VI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
3. DECEASE OF MEMBERS. 
It is the melancholy duty of the Council to record the decease 
of four of the Fellows who have been associated with the work of 
the Society since its foundation in 1882: Abbé Cuoq, Monsignor 
Tanguay, Rev. Moses Harvey, of Newfoundland, and the Rev. Principal 
Grant; they had reached an advanced age when they were called upon 
to lay down the burden of their useful lives. 
Abbé Cuoq had been for years preparing to meet death in the calm 
seclusion of one of those monastic institutions which the Roman 
Catholic Church provides for its faithful clergy when age and infirmity 
unfit them for the active pursuits of life. 
He belonged to that long list of scholars who have devoted them- 
selves for centuries in Canada to the study of the Indian languages 
and character. Some of his elaborate essays on the Algonquin tongue 
appear in the early numbers of the Transactions of the Society and 
attest eloquently the vast range of his investigations and accurate 
learning. 
Rey. Dr. Harvey was identified during a long and earnest life 
with the ancient colony of Newfoundland, in whose history he was 
deeply versed. His historical contributions are of great value and 
won for him at home and abroad a high reputation. He took a deep 
interest in the work of the Royal Society and contributed to its Trans- 
actions, besides lending his valuable aid to the Cabot celebration which 
the Royal Society initiated so successfully some years ago. 
The Society has also to record the death of the venerable Abbé 
Tanguay, at the ripe age of 84. He had been identified with the 
work of the Society since its foundation, and was one of the most 
regular attendants at its general meetings. 
He was a man of high culture, deeply versed in the history of the 
province of Quebec. He possessed a genial, companionable disposition 
which endeared him to his numerous friends and his associates in 
the Society, in whose success he had the most perfect confidence. 
Those who knew him best will always cherish the memory of this 
distinguished scholar and divine. 
By the death of Principal Grant, Canada has lost one of her 
most useful and eminent sons. He was remarkable for his great 
energy, for his knowledge of the questions of the day, for his versa- 
tility as a scholar, divine, teacher and writer, for his ability to impress 
all those with whom he came into contact, for his success in bringing 
to a satisfactory conclusion any undertaking with which he was asso- 
ciated, for his fearless expression of opinion on leading social, 
