APPENDIX B LXVII 
Les officiers de la société sont pour l’année courante: — 
Président—M. le juge Baby. 
Vice-présidents—MM. Henry-J. Tiffin, W.-D. Lighthall, H.-H. 
Iiyman, Rouer Roy, L.-W. Sicotte et J.-B. Vallée. 
Curateur du musée—W.-D. McLachlan. 
Trésorier —G. Durnford. 
Secrétaire-archiviste—C.-A. Harwood. 
Secrétaire-correspondant—Emmanuel Ohlen. 
Bibliothécaire—G. Désaulniers. 
Conseillers—P.-O. Tremblay, Dr. L. Laberge, Ludger Gravel, 
Eug. Lafontaine, S.-M. Baylis, James Reid, C.-T. Hart, Lewis Skaife, 
et J.-A.-U. Beaudry. 
Ili.—From The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, through 
Mr. P. B. CASGRAIN. 
The report of the council at the annual meeting of the Literary 
and Historical Society of Quebec, held on January 8th, 1902, with a 
few additional remarks, will convey a sufficient summary of the work 
and position of our Society during the last year. 
Though the past year has been one of comparative quiet in the 
annals of the Society, this does not imply any lack of capacity in dis- 
charging any of our recognized functions as a learned institution. 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
In at least one most important public movement the Society took 
the lead, viz.- in the preservation of the Plains of Abraham as a public 
possession in perpetuity. The ideas of this movement originated 
with the Society several years ago, and our representative members 
took part in every phase of this vexed question from first to last. The 
gratitude of our members is especially due to two ex-presidents, Sir 
James ‘LeMoine and Mr. P. B. Casgrain for the zeal and discretion 
with which they always furthered this project; and it is to them in 
particular that our thanks are due for the happy result attained last 
year. It would be ungenerous not to fully acknowledge that this result 
could only have been attained by the hearty co-operation of many 
prominent men outside of our own ranks; but it would be equally 
unfair to omit to mention tthat the honours of the initiative remain 
with our Society. 
Our relations with kindred bodies, all the world over, have been 
maintained with marked benefit to ourselves. But we should not 
forget that the vast mass of exchanges received require something on 
