PROCEEDINGS FOR 1902 XIX 
All members of the Congress are expected to send in advance 
of the meeting, the titles, and, if possible, abstracts, of their papers, 
to the General Secretary. 
The subjects to be discussed by the Congress relate to: — 
I. The Native Races of America; their origin, distribution, history, 
physical characteristics, languages, inventions, customs, and religions. 
II. The History of the early Contact between America and the 
Old World. 
16. THE MONTGOMERY MEMORIAL. 
The public indignation which was evoked in various parts of 
Canada at the proposal to erect a memorial at Quebec in honour of 
General Montgomery, has had the satisfactory effect of bringing 
about the withdrawal of the offer made by the relatives in the United 
States for the placing of a tablet on the rocks of the ancient capital. 
Consequently an irritating subject, for the time being, happily dis- 
appears from the arena of public discussion, and no longer serves as 
a factor for creating an unsatisfactory feeling between communities 
who should cultivate the most friendly relations between each other 
and allow the past, with its passions, prejudices and animosities, to 
be buried in oblivion. 
17. SURVEY oF TIDES AND CURRENTS IN CANADIAN WATERS. 
This survey, which is under the direction of Dr. W. Bell Dawson, 
F.R.S.C., continues to make substantial progress. An important 
series of observations on the Lower St. Lawrence was obtained in 
1900; and the results derived from these are now given in a complete 
form in the annual report last issued. Further tidal observations 
were obtained last season in Northumberland Strait and Cabot Strait, 
which will serve to improve the accuracy of the tide tables for Char- 
lottetown and Pictou. Observations of the currents have also been 
secured in the regions in which tidal observations were taken, so far 
as there has been opportunity. 
Tide tables continue to be issued regularly for the principal 
ports of eastern Canada; and the basis from which these are calculated 
is being extended by utilizing the further observations from year to 
year. In addition to these, tide tables are now issued for Victoria, 
in British Columbia, and Sand Heads, in the Strait of Georgia. The 
tidal relation of Vancouver to Sand Heads has been determined by 
observations last season; and data have also been obtained for the 
turn of the current in First Narrows, which leads into that harbour. 
