XIV ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
subject of much interest and importance to Canadian naturalists and 
biologists : 
“QuEEN’s UNIVERSITY, 
“ Kingston, 6th May, 1895. 
“ Dr. Bourinot, Hon. Sec., R. S. C., Ottawa. 
‘“‘Srr,—I venture to call the attention of the Royal Society of Canada 
to the desirability of having either a lake or a seaside laboratory in 
Canada, to which our naturalists could resort for some months every 
summer and undertake research work. I have myself felt the need of 
such an institution, and I know of other biologists in Ontario who have 
felt it also. Last summer, for example, there were seven Canadians 
working at the marine laboratory at Woodshole, Mass., and I have no 
doubt that more would have been there if they had known of the 
advantages offered for study and investigation. 
“A beginning could best be made in Canada in connection with the 
government fish hatcheries, and I am sure that Professor Prince, the 
fish commissioner, would willingly co-operate with the Royal Society in 
formulating a plan for such work, and submitting it to the Minister of 
Marine and Fisheries. Not knowing what equipment is available at the 
tish hatcheries, I cannot estimate the difficulties that stand in the way of 
providing facilities for research work at these stations; but assuming 
that there are vacant rooms in connection with some of them, the chief 
expense would be that of providing a few deal tables with drawers, some 
glassware, and a few chemicals and stains. With these things available, 
and with the stimulus that comes from congenial companions and the 
criticism of sympathetic workers, we have at hand all the elements of 
success. Canada ought to make a beginning soon. It seems too bad 
that her biologists should be compelled to expatriate themselves in order 
to gratify so harmless an ambition as that of adding a little to the sum 
of human knowledge. 
“T am, dear sir, 
“ Yours very sincerely, 
FAP MEN TG ER à 
The council refer the matter to the consideration of the Fourth 
Section of the Royal Society. 
10, REPORT OF PROGRESS FOR THE YEAR 1894 IN THE SURVEY OF TIDES 
AND CURRENTS IN CANADIAN WATERS. 
The following report by W. Bell Dawson, C.E., engineer in charge of 
tidal surveys, refers to a subject in which the Royal Society has always 
taken a deep interest : 
“ New Tide-Gauges Established. 
“Tt was intended to complete during this season the system of princi- 
pal tide-gauges; but as the survey of the currents was also commenced 
