VI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 
The resignation of Mr. Sangster, as a member of Section IT, was accepted in accordance with 
the recommendation of the Council. 
The draft of Rule 6, as amended by the Council in their Report, was then considered, and form- 
ally adopted nem. con. 
REPORTS FROM AFFILIATED SOCIETIES. 
The Honorary Secretary then again read the list of delegates, and the following Reports were 
submitted from the Affiliated Societies :— 
I.—From the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal, through Mr. W. D. LIGHTHALL :— 
Our Society, though the word ‘‘ Numismatic” stands before “ Antiquarian” in its title, pursues 
chiefly antiquarian work. It was incorporated in 1869, and holds mectings once a month, from 
November to April. During the last two years, great advantage has been found in holding the meet- 
ings at members’ residences, where the Society has been greatly instructed by the view of private 
collections and unique objects, with which it would have been otherwise impossible for the whole to 
become acquainted, and the sociable atmosphere of such receptions has contributed greatly to the 
free communication of ideas; while the young men in particular have been attracted by this means 
to increased interest in the objects of the Society, which they see so happily pursued in the private 
life of their elders. 
The following papers have been read during the past session :— 
Nov. 17. Château Boisbriant, by Mr. R. Lyman. 
The Glastonbury Penny, by Mr. R. W. McLachlan. 
Dec. 15. Meanderings in History, by Mr. Henry Mott. 
Jan. 15. Notes on the Conseil Souverain, by Hon. P. J. O. Chauveau. 
Feb. 16. Old Edinburgh and its Associations, by Mr. J. H. Bowe. 
March 16. The Louisbourg Medals, by Mr. R. W. McLachlan. 
April 15. The Old Parish Churches of the Province of Quebec, by Mr. W. D. Lighthall. 
Besides the holding of these meetings, our work includes the support and publication of the 
Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal, and the gathering together of a collection of coins and 
other objects, which is kept by one of the officers. We also endeavor, where possible, to protect and 
preserve “the ancient landmarks,” and to prosecute and encourage antiquarian work of all kinds in 
our neighborhood. 
For instance, it is almost certain that the old Church of Notre Dame de Bonsecours, nearly the 
sole remaining public relic of consequence in Montreal, was saved from absolute demolition by the 
efforts of the Society, though very painful alterations have been made. Nor is it likely that several 
books treating of interesting matters would have seen the light of publication had the Society not 
been steadily doing its duty—such, for example, as the “History of Montreal Jail and the Prison 
Records,” by the Rev. John Borthwick, Chaplain, which is just appearing. 
Among our members, Mr. Henry Mott is bringing out an admirable “History of Montreal;” Mr. 
Charles T. Hart is gathering a large, unique and invaluable collection of photographs of old localities 
and buildings, chiefly old parish churches, which are fast disappearing. Mr. Roswell Lyman is 
adding industriously to the accurate sketching and measurement of antiquarian structures and 
articles. The Society is, in fact, turning its attention strongly to the importance of registering the 
actual mould and impress of historic things by pictorial means, and its suggestions have moved seve- 
ral outside painters who have reproduced in color such objects as the Bonsecours Church above 
mentioned, before alteration, and the homestead of La Salle, on the Fraser Farm, at Lower Lachine, 
the latter of which was exhibited at the Spring Exhibition of the Royal Academy at Montreal. A 
