XXX ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Society, Mrs. Forsythe Grant; and Institut Canadien, Quebec, Mr. 
Chassé. 
It was announced that a reception by the Faculty of Toronto 
University would be held in the evening after the President’s address. 
The meeting adjourned at 12.30, and the sections withdrew to 
their respective rooms to organize. 
AFTERNOON SESSION. (May 27th.) 
The Society re-assembled at 2.30 for general business, the 
President in the chair; the reception of reports from delegates was pro- 
ceeded with. Reports were read from :— 
Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal, by Mr. E. 
Lafontaine. 
Natural History Society of Montreal, by Dr. Adams. 
Women’s Wentworth Historical Society, by Miss Nisbet. 
Hamilton Ladies’ College Alumnæ Association (verbal), Miss 
Nisbet. 
Niagara Historical Society, Miss Carnochan. 
Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, by Mrs. Bryce. 
Wentworth Historical Society (verbal), Mrs. J. R. Holden. 
Canadian Forestry Association, by Mr. E. Stewart. 
A letter was read from Mr. E. Coyne, on behalf of the Ontario 
Historical Society, inviting the members of the Royal Society to attend 
the annual meeting of the Society to be held at Peterborough and 
Lindsay, on June 4th and 5th next. 
Announcements were made of excursions arranged by the Local 
Committee (1) to Scarborough Heights on the afternoon of the 28th, 
when Professor Chapman would explain the interesting geological 
features of the locality; (2) to Niagara Falls on Saturday next, and 
(3) to the Muskoka Lakes. 
The meeting adjourned at 3.30, and the sections met again in 
their various rooms. 
EVENING SESSION. (May 27th.) 
In the evening the President, Dr. Loudon, delivered the presi- 
dential address, which appears at the end of Minutes and Proceedings 
as Appendix A, after which the members attended Mrs. Loudon’s 
reception. 
