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The Council wishes to put on record iis great gratification that one of 

 the oldest and most highly esteemed members of the -Society, the E-ev. Dr. 

 C, J. S. Bethune, has been appointed to the important position of Professor 

 of Entomology at the Ontario Agricultural College. Dr. Bethune's wide 

 knowledge of entomology and his long experience in teaching fit him emi- 

 nently to fill this chair, with honour to himself and great advantage to all 

 students who may attend his lectures. Special arrangements have been 

 made with the Government and the President of the College, by which Dr. 

 Bethune's services will be continued to the Entomological Society in the 

 general supervision of its Library and in editing The Canadian Eiitomologist. 



It is with much regret that the Council has to record the death of Baron 

 C. R. Von Osten Sacken, one of our earliest honorary members, which took 

 place at Heidelberg, Germany, on the 20th of May. This eminent Dipterist 

 was born at St. Petersburg on the 21st of August, 1828, and for many years 

 was attached to the Russian Embassy in Washington and afterwards was 

 Consul General for Russia in New York. During the twenty-one years 

 that he spent in America he prepared and published a number of works on 

 the Diptera, and to him is due entirely the first scientific knowledge of the 

 North American species belonging to this great order of insects. 



We have also to deplore the loss of one of our oldest London members, 

 Mr. Benjamin Green, who for many years took a deep interest in the Society 

 and was a regular attendant at the meetings of the Geological Section. 

 Though prevented by failing eyesight from doing any active work of late 

 years, his interest in science continued unabated and he kept up his con- 

 nectio^L with the Society to the end. 



John D. Evans, President. 



MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ONTARIO AGRI- 

 CULTURAL COLLEGE AND THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 

 OF ONTARIO. 



The Ontario Agricultural College, in consideration of the removal of 

 the headquarters of the Entomological Society of Ontario, together with 

 the 'Society's library and collections, from London to Guelph, hereby agrees 

 to provide the Society with a separate section of the stacks in the Massey 

 Hall building, for its library, and a room in one of its buildings for the 

 Society's collections and other property: the books and collections, etc., of 

 the Society are to be entirely under the control of the ofiicers of the Society 

 and to continue to be its separate property; they shall also be subject to any 

 regulations that its council may draw up. 



The College will provide this accommodation free of any charge for 

 rent or supervision. 



The Society shall be at liberty to withdraw from this arrangement and 

 to remove its property at any time, on giving to the President of the Col- 

 lege three months' notice of its intention to do so. 

 Dated this 6th day of August, 1906. 



(Signed) G. C. Ceeelman, 



President, for the College. 

 John D. Evans, 



President of the Entomological 



Society of Ontario. 



