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J. C. Chapais, of St. Denis en Bas, has taken advantage of his journeys through 

 tlie Province as Assistant Dairy Commissioner for the Dominion Department of 

 Agriculture to disseminate useful information regarding the control of insect pests 

 affecting agriculture, and his pioneer work in this direction is deserving of much 

 credit. 



Valuable educational work was also carried on in the Province, particularly 

 in the Eastern Townships, by the Rev. T. W. Fyles, who, in 1880, was awarded a 

 prize by the Missisquoi Agricultural Society for an essay on " How to Guard against 

 the Ravages of the Potato Beetle, Locust, etc.," which was subsequently puhlished 

 in the Provincial Journal of AgricuUure. By his charming popular writings and 

 exhibits of insects he has done much to create an interest in entomology in the 

 minds of those who would be benefited by its practical application. As a society 

 we are pleased that, in spite of his increasing years, he is still able to -take part 

 in our deliberations and to contribute to our Proceedings. 



The establishment of the MacDonald College, at St. Anne's, in association 

 with McGill University, brought Prof. Wm. Lochhead and a staff of enthusiastic 

 workers who have taken the most prominent part in the arduous task of developing 

 the study and practice of applied entomology in the Province. In 1908 Prof. Loch- 

 head founded the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants from Insect Pests 

 and Fungous Diseases, which receives a grant from the Provincial Department of 

 Agriculture to enable us to carry on the valuable and very necessary educational 

 work in the Province. The wide range of subjects and useful character of the 

 practical information contained in the six annual reports of the Society which have 

 been published up to date indicate the important part it is playing in the develop- 

 ment of applied entomology in the Province. 



The Department of Agriculture of Quebec realising the necessity of safeguard- 

 ing the interests of its nurserymen and fruit-growers appointed a Provincial En- 

 tomologist in 1912, the Abbe V. A. Huard, Curator of the Provincial Museum at 

 Quebec, and editor of "Le Naturaliste Canadien," being selected for the position 

 and in 1913 an Act was passed providing for the inspection of nurseries and 

 giving the Provincial Entomologist the necessary powers to make such inspections 

 and issue certificates. We are looking forward with interest to the development of 

 Uie practical side of entomology under the Provincial Department of Agriculture, 

 the Fruit Branch of which is displaying commendable activity in connection with 

 Ihcir work in demonstration orchards. 



Before this review of work in Quebec is closed reference should be made to 

 the educational work that is being carried on in certain of the educational institu- 

 tions in which, as our correspondence indicates, there is a growing interest in ento- 

 mology. Particularly should the energetic efforts of Father Leopold, of the 

 Trappist Agricultural College at Oka. P.Q., be mentioned in this connection, as his 

 influence will be widespread in directions in which information on the scientific 

 control of insect pests is sorely needed. 



New Brunsivick. 



For a number of years Mr. Wm. Mcintosh, Curator of the New Brunswick 

 Natural History Society's Museum at St. John, N.B,. has carried on pioneer work 

 of an educational character in the province, particularly in the schools, and he has 

 assistecl the Provincial Department of Agriculture in entomological matters from 

 time to time. Particularly valuable has been his educational work since the estab- 



