VI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CATiTADA. 



Report of tue CgiMmittee on the Encouragement of Original Literary and Scientific Work. 



Professor Alex. Johnson then read a Report, printed in full in the Appendix, from the Committee 

 ap])ointed at the last general meeting of the Royal Society. 



On motion of Professor Loudon, seconded by Mr. George Stewart, jnn., the Report was adopted. 



On motion of Sir William Dawson, seconded by Mr. W. Saundei's, the tlianks of the Society were 

 given to Dr. Johnson for the RejJort just adopted. 



Resolutions. 



The following motions were agreed to : — 



1. That the names of the Murchison Society of Belleville and of the Hamilton Association be 

 added to the list of those Societies alfiliated with the Royal Society of Canada. (On the motion of 

 Mr. Bourinot, seconded by Dr. Johnson.) 



2. Que l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Beaux-Arts de Rouen soit sur sa demande mise 

 sur la liste des correspondants de la Société Royale du Canada. (On the motion of M. Faucher de 

 St-Mauj-ice, seconded by the Hon. M. Chauveau.) 



3. That the Honorary Secretary be authoi-ized to print the abstracts of those papers which 

 have been presented at least three weeks before the tirst day of the meeting and have been formally 

 accepted, and to send copies of the same to the authors. (On the motion of Dr. Johnson, seconded 

 by Mr. George Stewart, jun.) 



4. Que la Société des gens de lettres de France soit mise sur la liste des correspondants de la 

 Société Royale du Canada avec pi-ière d'échanger les bulletins, documents, etc. (On the motion of 

 M. Fauclier de St-Mauricc, seconded by M. Marmette.) 



Reports from Affili.\ted Societies. 



The Honorary Secretary then read again the list of Delegates, and the following Reports were 

 sulimitted from the affiliated Societies: — 



I. From the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, through Dr. John Harper : — 



I have the honour to represent, for the second time, that old institution, the Literary and His- 

 torical Society of Quebec, which still maintains its pi-estige among the literary and scientific associa- 

 tions of Canada, notwithstanding the difficulties of which I spoke in a former rej)ort. This year the 

 Society has for its president, Mr. George Stewart, jun., a j^rominent member of the Royal Society ; 

 and, with his enthusiasm in all matters pertaining to English literature and Canadian history to guide 

 the members in their researches, I have no doubt that the Society will continue to realize the purpose 

 of its founders, and place on record its further progress as a means of interesting the citizens of the 

 ancient capital and others in historical studies of a local character. The rooms of the Society con- 

 tinue to be a favourite resort for all who seek literary recreation, beyond the ordinary news-room. 

 The librarj- is kept in an excellent slate of pi-cservation, and, with the additions made to it from time 

 to time, becomes more valuable to the genciul reader every j'car; while this year a catalogue has 

 been prepared by our librarian of all the original essays and manuscrijjts j)ublislied bj' the Society 

 since its inception in 1824, which cannot but be of the greatest service to all those who continue to 

 prosecute their investigations in matters pertaining to the earlj- history of our country. As I 

 reported last year, the Society is greatly crippled in its finances on account of the withdrawal of the 

 grant received for many years from the Provincial Government, and the Council has found it impos- 

 sible to continue its operations in the matter of publishing original documents. A suggestion has 

 been made by a foi-mer member of the Society, on the floor of the House of Assembly, to the effect 

 that the Government should pui-chase from the Society the manuscripts in its ])ossession and publish 



