XXX ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
The following motions were agreed to : 
(1) Resolved, That this society approves of the suggestion made by 
the council to hold a Cabot celebration in the month of June, 1897, in the 
city of Halifax, and appoints Drs. Fleming, Bourinot, S. E. Dawson and 
Archbishop O’Brien as a committee to take such steps as may be neces- 
sary in this direction, and to report to the council and society at its next 
general meeting in 1896. (On motion of Dr. Sandford Fleming, seconded 
by Rev. Prof. Clark.) 
(2) Resolved, That for the future each member of the society shall 
deposit with the honorary secretary his photograph, in not less than 
cabinet size. (On motion of Prof. Penhallow, seconded by Dr. Mills.) 
(3) Resolved, That Prof. Callendar, of McGill University, be elected 
a member of the third section of this society. (On motion of Prof. H. T. 
Bovey, seconded by Dr. 8. Fieming.) 
(4) Resolved, That the rules of the society be suspended to allow 
section III. proceeding to the election of a member to fill up the vacaney 
caused by the death of Prof. Carpmael. (On motion of Dr. Girdwood, 
seconded by Prof. Bovey.) 
(5) Resolved, That a special committee to assist and advise the 
council in the matter of the change in the astronomical day and other 
scientific questions be appointed, and that the committee consist of Mgr 
Hamel, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Bovey, Prof. Dupuis, Sandford Fleming, Prof. 
Ramsay Wright, Mr. Deville. (On motion of Dr. Fleming, seconded by 
Prof. Johnson.) 
(6) Resolved, That the foregoing be made a standing committee. 
(On motion of Prof. Bovey, seconded by Dr. Fleming.) 
(7) Resolved, That the names of gentlemen once nominated as mem- 
bers of this society be all put upon the voting paper, so that there shall 
be no doubt whom the el-ctors are voting for. (On motion of Dr. Gird- 
wood, seconded by Dr. Selwyn.) 
The reports of delegate: of associated societies were then called, in 
the following order: 
I.—From The Pioneer and Historical Association of the Province of 
Ontario, through Captain CRUIKSHANK. 
This important association was organized in 1887, in Toronto, under 
the presidency of the Rev. Dr. Scadding. 
Its members are delegates from the several local historical societies 
of Ontario. Their numbers are yearly increasing, and fresh interest is 
added in “promoting the intercourse and ‘union of all such societies, for 
the better preservation of historical and other records and memorials of 
the province, for the forming of new societies and such purposes, and for 
promoting and extending the influence and benefits thereof.” (Constitu- 
tion, second paragraph.) 
