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cided to widen the sphere of our activity and to-day we find within the 
pages of the Ottawa Naturalist papers on the result of natural history 
studies carried on by observers in all the provinces of our Dominion. 
This in a few words constitutes the regular work we are doing. 
According to custom and at your request, on behalf of the Council 
of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club, by whom I was selected to repre- 
sent them on this occasion, I have the honour to submit to your honour- 
able society the following résumé of the work done by our club during 
the past year : 
Immediately after the annual meeting of the club, which took place 
on the 15th day of March, 1899, the Council inaugurated a series of 
Monday afternoon popular science lectures. These were held in the 
Assembly Hall of the Normal School, by kind consent of its Principal, 
Dr. MacCabe, with the sanction of the Minister of Education, and begin- 
ning on April 10th until the 22nd day of May, for seven Mondays in 
succession these lectures were carried on with a degree of success which 
not only encouraged the members of our council, but also led to an un- 
usually large attendance at the various excursions, sub-excursions and 
field days held concurrently and subsequently in the vicinity of Ottawa. 
The Monday afternoon lectures were of a decidedly practical, 
though introductory nature, and designed to create a wider interest in 
natural science studies, also to popularize them in our midst. The fol- 
lowing is a list of the subjects treated, together with the names of the 
gentlemen members of the club who undertook the task. 
Monday Afternoon Lectures. 
April 10.—Geology, The President. 
April 17.—Ornithology, Mr. A. G. Kingston. 
April 24.—Entomology, Dr. J. Fletcher. 
May 1.—Conchology, The Hon. F. R. Latchford. 
May 8.—Botany, Mr. R. B. Whyte. 
May 15.—Zoology, Prof. John Macoun and Mr. W. $. Odell. 
May 22.—Forest Trees, The Hon. Sir Henri Joly. 
A total attendance of 670 persons was recorded at this course of 
Monday afternoon lectures, indicating an average attendance of nearly 
100 at each lecture. 
General and Sub-Excursions. 
As pointed out already, the Ottawa Field-Naturalists Club is essen- 
tially a “field club,” and this feature of work is ever kept in mind by the 
various Councils and Committees of the club, and I am pleased to be 
