, uncoloured. 



Zoology of H. M. S. Samarang. Fishes. By Sir John Rich- 

 ardson. Quarto. Plates. Both from G. Barnston. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



The two following resolutions, having been moved by Dr. 

 Smallwood, seconded by Dr. Carpenter, (in the absence of Prin- 

 cipal Dawson, were unanimously adopted : 



1. " That as Mr. Whiteaves has liberally offered to place his 

 private collections of recent shells and British Jurassic fossils 

 in the Museum of the Society, and to make them accessible to 

 members and others, for the purpose of study, so long as he shall 

 remain in Montreal, and under the rules applicable to the collec- 

 tions of the Society, the Treasurer be authorized to expend a sum 

 not exceeding one hundred dollars, in providing the necessary cab- 

 inets and materials for mounting and preserving the collections — 

 it being understood that Mr. Whiteaves will himself mount and 

 label the specimens ; also, that the Treasurer be authorized and 

 requested to insure this collection for a sum of not less than one 

 thousand dollars, but not to exceed two thousand, so long at it 

 remains within the building of the Society." 



2. " That whereas, it is important to the cause of science, and 

 conducive to the interests and reputation of this Dominion, that 

 researches, by dredging, should be prosecuted in the Gulf and 

 River St. LawrenceJ in order to ascertain the character of marine 

 life in the greater depths, and at the confluence of the fresh and 

 salt waters of the river ; and whereas this Society, and individual 

 members thereof, have so far entered upon such researches as to 

 prove their feasibility and importance, but have not the means of 

 continuing them effectually ; it is the opinion of the Society that 

 aid should be afforded to such operations by the Government, in 

 the manner in which this has been done in Great Britain, and 

 other countries, especially by giving, for a short time in summer, 

 facilities on board government vessels, to a party to be furnished 

 and fitted out by this Society, which would undertake to provide 

 observers, and scientific apparatus, and to make reports upon such 



