LXX ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Sir James LeMoine having assumed the President’s chair, Mr. P. 
B. Casgrain rose to convey the Society’s hearty thanks to Capt. Wood 
for the able, energetic and successful manner in which he had filled 
the President’s chair for the last two years. | 
Sir James LeMoine also said that the Society was very much 
indebted to Capt. Wood for his untiring efforts in their behalf during 
his term of office. 
Ethnologists and linguists, as well as students generally, will 
doubtless be glad to learn that the Society contemplates adding to 
its historical documents, by the publication of a glossary of the Huron 
language, seemingly the work of Father Chaumonot, one of the first 
Jesuit missionaries in Canada, particularly to the Huron tribe. 
L’Abbé Vincent, a descendant of the Lorette Indians of this 
tribe, has kindly put this precious manuscript, now in his possession, 
in care of the Society for publication. 
The Society at a recent meeting unanimously passed a resolution 
to join with the citizens of Quebec, in erecting to the late Marquis 
of Dufferin and Ava, a permanent memorial,— as a token of gratitude 
to the memory of his Lordship, the honoured Patron of the Society,— 
and also the true friend and benefactor of the city of Quebec during 
his auspicious term of office. 
Since the last report and during the winter months, several 
lectures were given under the auspices of the Society, and one may 
be specially mentioned as being very interesting and practical, due 
to Capt. O’Farrell, an able and efficient officer of the Marine Depart- 
ment, at Quebec, the subject being the Lighthouses of the River and 
Gulf of St. Lawrence. This lecture will bea valuable contribution to 
our Transactions, and a useful aid to mariners. 
1V.— From L’Institut Canadien de Québec, through 
Mr. H. Cxassé. 
Le rapport que j’ai encore l’honneur de vous soumettre cette 
année vous démontrera, je le crois, que notre institut continue à 
marcher dans la voie du progrès. 
Nos finances sont de plus en plus prospères. 
Nous avons admis durant l’année dix-sept nouveaux membres, et 
nous avons doté notre bibliothèque de 644 nouveaux volumes choisis 
parmi les ouvrages les plus intéressants. 
Nos conférences ont toujours été suivies par un publie nombreux 
et distingué. 
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