PROCEEDINGS FOR 1900 XX VIE 
Les élections pour l’année qui commence ont nommé M. Gérin pré- 
sident de la section, M. Poirier, vice-président, M. Sulte, secrétaire. 
Le tout respectueusement soumis. 
J. Royaï, 
Président. 
BENJAMIN SULTE, 
Secrétaire. 
Ottawa, 30 mai 1900. 
Report of Section IT. 
The following papers were read before the section : 
1.—“ Social and Economic Conditions of the Provinces of British 
North America, after the Canadian Rebellions (1838-1840), by Sir John 
Bourinot, K.C.M.G., LL.D., Lit. D. (Laval). 
2.—A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province 
of New Brunswick. (Contributions to the History of New Brunswick, 
No. 5), by William F. Ganong, M.A., Ph.D. Communicated by Sir John 
Bourinot, 
3.—Poems : “ Night Hymns on Lake Nipigon;” “'The Mission of 
the Trees.” Fiction : “ An Adventure of Mrs. Mackenzie;” “ A Vain 
Shadow,” by Mr. Duncan Campbell Scott. 
4.—“ Migration from the Canary Islands to the Eastern Coast of 
America,” by John Campbell, LL.D. 
5.— Copy of the Diary of Nicholas Garry, whose Name was given 
to a Famous Northwestern Fort.” This manuscript has been communi- 
cated to the Society by the Reverend Canon Nicholas T. Garry, of “ The 
Rectory,” Taplow, England, the son of the founder of the fort, who was 
a Deputy-governor and Director of the Hudson’s Bay Company. This 
interesting document has been copied and annotated with a great deal of 
care by Mr. Francis N. A. Garry, the grandson. 
6.—“ Rogers, Ranger and Loyalist,” by Walter Rogers, Esq., Bar- 
rister, Inner Temple, London, England. Communicated by Sir John 
Bourinot. 
7.—“ Chief Military Operations on Abraham’s Plains.—Wolfe and 
Montcalm, 1759; Levis and Murray, 1760; Arnold and Montgomery, 
1775, by Sir Jas. M. LeMoine. 
8.—< The Languages of the Empire. The Queen’s English and 
some other Tongues,” by John Reade, F.R.L.S. (England.) 
9.—“ Mafeking,” “Shew the Way, England.” Two Imperial poems, 
ai d “ The Spirit of Poetry,” by W. Wilfred Campbell. 
