APPENDIX C Vy, 
manuscript, which ought to be printed, but which must be held over 
indefinitely for want of funds. 
Resolutions were passed during the year having for their object the 
preservation of the Plains of Abraham and Old Fort Erie, as public 
property. 
All of which is respectfully submitted. 
Davip BoYLE, 
Toronto, May 26th, 1900. Secretary. 
IiIl.—From The Peterborough Historical Society, through Sir JOHN 
BOURINOT. 
During the past year the Society has been rather inactive, few 
meetings having been held, and these not fully attended. 
Although the Society was organized to collect and preserve items of 
historical interest connected with this county, it is not intended to draw 
the line at that limit, but to embrace anything connected with the 
general history of Canada. It cannot be possible that we have exhausted 
everything of that kind in this locality. Our old friends, the early set- 
tlers, are gradually dropping off, and very little effort has been made 
to get from them their experiences and struggles in subduing the forest 
and changing the wilderness into the comfortable farmsteads which now 
dot the hills and valleys of this county. 
By the death of Mrs. Catherine Parr Traill, which occurred on 
August 29th, 1899, the Society has lost its Honorary President and 
sincere friend. Mrs. Traill died at her residence, Westove, Lakefield, 
at the advanced age of 97 years and 7 months. When the Society was 
formed in 1896, Mrs. Traill was unanimously elected Honorary Presi- 
dent, which office she held until her death. She was an enthusiastic 
member and generous contributor. For her many interesting remin- 
iscences of 70 years’ residence in this county, the clearness of her memory 
and faculties, and for her cheerfulness and geniality in imparting her 
store of knowledge for the Society’s benefit, the members will always 
revere her memory. 
Victoria Museum has steadily increased during the year by the addi- 
tion of many valuable articles, among which may be mentioned the large 
and handsome collection of natural products of Florida kindly collected 
and presented by Mrs. and Mr. Walter J. Nesbitt, of Eau Gallie, Florida. 
This collection involved much labour and expense, and the donors 
entered heartily into the task of sending something which has not only 
proved their excellent taste, but provided Victoria Museum with a very 
valuable acquisition. 
