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our Society was represented by the E,ev. Dr. Bethune. Measures were then 

 taken for the formation of a general society to include entomologists of 

 every grade in North America, and a preliminary constitution was drawn 

 up which will be submitted to a meeting to be held in New York during 

 Christmas week. 



The most important event of the year as regards our Society was the 

 removal of the headquarters from London to Guelph. Early in May, the 

 President, Mr. J. D. Evans, sent a circular letter to all the members of the 

 Council setting forth the reasons which led to the proposed removal and 

 asking for their opinions on the subject. In a second letter, dated June 

 18th, he announced that he had received replies from all the members of 

 the Council and that the vote stood in favor of the removal, eleven, and 

 opposed to it four — one member abstaining from voting. He therefore 

 declared that, as the vote in favor of the move was nearly three to one, the 

 decision for the removal to Guelph was carried. 



The Society's lease of its room in the Public Library building at Lon- 

 don terminated its second .year on the 1st of September, and another tenant 

 was prepared to take over the premises at that date and relieve the ■'Society 

 of the remainder of its term of occupancy under the lease. It became 

 necessary, therefore, to carry out the removal before the end of August. 

 The books and collections forming our Library and Museum were carefully 

 packed and brought to Guelph, and are now placed in their new quarters 

 in the Library and Biological Buildings of the Agricultural College. The 

 cabinets with their contents received no injury whatever in transit and are 

 now conveniently arranged for reference in a part of the College Museum 

 assigned solely to them. The Society's books and other printed matier are 

 in a series of stacks in the fire-proof Massey Hall Library building and are 

 kept entirely distinct from those belonging to the College. All the pro- 

 perty of the Society continues to be under the control of its own officers and 

 subject to any regulations that they may adopt. A written agreement to 

 this effect between the College and the Society has been executed and a copy 

 is appended herewith. 



Much regret is felt by all the members of the Council, and no doubt 

 by the members of the Society in general, that the headquarters should be 

 removed from London, where they were established in 1872. Unfortunately, 

 interest in entomology has almost entirely died out in Xondon, and there 

 seemed to be no one there available for the supervision and care of the 

 library and collections. The sections also of Botany, Ornithology, Geology 

 and Microscopy had, one after the other, ceased their active operations, and 

 no meetings of any of them have been held during the last two years. Under 

 these circumstances, it seemed to the majority of the Council that a change 

 was imperative, and that a removal to Guelph would be in the best inter- 

 ests of the Societv. as well as in accordance with the wishes of the Ontario 

 Department of Agriculture. There is already in Guelph a flourishing branch 

 of the Society with a large and active list of members. During the second 

 and third years of the College course attendance at lectures in Entomology 

 is compulsory, and in the fourth vear some of the students specialize in the 

 subject and make it a serious and scientific study — these naturally become 

 active members of the Society and will continue their connection with it 

 after they leave the College and scatter over the country. There will also 

 be at Guelph a continuity of work and interest throuorh the permanent staff 

 of a Professor and Lecturer. The books and specimens will be much more 

 largely consulted and the usefulness of the Society greatly extended. It is 

 therefore believed that the removal, which has lately been effected, will 

 conduce to the best interests of the Society. 



