PROCEEDINGS FOR 1905 V 



April 8. — By Insurance 76 54 



May 10. — " Grip Company (illustrations) 10 00 



" — "' Dominion express 5 27 



" — " Dominion express 3 67 



— " Secretary (petty disbursements) 1 75 



May 12. — '*' Printing Transactions (on account) 925 00 



Balance 1,574 49 



$5,000 00 



3. — TR.4.NSACTI0NS OF PaST YeARS. 



In order to consolidate the whole business of distribution, it was 

 thought best to assemble at Ottawa all the back volumes stored at Mont- 

 real in sheets, and to have them bound. When that came to be done it 

 was found that one of the storage companies, by inadvertence, and prob- 

 ably misled by the length of time the volumes had been in store, had 

 «ent the cases as waste to a paper mill. The company paid to the 

 treasurer the value of the books lost. The remaining volumes have all 

 been bound in cloth, and are now stored in Ottawa. Fellows will please 

 remember that the following volumes are scarce, and will be reserved 

 from future distribution: — 1st Series, 4to — Volumes 1, 2, 4, 6; 2nd 

 Series, 8vo — Volumes 1 and 5. 



The labour of unpacking, repacking and rearranging all these 

 volumes before and after binding was considerable. 



The opportunity was taken to satisfy some outstanding claims 

 arising from defects in distribution in past years. 



4. — Decease of Members. 



Since the last meeting of the Society one of the most brilliant 

 members of Section One — the Abbé Gustave Bourassa — has been called 

 away. One of his friends, a Fellow of the Society, is contributing to 

 the Transactions of this year an extended notice of this life of bright 

 promise so early and suddenly cut short. 



No less than three deaths have occurred in the Second Section. 

 The Eev. John Campbell was a frequent attendant at our meetings and 

 a constant contributor to our Transactions. The loss of this amiable 

 and quiet scholar will be regretted by all. The programme of the 

 session shows that the Eev, Dr. McNish had undertaken to contribute a 

 detailed account of his life and writings; but, within the last few days. 

 Dr. McNish also has departed. The memoir promised has probably not 

 been written, for the manuscript has not come in. 



The death of Mr. William McLennan was not unexpected, for he 

 had been out of health for some vears. His loss will be felt in Canadian 



