Entomological Society of Ontario. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The forty-fifth annual meeting of the Society was held at the Ontario 

 Agricultural College, Guelph, on Thursday and Friday, November 5th and 

 6th, 1908. Owing to the lamented absence of the President, Dr. James 

 Fletcher, in consequence of serious illness, which terminated fatally on the 

 following Sunday, the chair was taken by the Vice-President, Mr. Tennyson 

 D. Jarvis, Lecturer in Entomology and Zoology at the 0. A. College. 

 Among those present were Rev, Dr. Fyles, Quebec; Mr. Henry H. Lyman, 

 Montreal; Prof. W. Lochhead, Macdonald College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue; 

 Mr. Arthur Gibson, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa; Mr. F. J. A. 

 Morris, Trinity College School, Port Hope; Messrs. C. W. Nash, J. B. Wil- 

 liams and Dr. Brodie, Toronto; Mr. Calvert, Orangeville; Mr. Collingwood, 

 Ki'ntore ; President Creelman, Professors Zavitz, Hutt, Bethune, Messrs. 

 Howitt, Eastham, Crow, Caesar, Klinck, McMeans and others, Guelph. 

 There were also present a large number of students from the College, and on 

 the Thursday evening of young women students also from the Macdonald 

 Institute. The Society was favored with the presence of Dr. E. P. Felt, of 

 Albany, State Entomologist of New York. Letters expressing regret at 

 their absence were received from Prof. C. C. James, Deputy Minister of 

 Agriculture, Directors C. E. Grant, Orillia; G. E. Fisher, Burlington; and 

 C. H. Young, Ottawa; Dr. E. M. Walker, Toronto; Mr. John D. Evans, 

 Trenton; Mr. A. F. Winn, Montreal; Mr. J. H. Bowman, London, and 

 others. 



During the first morning a business meeting of the Council was held at 

 the Wellington Hotel, Guelph, at which their report was drawn up, ; nd 

 various matters discussed. It was decided to permit the formation of Nature 

 Study Clubs in affiliation with the Society at any school in the Province on 

 condition that there should be at least six members and that each Club should 

 pay one dollar a year as a subscription to the funds of the Society ; in return 

 each Club should receive one copy of the issues of the "Canadian Ento- 

 mologist" and a copy of the Annual Report for each individual member. The 

 Society would also endeavour, on request, to send a representative to 

 deliver a lecture on some natural history subject once a year if practicable. 

 The following resolution of sympathy with Dr. Fletcher in his illness was 

 adopted and a copy was sent to Mrs. Fletcher in order that it might be 

 communicated to him. 



"The members of the Entomological Society of Ontario have heard with 

 deep regret of the serious illness of their esteemed President, Dr. James 

 Fletcher, and of his enforced absence from this annual meeting. 



"They desire to convey to Dr. Fletcher their earnest hope that his illness 

 will be of no long duration and that he may soon be restored to health 

 and strength. They beg to assure him of their warm sympathy with him in 

 his sufFerings and the interruption to his useful work." 



The afternoon meeting was held in the spacious Massey Hall at the Col- 

 lege and was largely attended. Mr. Jarvis took the chair at 2 o'clock and 

 called upon the Directors of the Society to read their reports on the note- 

 worthy insects of the year in their respective divisions. _ Mr. Fisher sent a 

 letter explaining his inability to prepare a report for Division No. 5 owing 

 to the pressure of business, and there was no report from No. 6 in conse- 

 quence of the lamented death of the Director, Mr. J. A. Balkwill, which 

 took place at London on October 10th. 



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