PROCEEDINGS FOR 1900 XV 
Director it fell largely to suggest lines of research to the staff of workers 
and most of the work done had a direct bearing upon the fisheries of 
the adjacent waters. 
The following embraced some of the subjects taken up by the 
members of the staff :— 
(1) Food of Fishes, especially those of economic importance in the 
Bay of Fundy waters.—Dr. R. R. Bensley. 
(2) Determination of the catches of so-called sardines taken in 
weirs, and description of the various species of fish.—Mr. B. A. Bensley. 
(3) A survey of the clam fishery, with special reference to the 
effects of the fishing methods adopted, and the habits, food, and spawn- 
ing peculiarities of the clam.—Dr. Joseph Stafford. 
(4) Study of Pelagic Fish Eggs taken in tow-nets near the Station, 
and description of embryonic development and of the larval stages 
after hatching.—Professor A. P. Knight. 
(5) A Minute Study of the Morphology of the Lo: in its early 
pelagic stages.—Professor A. P. Knight. 
(6) The Physiological Chemistry of Medusæ.—Professor A. B. 
Macallum. 
The valuable and interesting results obtained during the foregoing 
investigations indicate the importance which this station is bound to 
occupy in future scientific work upon this continent. 
A large amount of faunistic and other researches were carried on, 
and on the whole the results of the first season at the biological station 
more than surpassed the anticipation of the most sanguine. 
17. DECEASE OF MEMBERS. 
Sir John William Dawson. 
As year by year we assemble in this city for our annual meeting, 
we miss some familiar face. To-day we mourn the loss of two distin- 
guished members; one, identified with the Royal Society from its very 
beginning, the other, quite recently elected to a fellowship; but both 
equally interested in its progress and usefulness. The death of Sir 
William Dawson, the first president, recalls the brilliant scene that was 
witnessed on the 25th May, eighteen years ago, in the Senate Chamber 
of the Parliament of Canada, when the Governor-General of that time, 
the Marquess of Lorne, now His Grace the Duke of Argyll, in the 
presence of many distinguished persons, formally founded the Society 
in whose progress he has always continued to take the deepest possible 
interest. On that occasion Lord Lorne referred to the objects of the 
