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tary of the Congress and has written to urge the matter upon the 

 attention of the Society. 



The invitation has been acknowledged, and the papers in connection 

 tlierewith are referred to the Third Section. ■ 



9. Kepokts of Committees. 



The Committee on an Ethnological Survey of Canada will not send 

 in a report at this session, and no formal report has come in from the 

 Committee on a proposed Hydrographie Survey. 



10. Biological Stations. 



Of this most interesting and important work no report has so far 

 come in, but detailed reports of the stations both on the Atlantic and 

 Lake Huron are promised and will be printed as Appendix B. 



11. Tidal and Current Survey. 



Dr. W. Bell Dawson has sent in a detailed report of the progress 

 of this important work, which will appear in Appendix C to the Pro- 

 ceedings. 



13. Protection of Historical Monuments. 



Acting upon a resolution passed at lasit year's meeting, the Council 

 has procured copies of the Statute Laws of England and France upon 

 the subject, and refers them to the First and Second Sections of the 

 Society. 



Circulars inclosing printed copies of the Eesolutions passed in 

 relation to this question were sent out, and the replies received are 

 referred to the same Sections. 



13. The Ter-Centenaey Celebration. 



A circular was received in August last from the Historical Society 

 of Nova Scotia inviting the Eoyal Society to send a delegate or dele- 

 gates to the commemoration ceremonies to be held at Annapolis on 

 a date to be fixed later, but probably the 23rd and 24th of June. When 

 the decision was arrived at to call the present session at St. John, and 



