XXVI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CA]S"ADA. 



Constitution and By-Laws Adopted *lth February, 1891. 



Objects of the Society. 



1. To prosecute researches into the history and archaeology of the Province of Ontario, and into 

 the genealogy of the inhabitants thereof. 



2. To publish the i-esults of those researches so far as may be deemed advisable. 



3. To collect and maintain a library of books, pamphlets and manuscripts, more especially such 

 as relate to the history of the Province of Ontario. 



4. To collect and preserve such archselogical and other specimens, relics and traditions as may 

 tend to illustrate that history. 



5. To recoi'd p'ssing events with accuracy. 



6. To create and perpetuate a closer and more friendly relationship between the early settlers of 

 the country and their descendants. 



Total membership, 179, of whom 51 are ladies. 



Ronorary Members. — Hon. G. W. Allen, D.C.L., President Historical Society of Ontario; Rev. H. 

 Scadding, D.D., President York Pioneers; Rev. Canon Bull, M.A., President Lundy's Lane Historical 

 Society; The Presidents of the Pioneer and Historical Societies of Leth bridge and McLeod ; Miles 

 O'Reilly, Q.C. ; Very Rev. J. Gamble Geddes, D.D., Dean of Niagara; Robert JUrvis Hamilton, Col. 

 John Land, Peter S. Van Wagner and Mrs. John Rose Holden. 



Twenty-nine regular and executive meetings of the society have been held, and the following 

 papers i-ead — "The Battle of Stony Creek," by J. H. Land, Secretary ; " Fifty-seven Years of Can- 

 adian Life," Major Glasgow ; " Champlain, Father and Founder of Canada," Mrs. J. Rose Holden; 

 " Canadian History," Senator Donald Maclnnes; Inaugural Addresses by the President; Biographical 

 Sketch, Dean Geddes. 



On the 5th June, 1890, the society held a picnic on the Stony Creek battle grounds, which was 

 attended by fully one thousand ladies and gentlemen, when the resolutions following wei'e unanimously 

 carried : — 



Resolved, — That we regard with thankfulness the contentment, comfort and self-reliance of the 

 people of this Dominion, which the freedom of our institutions and the bravery of our ancestors under 

 Divine Providence have conferred upon us, and we gratefully acknowledge the moral and material 

 support which in the past our Mother Country has ever willingly granted and secured to us in a great 

 measure as the result of the glorious victory, the anniversary of which we now celebrate. 



Resolved, — That the Dominion Government bo respectfully retjuested to grant a reasonable sum 

 of money in aid of the erection of suitable monuments on the battle ground of Stony Creek and on 

 Burlington Heights, in commemoration of the heroic bravery and self-sacrifice of the defenders of our 

 country, and in grateful appreciation of the important results which the victory attending that battle 

 has secured to us. 



Resolved, — That this meeting urge the importance of forming pioneer and historical societies 

 throughout the Dominion as a valuable and influential agency for the collection and preservation of 

 the necessary materials for reliable histories of our country, and as an indication of the loyalty of the 

 Canadian people to their country and their attachment to British laws and institutions. 



An extract from the proceedings of the above meeting is i-espectfuUy submitted along with this 

 report. 



In December last ajDplication was made to the council of the city of Hamilton for the purchase 

 of a portion of the ground known as "Earthworks," constructed in 1813 on Burlington Heights, 

 when the executive council of the association passed the following resolution : — 



" Whereas, having learned with surprise and regret that the cemetery committee of the city 



