XXXII EOYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



their number from among the members of the societ}^ resident in Nova 

 Scotia, and that the committee so constituted be instructed to make 

 arrangements for the meeting of the society in 1897, at Halifax." — 

 Carried. 



Moved by T)r. S. E. Dawson, seconded by Dr. George Stewart, — 

 ■• That the Most Eeverend the Archbishop of Halifax, the Honorary Sec- 

 reta.ry, and Messrs. Sandford Fleming and S. E. Dawson be appointed a 

 committee to obtain designs for a iTionument to be erected at Sydney to 

 commemorate the discovery of America by John Cabot — such monument 

 not to cost less than $1000 — and to submit the designs to the council for 

 adoption, and that the council be hereby authorized to approve and 

 tinally to adopt a design and to give an order for its execution whenever 

 it shall appear that funds will be available, from subscriptions or any 

 other source, to pay for the work." — Carried. 



Reports of Associated Societies. 



The reports of associated societies were then called, and read in the 

 following order : 



I. — From The Amcricnn Folh-Lore Societt/j Montreal Bninch, through 

 Prof. D. P. Penhallow. 



1 have the honour to repoi-t upon the work of the Montreal Branch 

 of the American Folk-Lore Society for the past year, as follows : 



During the year ending May 1st, eight meetings of this society have 

 been held, and the following papers were read : 



1. " Shakespeare's (larden," by Mr. Henry Mott. 



2. " Lake Nomingamingue and its Legends,'" by Mr, Henry Carter. 



3. "A Huron Indian Artist," by Dr, George Beers, 



4. " Medical Folk-Lore," by Mr. Henry Mott. 



5. " A History of the Vendetta," by Rev, James Baylis. 



6. " The Folk-Lore of Mexico,'" by M. Faucher de St. Maurice, 



7. ''A Canadian Legend."' by Miss Blanche Macdonnell, 



8. " Legends of the U, E, Loyalists," by Mr. W. D, Lighthall, 



9. "The Folk-Lore of Xewfoundland," by Dr. Patterson. 

 10. •' Sky Myths," by Miss Blanche Macdonnell. 



The society now numbers sixty-four resident and fifteen correspond- 

 ing members. The great difficulty experienced in bringing out a proper 

 representation of that large wealth of French-Canadian lore which is 

 known to exist, led the society to establish a prize for the best paper on 

 any subject of Canadian folk-lore. The details of this prize have been 

 published in various pa])ers throughout the country, and further infor- 

 mation maj' be obtained from the secretary, Miss C. M. Derick. 



