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I trust then that my reference to animals, birds and reptiles will not 

 have been deemed inappropriate on this occasion. 



Dr. Fletcher, in expressing the thanks of the audience for the inter- 

 esting addresses that had been given them, drew attention to the wonderful 

 success which had attended Mr. Kirldand's e"fforts. He had himself spent 

 some time in Massachusetts during the early part of the summer and had 

 seen what was being done. Mr. Kirkland was one of those all-round men 

 who realized that each branch of knowledge had a close relationship with 

 every other branch. He was not only a good entomologist, but also a good 

 chemist, and he brought his chemical knowledge into practical use to aid his 

 entomology. As a result he showed all North America the great value of 

 arsenate of lead as an insecticide. Mr. Kirkland's task was the most exten- 

 sive experiment in economic entomology that had ever been undertaken in 

 the United States or in any other part of the world, but he is a man of great 

 executive ability and is able to organize and control his great staff of 1,700 

 men and to use to the best advantage the large sums of money provided by 

 the State Legislatures and Municipalities for the suppression of the Gypsy 

 and Brown-tail Moths. We in Canada are deeply interested in the work 

 inasmuch as the latter of these pests has invaded Nova Scotia and is pro- 

 ducing consternation and dismay among many fruit-growers there. 



SECOND DAY'S SESSION. 



The President, Dr. Fletcher, took the chair at 10 o'clock in the Biolo- 

 gical lecture room of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. There 

 were present during the day a large number of students in addition to the 

 cnembers of the Society. The first order of the day was the reading of the 

 reports of the Council, the branches of the society at Montreal, Quebec, and 

 Toronto, and of the Treasurer, Librarian, Curator and the Delegate to the 

 Royal Society of Canada. This was followed by the election of officers for 

 the ensuing year 1907-8, which resulted as shown on page 6. Dr. Flet- 

 cher was re-elected president, as were also the other officers with the ex- 

 ception of the delegate to the Royal Society, for which position Mr. Arthur 

 Gibson, of Ottawa, was chosen in succession to Mr. A. F. Winn, of Mon- 

 treal. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



The Council of the Entomological Society of Ontario begs to present its 

 report for 1906-7. 



The forty-third annual meeting of the Society was held at its new home 

 in the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, on the 10th and 11th of Octo- 

 ber, 1906, and was attended by many members from a distance and also by 

 a large number of students of the College and Macdonald Institute. 



The first afternoon was devoted to a conference on the Codling-worm, 

 during which its whole life history was discussed, the value of parasites as 

 a means of control was considered and many practical points were brought 

 out by the various speakers who took part in it. This was followed by the 



