XX VIII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 
The Society at present occupies rooms of which the lease will expire in about two years’ time, 
and as their value is steadily increasing, we find ourselves face to face with the problem of having to 
find new quarters. The advisability of having a building owned by the Society is sufficiently 
apparent, but heretofore the encouragement offered in Canada for the pursuit of literary or scientific 
studies has not been very great, and without any endowment, or the prospect of securing any, the 
outlook is far from hopeful. 
I would suggest that the Royal Society might in some degree help to influence public opinion 
favourably, in the direction of supporting more generously societies whose only aim is the intellectual 
improvement of the citizens. 
Our best prospects of securing a building are by uniting with other associations in the city 
having kindred objects, such as the Field Naturalists’ Club and the local Art Association, and by 
joint effort putting up a building which will accommodate all the several Societies; to this end our 
efforts must be directed during the coming year. 
The annual election of officers for the ensuing year took place on April 30th last, with the 
following result :— 
Présidents ane ten ame nn eee Wm. P. Anderson. 
ATEHVACE-PReRITEN DES eee eee W. D. LeSueur. 
Second ‘“ nn chee basen et Pense J. P. Featherston. 
D'OCLELAEYIE eee seen ee ee Le F. K. Bennetts. 
RE ASUTOME Sera eee eee eee J. R. Armstrong. 
TADrALTANERES Peace nee os One RE D ee J. H. Brown. 
Cüraton RER carcasse raies ares H. M. Ami. 
x O. J. Jolliffe. 
Members 0MCOUN CIRE res ere D. Ewart. 
J. C, Kearns. 
RESOLUTIONS. 
The following Resolutions were then adopted :— 
1. That the Council be instructed to consider the method of electing members under Section 6 of 
the Rules and Regulations, and to recommend to the Society, at its next General Meeting, such 
amendments as may seem desirable. (On the motion of Sir W. Dawson, seconded by Mr. T. 
Macfarlane. ) 
2. That the thanks of this Society be communicated to the Speakers of the Senate and the 
House of Commons, for the accommodation and facilities afforded to its members during the present 
General meeting. (On the motion of Mr. George Stewart, Jun., seconded by Abbé Casgrain.) 
3. That the Society tenders its acknowledgments to the Literary and Scientific Society, and the 
Field Naturalists’ Club of Ottawa, for the courtesies extended to its members during their present 
visit to this city. (On the motion of Sir W. Dawson, seconded by Very Rev. T. E. Hamel.) 
REPORT OF SECTIONS. 
The following Reports of Sections were then presented, in accordance with usage :— 
Rapport de la Section I. 
Nous avons l'honneur de soumettre le rapport de la section française :— 
1. Nous regrettons que le nombre des membres qui ont pu assister cette année à nos séances soit 
si faible. Ils étaient 15 en 1882, — 8 en 1883, — 12 à l’assemblée de Québec, et 14 à celle d'Ottawa, en 
1884, — et 13 en 1885. Nous n’étions que sept cette année, ce qui ne doit pas pourtant prouver que 
