PROCEEDINGS FOR 1901 XXT 
One of the principal objects of the Trust is the formation of a Club House 
and Bureau of Historical Information, available to all its members from all 
parts of the English-speaking world. To this end the London Council is at 
present endeavouring’ to secure the old Henry VIII. palace in Fleet Street, by 
Temple Bar,—formerly the Chancery of the Duchy of Cornwall; and it is 
proposed to give there facilities and direction to all members of the Trust 
who may need them and are anxious to study the beautiful and historic 
spots in the British Isles in the course of their travels in the Mother 
Country.” 
The Council believes that the best way in which the Royal Society 
can assist the very desirable object aimed at by the National Trust 
is to form a Canadian Committee for the preservation of places of 
scenic and historic interest within the Canadian Dominion as a part 
of the British Empire. Similar associations have been already formed 
in the United States since Mr. Ashbee’s visit to that country, and one 
of them has very recently been incorporated by the legislature of the 
State of New York, and gone vigorously to work to carry out the 
laudable purposes for which it was formed. Canada has a deep interest 
in the formation of such an association, and:the Council believe that 
the Royal Society of Canada, essentially a national representation of 
the two great French and British nationalities, should take the lead 
in a movement so eminently calculated to stimulate a truly Canadian 
spirit among the races who possess the Dominion. It is proposed that 
a committee be formed from the first and second sections of the Royal 
Society, to be called “ The Committee for the Preservation of Scenic 
and Historic Places in Canada,” and that this body should communicate 
with all historical societies throughout the Dominion, and ask each 
of them to nominate one member to act in connection with the Royal 
Society’s Committee. It would be the object of this committee to 
obtain accurate information on the matters under their cognizance, 
and take such measures without delay as would be necessary to carry 
cut the aims for which it has been formed. This Committee being 
composed of all historical bodies interested in its objects, would be 
able to work intelligently and energetically. It would report on the 
work they may have done throughout the year to the general meeting of 
the Society. A small grant of one hundred dollars or more should be 
available for this Committee whenever it would be necessary to have a 
special examination and reports made on some place of interest by a 
member of the Committee, whose: knowledge would make him specially 
qualified to deal with the subject. The Council only attempts at 
present to outline the primary aims of the Committee, whose duty it 
will be to look thoroughly into the whole raison d’être of their existence 
and make themselves a thoroughly effective organization in every 
respect. The Council recommend that the following Fellows form the 
