LXVI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



The following officers were elected bj' acclamation : 



Hon. President, Hon. G. W. Eoss, LL.D., Minister of Education. 



President. John A. Paterson, M.A. 



Vice-Presidents, Arthur Harvej^ F.E.S.C. 



R. F. Stupart, Director Toronto Observatory. 



Treasurer, James Todhunter. 



Cor. Secretary, Geo. E. Lumsden. 



Eec. Seci-etary, Chas. P. Sparling. 



Asst. Secretary and Editor, Thos. Lindsay. 



Librarian, AV. B. Musson. 



Librarian's Assistant, Miss Jeane Pursey. 



Foreign Correspondent, John A. Copland. 



The following is a brief review of the work done by the members in 

 1895, and of papers published in full, or in abstract, in vol. vi. of the 

 Transactions : 



" Notes on Star Clusters and Nebuhc," by Mrs. Savigny, Mr. Arthur 

 Harvey and Mr. Thos. Lindsay. 



" The Spectra of the Nebuhc " was the subject of a concise resume, by 

 Mr. A. F. Miller, of the work of the great spectroscopists in this field of 

 research. Prior to the presentation of the paper, Mr. Miller was engaged 

 in a comparison of the lines in the nebular spectra with those in the newly 

 discovered element — argon ; the result was that remarkable coincidences 

 were noted in the positions. The chief nebular-line, at wave-length 

 5067 "05, completely coincided with a line in the blue argon-spectrum; 

 while the second nebular line, at wave-length 4959-02, corresponded very 

 nearly with another line in the argon at 4965 '5. Lines in the red argon- 

 spectrum corresponded also with nebular lines, but, with one exception, 

 the latter were already matched with the blue spectrum. Mr. Miller 

 reached the conclusion that the temperature of the nebulae is much higher 

 than has hitherto been assumed, taking into consideration, in the investi- 

 gation, the different conditions mider which the blue and the red spectra 

 are produced. 



The lunar eclipse of March 10th was very widely observed by the 

 members and correspondents of the society. The re])orts were marked 

 by close descriptions of detail in regard to colour ol' the moon's disc, the 

 occultations of faint stars and other ])henomena. 



During the year many special re]»orts of telescopic work were re- 

 ceived fi'om various members, including Dr. ,J. C. Donaldson, of Fergus, 

 and Di'. J. J. Wadsworth, of Simcoe. The latter forwarded a drawing of 

 Saturn made in July, at his 12J inch reflector, by Miss Eva M. Brook, of 

 Simcoe, and showing a concave outline of the shadow of the planet upon 

 the ring. This drawing was subsequently reproduced to serve as the 

 frontispiece to the Transactions for 1895. The drawing was carefully 

 i tudicd by Mr. A. llarv^ey, and an analysis presented by him of the 



