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work, while the community in which he lived, and the Dominion 

 at large, lost the services of a wise and enlightened statesman. 



Honorable John James Fraser, who held the olKce of patron 

 during the short term of his Lieutenant Governorship, died at 

 Genoa, where he had gone for the benefit of his healtli. 



In the death of Alex. Munro, C. E. (Port Elgin), and 

 William F. Bunting, we lost members of long standing. 



FINANCE. 



The Treasurer makes the following statement : 



Balance from 1895, 8 61 74 



Government grant, 125 00 



Fees collected, 109 00 



Interest on investment, 144 00 



Bulletins sold 2 00 



Donation (J. W.) 2 00 



Dividend Botsford Estate 10 00 



Dividend Maritime Bank .3 38 



8457 12 

 Expenditure 450 68 



Balance 86 44 



LIBRARY. " 



The Library has grown rapidly, — the result of a greatly 

 extended exchange list. We have thus been able to provide for 

 our members the latest information in many branches of research ; 

 and while we cannot say that full use of this opportunity has 

 been made, the advantage still exists for those who are inter- 

 ested in scientific progress. 



The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have 

 presented to the Society a complete set of the "Challenger" 

 Reports, which will be of great value to our members. 



As practically nothing has been done lately in cataloguing 

 the library, we trust that our next librarian, with his assistants, 

 will be able to give the time necessary to perform this important 

 work. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



Bulletin XIV has been published. It contains articles by 

 G. W. Gesner, G. U. Hay, and W. F. Ganong. Arrange- 

 ments have been made to reprint Bulletin III, which has long 

 been out of print. Several copies of Bulletin I having been 

 secured, the Society will soon have a numl)er of complete sets of 

 Volume I. 



