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able to report that the records of the past year show clearly that a keen 
interest has been taken by the leaders as well as by the ordinary members 
of the club. The attendance of leaders in each of the departments of 
natural science is assured on the field days, and students can find no 
better means or opportunity of acquiring knowledge regarding recent as 
well as fossil fauna and flora of Ottawa than by attending these sub- 
excursions. In the early spring of 1899, no less than nine weekly 
Saturday afternoon sub-excursions were held, all of which proved to be 
eminently well attended and successful, especially with reference to the 
amount of new facts recorded on these occasions, whether in Botany, 
Geology, Entomology, Archeology, Ornithology, Conchology and Gen- 
eral Zoology. Besides the sub-excursions, the club makes arrangements 
for large general monthly excursions held as a rule to some more dis- 
tant points than in the case of sub-excursions. These are usually very 
largely attended. 
The first general excursion of the season 1899-1900 was to Chel- 
sea, at which there was an attendance of nearly 300. Two prizes were 
offered for the best collections of plants, and evoked much interest 
among the botanists. The second general excursion was to the Queen’s 
Park, Aylmer, where seventy-nine species of plants were noted. The 
geology and archeology of this district and of Lighthouse Island proved 
of much interest to those studying those subjects. The third general ex- 
cursion was held in Cumberland, a locality not previously visited by 
the club, and, though not largely attended, was of much interest and 
productive of excellent results. 
A pleasing feature of these excursions was the presence of numer- 
ous representatives of the various educational institutions in Ottawa. 
Reports of Branches. 
The different branches report a successful year’s work. In geology, 
the work done has been in tracing out the boundaries of the various 
formations and collecting fossils. Useful information was obtained to 
be embodied in the geological map of Ottawa and its surroundings now 
being prepared by the Geological Survey Department. Some of the 
fossils were found to be new to this locality, and others new to science. 
The report of this branch appears in “The Ottawa Naturalist,” Vol. 13, 
pp. 218-223, Dec., 1899. 
The botanical branch reports that four species of mosses new to 
science, and five to the Ottawa flora have been discovered. A sedge 
new to the Ottawa flora was found at Chelsea by Prof. J. Macoun. 
They also report that Mr. R. H. Cowley, besides locating many rare 
