PROCEEDINGS FOR 1902 XXXI 
SESSION Il. (May 28th.) 
The Royal Society re-assembled at 10 a.m. in general session, 
the President in the Chair. 
Reports from affiliated societies were read from: The Ottawa 
Field Naturalists’ Club, by Mr. F. T. Shutt; The Canadian Institute, 
by Professor Coleman; The Miramichi Natural History Association, 
by Dr. Fowler; Toronto Astronomical Society, by Mr. A. Harvey; The 
Entomological Society of Ontario, by Rev. Dr. Bethune; The U. E. 
Loyalists’ Association of Ontario, by Rev. C. E. Thomson; The Literary 
and Historical Society of Quebec, by Mr. P. B. Casgrain. 
Professor Lash Miller reported the following recommendation 
from the Third Section: That Mr. H. T. Barnes and Dr. J. C. Glashan, 
be elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, which being put to 
the meeting, on motion of Prof. Lash-Miller, seconded by Mr. F. T. 
Shutt, was carried unanimously. 
He also reported the following resolution from Section III. which 
was adopted: — 
Resolved, That this section requests the Society to appoint a 
Committee for the purpose of ascertaining what action, if any, the 
Government of Canada is willing to take in the direction of extending 
the triangulation system of the United States Coast and Geodetic 
Survey into this country as urged by the Royal Society in a memorial 
presented to the Governor-General-in-Council in the year 1899, and 
to again urge the importance of the work. 
The Section suggests the following Committee for this purpose: 
The President of the Society, Sir Sandford Fleming, Mr. T. C. 
Keefer, Captain Deville, Dr. H. T. Bovey, and Prof. C. H. McLeod 
(convener). 
The following resolution was ‘unanimously adopted. On motion 
of Dr. J. W. Longley, seconded by Dr. Henry T. Bovey, Resolved, That 
the Royal Society of Canada reaffirms its approval of the proposition 
of Captain Bernier to fit out an expedition to explore northern waters 
and discover the North Pole, and would recommend the project to the 
favourable consideration of the Government and the public. 
On motion of Dr. Johnson, seconded by President Loudon, it was 
resolved: That this Society highly appreciates the work done by the 
Government for the benefit of navigation through the Tidal Survey 
Department. It would at the same time respectfully represent that 
a further and speedy extension of the work is of the highest practical 
importance to shipping. 
