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ROYAL SOCIETY OP CANADA. 



Several dead shells of an Amnecolla have beea found which are considered by Mr. Pilsbury to be 



a new species. 



The Hamilton list now numbers 98 species ; of these 46 are terrestrial and the balance, 52, are 



fresh water moUusca. • 



GrEO. M. Leslie. 



Treasurer's statement for year ending 14th May, 1891 : — 



Income. 



Balance from laat year $276 74 



Government grant 400 00 



Members' subscriptions ] 60 00 



Total $836 74 



H. P. Bonny, A. T. Neil, 



Auditors. 



14th May, 1891. 



The society then adjourned. 



Expmditure. 



Rent 1165 00 



Gas 12 55 



Printing 174 30 



Stationery and postages 42 30 



Insurance H 88 



Commissions and caretaking 24 80 



Removing museum specimens and incidentals. 62 85 



$493 68 

 Balance in Bank 343 06 



$836 74 



EioHARD Bull, 



Treasurer. 



At 3 o'clock His Excellency the Governor-General arrived, and was received by Principal Grant 

 on behalf of the society, and by Sir Donald Smith on behalf of the Citizens' Committee. Having 

 shaken hands with those present, he visited in turn each of the sections, and evinced much interest in 

 the papers which were being read. 



THE EVENING MEETING. 



In the evening a public meeting was held in the Queen's Hall. His Excellency Lord Stanley of 

 Preston, honorary president of the society, was present. Among others on the platform were Sir 

 Donald Smith, fellows and delegates, and prominent visitors from the United States. 



After the reading of Lord Lome's letter, which appears elsewhere in the minutes of the ' Proceed- 

 ings/ the president. Very Rev. Principal Grant, delivered the annual address. 



The President's Address. 



On December 29th and 30th, 1881, a few gentlemen, designated by His Excellency the Marquis 

 of Lome, the Governor-General of Canada, met in Montreal and considered a memorandum from His 

 Excellency relating to the formation of an institute, academy or society for the promotion of litera- 

 ture and science in the Dominion. They agreed to sugijest a provisional basis for the constitution of 

 such a society, substantially the one that was subsequently adopted. The title suggested was " The 

 Ro_) al Society of Canada for the Promotion of Literature and Science within the Dominion." The 



