PROCEEDINGS FOR 1905 XI 



corresponding committee to co-operate with the committee of members 

 resident in Canada, viz : — 



Lord Kelvin, whose name alone it is sufficient to mention; 



The late Professor J. Couch Adams, one of the two famous men 

 who discovered a planet by mathematical analysis; and 



Professor George Darwin, who is president of the association this 

 year, when for the first time it visits regions south of the equator. 



On its. second visit to Canada in 189 T, it re-appointed a com- 

 mittee, adding the name of Admiral Sir W. J. L. Wharton, president 

 of the Geographical Section this year, Hydrographer to the Navy, and 

 therefore the highest authority on the value of the charts in common 

 use in Canadian waters. The society may be congratulated on the fact 

 that his opinion frankly expressed, pointing out the unavoidable limita- 

 tions of the charts supplied by the Admiralty, has thoroughly endorsed 

 the pleas submitted to the Canadian Government. 



This undoubtedly added to the strength of the evidence given by 

 the discovery of shoals and rocks and other dangers not marked on the 

 charts. 



The marking of such dangers on what is one of the great highway? 

 of the Empire will make the Hydrographie Survey not only of Canadian 

 but of imperial importance, and on this ground alone, if no other, we 

 may hope for co-operation between the new department that we hope 

 for and the Admiralty. 



In dwelling on its practical value, its scientific aspect ought not 

 to be forgotten, namely, the advancement of those sciences on which 

 its utility depends, for if, as Lord Kelvin says, " the life and soul of 

 science is its practical application," we may expect a renewal of its 

 strength when, after its highest theoretical investigations, it touches 

 earth again in practice. 



In thus advancing science and in promoting its practical applica- 

 tions to the material progress of Canada and the Empire, the Society, 

 which will next year hold its twenty-fifth annual meeting, is clearly 

 carrying out the intentions of its founder. 



Signed on behalf of the committee, 



Alexander Johnson, 



Chairman. 



On a motion of Dr. Johnson, the report wa.'* adopted. 



Delegates of associated societies were then called upon for their 

 reports. These will be found in Appendix E printed in full. 



The report of the Women's Canadian Historical Society of Toronto 

 was presented by ]\Irs. George E. Foster and read. 



