PEOCEEDINGS FOE 1888. VII 



(2) That Prof. Bovoy received oloveii and Dr. Ellis six votes; and they recommend the election of 



the former as obviously the choice of Section III. 



(3) That there are two vacancies in Section IV. 



Ml'. A. H. MacKaj' received 8 votes. 

 Dr. T. Wesley Mills " 7 " 

 Abbé Provancher " 4 " 



That if the "jilumpers" cast were eliminated, the result would be — 



Mr. MacKay 4 votes. 



Dr. Mills 4 " 



Abbé Provancher 3 " 



In this case the Council sim]ily report the facts, and make no special recommendation. 



J. G-. BOURINOT, 



Hon. Sec. 

 April 2nth, 1888. 



The Society are now called upon, on account of the failure of the Sections to elect, to make a 

 choice of the names submitted to them by the Council. 



As His Excellency the Marquis of Lansdowne is on the eve of departure from this country, 

 where he has won such golden opinions fi'om all classes of the peojdo, the Eoyal Society are also 

 called upon to add their expression of respect, and their thanks for the interest he has always taken 

 in the progress and success of an institution which owes its origin to his distinguished predecessor. 

 The Council submit herewith a diaft of an address that is to be presented to His Excellency to-day : — 



To His Excellency the Marquis of Lansdowne, iScc, &c. 

 My Lorp, — 



The Eoyal Society of Canada, founded by your predecessor, the Marquis of Lome, has the honour 

 to number you among its members. Your Excellency is its Patron. 



The functions of that Society are the pursuit of literature, French and English, scientitic 

 researches — all, in fact, that relates to life, discovery and history. 



The I'csults of its labours hitherto are embodied in the volumes which are in Your Excellency's 

 libiary. In India or whei-ever else Your Excellency's lot may be cast, they will recall to you the 

 pleasure and honour which you confer on us by reading them and the regret which we have 

 oxjjerienced in seeing you leave our shores. 



In taking leave of Your Excellency, the Fellows of the Eoyal Society, individually and collec- 

 tively, wish, in the heartiest manner, to bid you and your gracious helpmate. Lady Lansdowne, a 

 cordial godspeed to your new duties, as the reiircsentative of Our Queen, in the highest office to 

 which a British subject may aspire. 



In behalf of the Society. 



List of Members Present. 



The acting; secretary called over the i-oll of members present, and the following gentlemen 

 responded to their names : — 



Abbé Casgrain, A. A. DeCelles, Faucher de Saint-Maurice, Dr. Fi'échette, J. M. LeMoine, A. 

 Lusignan, Joseph Marmette, B. Suite, Abbé Tanguay, Dr. John Geoi-ge Bourinot, William Kirby, 

 John Eeado, Dr. Geoi'ge Stewart, C. Baillargé, C. Carpmael, E. Deville, Sandford Fleming, F. N. 

 Gisborne, Very Eev. T. E. Hamel, G. C. Hoffmann, Dr. Johnson, T. Macfarlane, Prof. Bailey, Dr. 



