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Toronto, and who was our first Curator; Dr. Cowdry, an Englishman, who had 

 come to Canada some years before, was present, and his son, Mr. N. H. Cowdry, 

 whose letter has been read to-day, was with him. Dr. Saunders, of course, was 

 there and was elected Secretary-Treasurer; Dr. Beverley E. Morris, who left Can- 

 ada soon afterwards and returned to England where he became editor of a popular 

 journal on natural history. Mr. E. Baynes Eeed of London was unable to come to 

 the meeting, but was at the previous one, and thus was one of the original mem- 

 bers. This means that there are four of the original members still alive: Dr. 

 Saunders, Mr. Baynes Eeed, Mr. Cowdry, and myself. It is certainly somewhat 

 remarkable that out of that small gathering there should be four still alive after 

 a lapse of fifty years. I may mention that the week after this meeting I was mar- 

 ried and went to England, and was absent from this country for a year and a half. 

 During my visit to England I came to know Dr. Francis Walker of the British 

 Museum, who was extremely kind to me, and other entomologists whose names are 

 still well known. 



On my return from England Dr. Saunders was elected President, and I was 

 made Secretary-Treasurer of the Society, and held that office for some years. So 

 matters went on until the year 1868. I was then living at Erindale, about 20 miles 

 west of Toronto, and had charge of a country parish covering seventy square miles. 

 My spare time I devoted to entomology. After much consultation I began the pub- 

 lication of The Canadian Entomologist magazine, which was to be the organ of the 

 Society. The first number consisted of eight pages, and the prospectus stated that 

 the periodical would be issued " not oftener than once a month," and only when 

 sufficient material was supplied. The material has never failed, and it has been 

 issued month by month for forty-five years. 



We were very much encouraged in our venture by letters from friends in the 

 United States. I remember particularly Mi'. Sanmel H. Scudder, of Cambridge, 

 Mass., the author of a wonderful book on " Butterflies of the Eastern States and 

 Canada " and other works, Hagen, Drs. Packard and Kiley, and others of the old 

 days. So we went on and the magazine grew in size and favour and gradually 

 came to have a good circulation, and now there are subscribers in almost every 

 civilized country in the world. The volumes have become of such importance to 

 students that we are frequently asked for a complete series of the back volumes, 

 and every now and then we send whole sets to different parts of the world. Sets 

 have been sent to St. Petersburg, to Germany and California, and constant ap- 

 plications are received for single numbers. Anyone who makes a specialty in any 

 department of entomology finds that he must consult some part or other of The 

 Canadian Entomologist. 



In the year 1870 we were asked to prepare a report on injurious insects. Dr. 

 Saunders, Mr. Eeed, and myself put our heads together, and we determined we 

 would do our best to fulfil this requirement. The result was that the following 

 year there was issued the first Annual Eeport of the Entomological Society of On- 

 tario. There were three articles in all; mine was on insects affecting apple trees; 

 Dr. Saunders wrote upon insects affecting the vine, and Mr. Eeed on those attack- 

 ing the plum. We tried to make these articles as exhaustive as possible, describing 

 all the insects we knew that attacked these important fruits. The report was re- 

 ceived with great favour, and was widely distributed by the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. It was the beginning of a series that has now gone on for forty years. That 

 first volume was considered so satisfactory that it was reprinted twenty-five years 

 later. 



