PEOCEEDINGS FOR 1891. XIX 



The reading-room, containing the leading papers and magazines, has been well patronized and 

 seems to grow in poj)ularity as time goes on. 



The lecture course during the past winter was one of the most successful in the annals of the 

 society. The meetings were all held in the society's rooms, and, without exception, were well 

 attended. The course was as follows : — 



1890. Oct. 22— "British, Boer and Black," by Rev. Principal Grant, D.D., F.E.S.C. 

 Nov. 6—" Slavery in Canada," by Benj. Suite, Esq., F.R.S.C. 



Nov. 20—" Dominion of Mind," by Rev. B. B. Ryckman, D.D. 



Dec. 4 — " Mountain Ranges and Great Rivers of the Pacific Coast," by Prof. John 



Macoun, F.R.S.C. 

 Dec. 18—" Chest Development," by B. W. F. Ilurdman, Esq., M.D. 



1891. Jan. 8—" Science of Politics," by W. D. LeSueur, Esq., B.A. 

 Feb. 5—" Human Hair," by A. J. Horsey, Esq., M.D. 



Feb. 19 — " Two Canadian Poets," by A. Laraj)man, Esq., B.A. 

 Mar. 12—" Haldimaud," by W. Kingsford, Esq., C.B., F.R.S.C. 



The desirability of obtaining new quarters for our society is more apparent than ever, but, single- 

 handed, our limited income precludes the accomplishment of our design. 



. We hope that your honourable body will, during your j^resent session, arrive at some conclusion 

 respecting a permanent repository for your accumulated exchanges and volumes, together with their 

 custodianship. In this connection I would say that our society has in view a large and commodious 

 new building at the capital, consisting of three tlats, admirably adapted for the purpose indicated, 

 and for our society's use, and should you coincide in the proposal submitted by letter to your secre- 

 tary, our custodian could act also in the same cajoacity for you free of charge. 



Your decision, at the last annual meeting in Ottawa, to establish your headquarters permanently 

 at the capital, has given strength to the proposal made to your Committee, appointed at that meet- 

 ing, and we hope that a final decision may be arrived at during your present meeting which may be 

 beneficial to all concerned. 



The public schools having, during the winter, held night classes, and the evening technical in- 

 struction given at the Art School, militated against the efforts of our society in that direction. 

 Indeed, so numerous are the attractions now offered by church associations and other social literary 

 amusements, that it is a source of gratification to have had so large an attendance at our regular even- 

 ing lectures as I have been able to I'eport. 



The Field-Naturalists' Club, the majority of whose members belong to our society, make a special 

 report to you. With their labours and ours combined, Ottawa possesses a class of workers in literature 

 and science whose researches ought greatly to aid the intellectual development of the Dominion. 



At the Annual Meeting for the election of oflScers for 1891 Mr. H. B. Small, who filled the office 

 of President for the last three years, declined renomination, and Mr. Robert Gill, Manager of the 

 Bank of Commerce, was unanimously elected, with Messrs. W. D. LeSueur and Jeffrey Burland Vice- 

 Presidents. 



IV. From the Entomological Society of Ontario, through the Rev. Thojias W. Fyles, F.L.S. 



Canadian Entomology is the outgrowth of the last thirty yeai'S, and in its development the 

 Entomological Society of Ontario has played no unimportant part. The first movement towards the 

 formation of this society was made in 1862; and at that time, according to the statement of the 



