XIV ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
The Saturday afternoon Talks to Children were continued. They 
were as follow:— 
Saturday, Feb. 9.—<% Fruit and Seed Tramps,” by Miss C. M. 
Derick, M.A. 
Saturday, Feb. 16.—% Instincts,’ by Prof. T. Wesley Mills, M.A., 
M.D., FRS$S.C. 
Saturday, Feb. 23.—“ Physiology,” by Dr. W. S. Morrow. 
Saturday, March 2.—<% Some Curious Natural Contrivances,” by C. T. 
Williams. 
Saturday, March 9.—“ Hygiene,” by Dr. D. J. Evans. 
Saturday, March 16.—* The White Butterfly,” by A. F. Winn. 
Saturday, March 23.—“ How Paper is made,” by Chas. S. J. Phillips. 
Saturday, March 30.—< Ferns,” by Rev. Robt. Campbell, M.A., D.D. 
The Saturday afternoon rambles, with a view to field work, were 
continued in the early autumn, and at the opening of spring. Mount 
Royal, the neighbourhood of Cartierville and the Savanne at St. 
Michel, were visited, and collections were made of plants, insects and 
fossils. The teachers, and some of the older pupils of the schools took 
advantage of these local excursions, to make acquaintanceship with the 
natural history of the district. 
The annual excursion to some point of interest, within easy reach 
of the city, which is one of the features of the Society’s yearly under- 
takings, and which is largely patronized by the Society's friends, took 
place to Mount Orford, on June 9th, 1900. It proved exceptionally 
profitable from a scientific point of view. 
The Society is keeping in mind the importance of having the 
special features of the local natural history of the district of Montreal 
fully investigated and represented in the Society’s museum. Good 
progress is making in this direction. The botanical collection, which 
was very defective ten years ago, is now fairly complete, except as to 
the division of Acrogens; and a commencement has been made in this 
department also. 
The Society, however, is embarrassed, in extending its work, by 
two hindrances: first, the lack of funds; and, secondly, the lack of 
space in the library and museum. It cherishes the hope that the 
services which it is rendering to the community will be so appreciated 
as to move persons of means to contribute liberally to the endowment 
fund, which is in process of formation. 
The Society continues to publish the “ Record of Science,” as a 
medium of communicating to the scientific world, not only its own 
transactions, but also papers of scientific value, bearing specially on 
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