XII , ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
11. THE PRESERVATION OF PLACES OF SCENIC AND HISTORIC INTEREST. 
The Council find it expedient to call attention once more to the 
recommendation which they made at the nineteenth meeting of the 
Society, that a Canadian Committee be formed for the preservation 
of places of scenic and historic interest within the Canadian Dominion. 
For the information of those persons who have not read or paid much 
attention to that portion of the Council’s report in 1901, the Council 
ask permission to repeat the most material sentences of their recom- 
mendation. 
“Canada has a deep interest in the formation of such an asso- 
ciation, and the Council believe that the Royal Society of Canada, 
essentially a national representation of the two great French and 
British nationalities, should take the lead in a movement so eminently 
calculated to stimulate a truly Canadian spirit among the races who 
possess the Dominion. It is proposed that a Committee be formed 
from the first and second sections of the Royal Society to be called 
‘The Committee for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places 
in Canada,’ and that this body should communicate with all historical 
societies throughout the Dominion and ask each of them to nominate 
one member to act in connection with the Royal Society’s Committee. 
It would be the object of this Committee to obtain accurate informa- 
tion of the matter under their cognizance, and take such measures 
without delay as would be necessary to carry out the aims for which 
it has been formed. This Committee being composed of all his- 
torical bodies interested in its objects, would be able to work intel- 
ligently and energetically. It would report on the work they may 
have done throughout the year to the general meeting of the Society. 
A small grant of one hundred dollars or more should be available for 
this Committee whenever it would be necessary to have a special 
examination and reports made on some place of interest by a member 
of the Committee, whose knowledge would make him specially qual- 
ified to deal with the subject. The Council only attempts at present 
to outline the primary aims of the Committee, whose duty it will 
be to look thoroughly into the whole raison d’étre of their existence, 
and make themselves a thoroughly effective organization in every 
respect.” 
As a number of the historical and literary societies are repre- 
sented at this meeting, the Royal Society hope that they will take a 
direct interest in the work of a Committee whose objects seem in 
every respect so desirable. 
The Council have much pleasure in stating that already a 
practical step has been taken in connection with this Committee. 
