XXXII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Committee on Field Days—Dr. Woolverton, Messrs. Balkwill, Bow- 
man, Elliott, Law, Percival, Rennie and Saunders, London. 
Library and Rooms Committee—Messrs. Balkwill, Bethune, Dear- 
ness, Moffat and Saunders, London. 
XVI—From The Natural History Society of British Columbia, through 
Dr. G. M. Dawson, F-.R.S. 
Largely to the energy of the Honorary Secretary, Mr. Napier Deni- 
son, during the year 1899 to 1900, there has been a marked increase in 
membership, attendance at meetings and in numbers of papers read. 
With a total membership of 77 there has been an average attendance 
of 21 as compared with 15 last year; twenty papers were read as com- 
pared with six in 1898-1899, and eighteen new members joined as com- 
pared with five. 
The Rev. Father A. G. Morice, O.M.I., of Stuart Lake, B.C., was 
unanimously elected an honorary member of the Society, and has already 
contributed a valuable paper on the distribution of native races in 
British Columbia, which it is hoped will appear in our forthcoming 
Bulletin, The library has been added to by the purchase of several 
scientific works and donations from members; also several scientific 
magazines are taken. Owing to the unexpected delay in publishing a 
Bulletin, there has not been the same influx of exchanges. 
The collection of ethnographical and natural specimens has been 
increased slightly, but our proximity to the Provincial Museum largely 
does away with the necessity of making special efforts in this direction. 
New and rare animals have been contributed to the Provincial 
Museum by the Rev. J. H. McKeen, of Metlakatla; plants new to the 
province have been deposited in the Herbarium of the Department of 
Agriculture by Messrs. J. R. Anderson and C. F. Newcombe, and new 
fossils have been reported by Messrs. Roberts, Crease and Sutton. 
The following is a list of papers read during the year :— 
1899. 
April 18.—< Indian Music,” by J. W. McKay. 
April 24.—* Shell Mounds,” by O. C. Hastings. 
May 8.—“The Mammoth Elephant of British Columbia,” with Lantern 
Slides, by Dr. C. F. Newcombe and Mr. Fleming. 
May 22.—Short Papers on various subjects, by Messrs. Deans and 
Sylvester. 
June 5.—“ River Deltas,” by Rev. Dr. Wilson. 
July 31.—“ Notes on Pot Holes,” by Dr. Kirker, R.N. 
