PEOCEBDINGS FOR 1885. V 



1. Geogr;i2>li it-ill Society of Quebec. — H. J. J. B. Chouinard. 



2. Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. — Dr. John Harper. 

 .3. Nova Scotia Historical Society. — T. G. Bourinot. 



4. Numismatic and Anti(|uarian Society of Montreal. — R. W. McLachlan. 



5. i\Iurchison Society of Belleville. — W. R. Smith. 



6. Natural History Society of New Brunswick. — W. F. Best. 



1. Natural History Society of Montreal. — Dr. J. Baker Edwards. 



8. Ottawa Literary and Scientific Society. — W. P. Anderson. 



9. Ottawa Field Naturalist Club.— TF. L. Scott. 



10. Société Historique de Montréal. — Judi/e Baby. 



11. Hamilton Association. — T. C. Xeefer. 



12. Canadian Institute. — Dr. Ellis. 



13. Entomological Society of Ontario. — W. D.Harrington. 



14. Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science. — Professor Johnson. 



The Mui'cbison Society of Belleville and the Hamilton Association having applied for atRliation 

 with the Royal Society, and having appointed Delegates to tiiis meeting, the Council would recom- 

 mend to the Society that their request be acceded to, and their names be formally placed on the list. 



The loss by death of M. Oscar Dunn during the last year makes a vacancy to be tilled in Sec- 

 tion I, and the same may be said of Section IV, where, by the death of Mr. Alexander Murray, the 

 number of members in that Section is reduced to nineteen. 



The Council beg leave to report that M. N. Bourassa, Dr. Osier, and Di-. Bernard Gilpin, having 

 resigned their positions as Fellows of the Society, they be permitted to retain their titles, and be 

 entered on the lists as retired members in accordance with the second paragraph of the seventh Rule 

 of this Society. 



The Council have also to report that the five following members are considered to have resigned 

 in consequence of having failed to attend three years in succession, without presenting papers, or 

 assigning reasons in writing satisfactoiy to the Society, as required by the third paragraph of the 

 seventh Rule, viz., in Section I, M. Hector Fabre; in Section II, Professors Lyall, Watson, and 

 Paxton Young ; in Section IV, M. St-Cyr. 



In order to facilitate business, the Council would also suggest that the Committee of each Section 

 do meet for the purpose of arranging matters connected with each Section at 10 o'clock in the morning 

 during the session, and that the Section itself do assemble half an hour after the meeting of such 

 Committee. 



The Council would also recommend that the authors of pajjers who are not Members be 

 entitled to receive hereafter one cop}' of the Transactions of the Society. 



List of Members Present. 



The Honoraiy Secretary then called over the roll of Fellows, and the following gentlemen 

 responded to their names : — 



Abbé Begin, Abbé Casgrain, Hon. M. Chauveau, M. Faucher de St-Maurice, M. Marmette, M. 

 Suite, Abbé Tanguay, Abbé Cazeau, Mr. John George Bourinot, Dr. Biicke, Rev. ^neas McD. Dawson, 

 Mr. J. Lesperance, Mr. Evan McColl, Mr. J. Reade, Mi'. Charles Sangster, Mr. Geoi-ge Stewart, jun., 

 Dr. Withrow, Dr. Daniel Wilson, Mr. ('. H. Carpmael, Dr. Foi'tin, Prof Haanel, Very Reverend J. E. 

 Hamel, Mr. Hoft'man, Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, Prof. Loudon, Mi'. T. Macfarlane, Dr. G. M. Dawson, Sir 

 J. W. Dawson, Dr. J. A. Grant, Prof. Latlamme, Prof. Macoun, Mr. G. F. Matthaw, Mi-. W. Saunders, 

 Mr. J. P. Whitcaves, Prof .Tohnson, M. Tassé, Dr. Ginlwood, Dr. Bayiio, Prof. Chapman. 



