XXII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Honorary President—Hon. R. Harcourt, M.A., Q.C., M.P-P., 
Minister of Education. 
President—G. E. Lumsden, F.R.A.S. 
Vice-Presidents—R. F. Stupart, Superintendent Dominion Meteor- 
ological Service and Director of Toronto Observatory; C. A. Chant, B.A., 
Lecturer in Physics, University of Toronto. 
Treasurer—Charles P. Sparling. 
Corresponding Secretary—W. B. Musson. 
Recording Secretary—Thomas Lindsay. 
Librarian—Z. M. Collins. 
Assistant Librarian—A. Elvins. 
Director of Photography—D. J. Howell. 
Other Members of Council—Larratt W. Smith, Q.C., D.C.L., John 
A. Paterson, M.A., Arthur Harvey, F.R.S.C., J. R. Collins, G.G. Pursey, 
A. T. DeLury, B.A., John Phillips and J. G. Ridout, 
During the year 1899, regular fortnightly meetings of the Society 
had been held in the Canadian Institute, and one special meeting in the 
physical room of the University of Toronto, to which the public had been 
invited. 
The following is a summary of the work done and papers read by 
members throughout the year : 
Mr. D. J. Howell read am exhaustive paper on “ Colour Photo- 
graphy,” reviewing the history of the efforts which had been made to 
produce photographs in natural colours, and showing, in illustration, 
many specimens of the work of various inventors. Particularly 
interesting was a photograph of the solar spectrum made by Herr 
Lippmann, and which had been presented to Mr. Arthur Harvey by the 
distinguished physicist. Mr. Howell’s paper was subsequently pre- 
sented to the Canadian Institute, and by arrangement will appear in the 
publications of that body. It is, therefore, not included in the annual 
Transactions of the Astronomical Society. 
Mr. Arthur Harvey read copious notes on the “ Andromedes,” 
“ Aureoles about Inferior Planets,” and “ Auroral Observations.” 
Mr. George E. Lumsden presented short papers on telescopic work, 
giving notes of observations made in Toronto and also in the Muskoka 
District. Special attention was called to the excellence of the climate 
of Muskoka, the clear skies admitting of much more satisfactory work 
being done there than is ever possible in cities or towns. Several draw- 
ings of the interesting sun-spots of June, 1900, were presented, these 
having been made on days when photographic work on the sun had been 
carried on at Greenwich. By kind permission of the Astronomer Royal, 
lantern-slides of the negatives taken at Greenwich had been forwarded 
