XXVI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 
12. Additions to the Catalogue of Nova Scotian Fishes, ete., by Dr. Honeyman. 
13. On Specimens of Labrador Duck in the McCulloch Museum, Dalhousie College, by Andrew 
XIII.—From the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, through Pror. Bryce. 
The Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba has just completed the seventh year of its 
existence, the last year having been the most vigorous. 
One of its first aims was to establish a Reference Library of Canadian and Northwest Literature. 
It has now, in this department, 300 volumes, so that with the private library of the President, and 
that of the Province, almost any books necessary for prosecuting the study of Canadian history are 
procurable in Manitoba. During the past year, the Society has combined its Library with that of the 
University of Manitoba, the Isbister Library of 4,400 volumes, and has taken charge of the whole. 
The Society has consequently some 11,000 volumes in its rooms, which form the chief place of resort 
in Winnipeg, for those of literary or scientific inclinations. During the year, special steps have been 
taken to increase the Natural History and Archeological Museum of the Society. Communication 
has been opened with some hundreds of persons scattered from Lake Superior to the Rocky Mountains, 
and promises have been given of additional articles in Indian work, as well as fossils from the 
Silurian, Cretaceous, and Laramie formations During the year, a small amount was devoted to 
following up the explorations of the aboriginal mounds, which have been going on for several years 
under the auspices of the Society. Invitations have been given to the Society to visit different mound 
regions, especially one group of twenty, seemingly fortification mounds, which were so remarkable 
as to have attracted the attention of Prof. Hind in his flying visit through the south of Rupert's 
Land, in 1858. The Society has had, during the past year, its most successful year so far as papers 
are concerned, almost all of them being the results of original research. They were as follows :— 
SESSION oF 1884-5. 
1. Galileo, by Ex-Judge Ryal. 
2. Ethnology of Alaska, by Mr. J. Hector Inkster. 
3. Hudson Bay, by Dr. Walton Haydon. 
SESSION oF 1885-6. 
The Old Settlers of Red River. Inaugural lecture by the President, Dr. Bryce. 
. Economic Minerals of the Northwest, by Mr. A. McCharles. 
. Geology of Lake Winnipeg, by Prof. J. H. Panton. 
. British Columbia, by Mr. Walter Moberly. 
. Time-Marking, by Mr. R. E. W. Goodridge. 
. Chinook Winds, by Mr. A. Bowerman. 
. Characteristic Mammals of the Northwest, by Mr. E. E. T. Seton. 
. The Celt in the Northwest, by the President. 
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The Society is indebted to the Provincial Government, and &) the city of Winnipeg, for the con- 
tinuance of grants, one of $250 and the other of $500. 
It has also received bountiful recognition from the Hon. Sir Donald A. Smith, Messrs. C. J. 
Brydges, J. H. Ashdoun, F. W. Stobart, Commissioner Wrigley and others. 
The receipts of the Society for the year were some $2,300, there being a small balance on hand 
at the end of the year. The financial affairs of the Society have been well managed, and are in a 
flourishing condition. Exchanges are maintained with all the leading societies in Great Britain, 
United States and Canada. 
A number of the members of the Society are much interested in a project submitted to the 
