VIII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 
patron and honorary member of the Society; and the following gentlemen were elected correspond- 
ing members, viz., I. Allen Jack, Recorder of the City of St. John, N.B., and B. Percy Scott, of 
Windsor, N.S. 
The Library continues to improve under the superintendence of the energetic Librarian, Mr. F. 
C. Wurtele, who reports that during the year 2,234 volumes were given out to members. 
The following gentlemen were elected to office for the year 1885-6 :— 
TETRE SCI ocannosoon os aonacguopur onto opongoonesadte George Stewart, Jun. 
( Wm. Hossack. 
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| Cyr. Tessier. 
WicCe=bresidon ter mecs ess sms eee ee | AE eye 
J. Whitehead. 
ABREEYSIIIRETE * nocooansaononnSopaasncaScAonSonqoabaDoDo6060 Edwin Pope. 
TEI SENEIEND, coosjnoco soabconcnecddadasodoonoansdbaccaadec . Fred. C. Wurtele. 
TRE CORGIM PT SECC LAVE nero eee es J. F. Belleau. 
Corresponding Secretary.......................... W.S. Bennett. 
Council Secketiaiyeacedscessest sisson senee .ese20. Alexander Robertson. 
CHEATO NO EME ER sn eeemseseseenee J. U. Gregory. 
CuratorsOh eA panalnsaesceascss seer saeeckclss secs cies/s R. McLeod, 
Herbert M. Price. 
Hon. D. A. Ross. 
Peter Johnston. 
Mr. R. Turner was appointed Auditor for the ensuing year. 
ie M. LeMoine. 
Additional Members of Council............... | 

III.—From the New Brunswick Natural History Society, through Pror. BAILEY :— 
The New Brunswick Natural History Society, of St. John, respectfully submits to the Royal 
Society of Canada the following report of progress for the past year :— 
The Society has a membership of over one hundred members, and among them many active 
naturalists, who are doing zealous and careful work in the several departments in which they are 
engaged. Owing to the yearly grant received from the Local Government of New Brunswick, the 
Society has been enabled to increase its Museum accommodation, and to engage more effectively in 
original work. Valuable additions have been made during the year to its Museum, especially in the 
departments of geology, botany, zoology, ornithology, etc. 
During the summer of 1885, a summer camp was held under the auspices of a working club of 
the Society, on Frye’s Island, near the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay. The work principally 
carried on was in geology, zoology and botany, and considerable introductory work was done in 
marine zoology and botany. 
The accompanying Bulletin contains a more complete resumé of the work of the Society during 
the past year, and is herewith transmitted to the members of the Royal Society for their inspection. 

IV.—From the Hamilton Association, through Mr. T. C. KEErFER. 
The Association has held nine meetings during the year just closing. The attendance at these 
meetings was good, and the interest manifested in the subjects brought before the members satisfac- 
tory. The following were the subjects of the papers :— i 
1. The Mound Builders’ remains in Manitoba, by Mr. Charles N. Bell, 
2. The Pressure and Elasticity of the Atmosphere (illustrated by numerous experiments), by 
Mr. A. Gaveller. 
