XVI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



Moved by Dr. S. E. Dawson, seconded by Dr. James Fletcher, and 

 carried : 



That the thanks of the Society are due, and are hereby tendered, 

 to Mr. J. F, White, Principal of the Normal School, for many courtesies, 

 and especially for putting rooms in the building at the disposal of the 

 Society, and facilitating the meetings of the Society in many ways. 



Moved by W. W. Campbell, seconded by Dr. G. U. Hay, and carried : 



That the thanks of the Society are due, and are hereby tendered, 

 to Messrs. Belleau, Paradis and Lafontaine for their kindness in sing- 

 ing, at the concert held last evening, a selection of the old songs of 

 French Canada. 



Moved by Sir James Grant, seconded by the Rev. Dr. Bryce, and 

 carried : 



That the thanks of the Society be tendered to Captain Ford, late 

 of the Eoyal Navy, for his most interesting lecture on the British 

 Government expedition to the South Pole. 



(This lecture was arranged by Section 4, and was illustrated by 

 many stereopticon views. Captain Ford arrived at Ottawa after the 

 meetings of the Society commenced, and the lecture could not be 

 inserted in the programme. It was given on the afternoon of Wednes- 

 day, in the Assembly Hall, See Report of Section IV.) 



The secretary of the section then presented the following report: — 



Rapport de la Section I. 



Les soussignés ont l'honneur de faire le rapport suivant des 

 travaux de la section, les 23, 24 et 25 mai, 1905. 



Présents : L'honorable M. L. 0. David, M. l'abbé Camille Roy, MM. 

 Benjamin Suite, A.D. DeCelles, Léon Gérin. 



Les travaux suivants ont été lus et acceptés: 



Notice biographique de l'ahhé Bourassa, par M. A. D. DeCelles. 



La légende du Masque de fer, par M. Paul de Cazes. 



La Vulgarisation de la Science sociale chez les Canadiens-français, 

 par M, Léon Gérin. 



Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de la Verendri/e, par M. le 

 juge L. A. Prudhomme. 



Notre Littérature de 1800 a 1820, par M. l'abbé Camille Roy. 



Inventaire Chronologique des ouvrages publiés a l'étranger sur la 

 Nouvelle-France et la Province de Québec, jusqu'à 1905, par M. N. ïî. 

 Dionne. 



Notes inédites sur Octave Crémazie, par M. Ernest Gagnon. 



MM. DeCelles, Suite et Chapais ont été nommés pour surveiller 

 l'impression des études acceptées. 



