212 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [June 



The Council have much pleasure in recommending to the 

 Society that the silver Medal be presented to Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, 

 F.R.S., for his valuable contributions to Science, in connection 

 with the Geological Survey, and in the advancement of Chemical 

 Geology in Canada. 



The ventilation and lighting of the Lecture Room received the 

 attention of your Council in the early part of the session, and 

 some improvements in the admission of air were eifected ; it was 

 found, however, absolutely necessary to provide means for carrying 

 off the products of combustion, and by the kind assistance of Mr. 

 M. H. Sanborn, the necessary amount was raised by voluntary 

 contribution to complete the plan, by exchanging the open light 

 for a Liverpool suuburner, which, being connected with a chimney, 

 carries off all foul air, and will in future provide for the comfort 

 and health of the audiences. One or two more improvements 

 only require the necessary funds for their adoption, and your 

 Council would appeal to some of the members to assist the future 

 Council in carrying out these arrangements, viz., to provide a 

 vestibule in the hall, and close in the lobby for a Curator's room, 

 to fit double windows in the Lecture Room and Museum, and to 

 colour and paint the premises. 



In the Library a reading desk has been provided and the 

 periodicals may there be found by members. The Library, how- 

 ever, requu-es urgently some clearances and additions, which 

 duty we commend to the early attention of our successors. 



During the year, the Canadian Naturalist has been put on a 

 new and more popular basis, which your Council hope will make 

 it more generally subscribed for among the members, and more 

 acceptable to the public than heretofore. The Editing Committee 

 has been x'e- organised, with a view to issue the Journal with greater 

 regularity, and it will now appear Quarterly instead of Bi-monthly. 

 It will contain a greater variety of matter, and be of a more 

 popular scientific character. The Committee regret the delay in 

 the appearance of the first number, which was partly due to the 

 backward state of the two numbers of the last series, and partly 

 to the printers' strike. The first number is now laid on the 

 table and will be immediately in the hands of subscribers. Mr. 

 Whiteayes, the Acting Editor and Recording Secretary, will be 

 glad to receive the names of members who have not already 

 subscribed for this Journal, and to receive communications or 

 papers for publication therein, on subjects of natural or general 



