LXXXVI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
In addition to our regular programme of lectures there are 
elementary talks and discussions every week during the winter for the 
younger members. The ladies’ association, in conection with the 
Society, has an interesting and well arranged course of lectures on a 
variety of topics during the same season. The library and museum 
are open three afternoons during the week to the general public, espe- 
cially to the teachers and pupils of the schools. Frequently whole 
classes from the schools may be found in the rooms examining and 
studying the objects in the museum or listening to the elementary 
lectures. 
During the past year an active committee of the Society has 
directed public attention to the importance of setting aside in nor- 
thern New Brunswick a forest and natural park reserve, similar to 
those in Ontario and in the States of the Union, where the native 
flora and fauna may remain undisturbed and which may be for the 
enjoyment and instruction of the people. I am happy to state that 
the New Brunswick Legislature at its recent session passed an act 
to make such a reservation, and during the present summer a com- 
mission may visit the section proposed for the park, to examine it and 
determine its boundaries. 
Our total membership is 211, made up of 4 honorary members, 
5 life members, 22 corresponding members, 70 ordinary and 110 lady 
associate members. The latter take a great interest in the work of 
the Society, especially in the library and museum. 
The provincial government has increased its grant to the Society 
from $200 to $300, thus providing for the enlargement of its publica- 
tion, the annual bulletin, which, for the past year, is the largest 
the Society has ever published. It contains articles on the geology 
of New Brunswick and Cape Breton, by Dr. G. F. Matthew; notes on 
the natural history and physiography of New Brunswick, by Prof. W. 
F. Ganong; a descriptive account of the South Tobique Lakes, with 
the botany of the region, by Dr. G. U. Hay; the annual address of 
the president, Hon. J. V. Ellis; in addition to which there are reports 
of progress in the various departments of work in which the members 
of the Society are interested. 
The following are the officers and members of the council for 
the year: — 
President—Hon. John V. Ellis, LL.D. 
Vice-Presidents—Geo. F. Matthew, LL.D., Henry George Addy, 
M.D. 
Treasurer—A. Gordon Leavitt. 
Secretary—G. U. Hay, D.Sc. 
