PROCEEDINGS FOR 1904 XV 



That the Eoyal Society desires to express the thanks of its mem- 

 bers to the Hon. Senator Ellis for arranging the interesting excursion 

 on the Harbour provided for their entertainment on the morning of 

 Thursday, June 23. 



Moved by Dr. Alex. Johnson, seconded by Eev. Dr. Bryce, and 

 carried : 



That the Fellows of the Eoyal Society individually and collec- 

 tively acknowledge with thanks their indebtedness to Mr. D. E. Jack 

 for copies of the beautiful special Champlain number of his magazine, 

 Acadiensis, given by him to every member of the Society, and wish to 

 express their appreciation of the historic value and interest of the' 

 articles it contains. 



Moved by Prof. ]\IcLeod, seconded by Dr. Ami, and carried : 



That the Eoyal Society desires to record its thanks to Dr. W. F. 

 Ganong for the interesting and instructive lecture on 'Adaptation in 

 Plants,' given before the Society on the evening of June 22. 



In the evening at 8 o'clock the Society attended a public meeting' 

 of the citizens under the auspices of the New Brunswick Historical 

 Society, at St. Andrew's Church, where addresses were delivered by 

 leading citizens of St. John, members of the Loyalist and Historical 

 Societies, by the Consul-General of France, the Commander of the 

 United States men-of-war in the harbour, representatives of the French 

 Acadians resident in the province and in the United States, and the 

 President and Vice-President of the Eoyal Society. 



SESSION IV. (Friday, June 24.) 



The Society reassembled in general session at noon. 



The following final report was presented from Section III : — 



Report of Section III. 



The Third Section begs to present its final report for the meeting' 

 of 1904 as follows: — 



The section has held four meetings, at which the following members 

 were present. Prof. W. H. Ellis, president of the section ; Sir Sandford" 

 Fleming, Dr. Alexander Johnson, Mr. T. Macfarlane, and Prof. C. H. 

 McLeod. 



In the absence of the secretary of the section. Prof. ^IcLeod has 

 acted for him during the meeting. 



Sixteen papers, of which a list is attached, were read. ^ 



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