APPENDIX B LXXXIX 
1902. 
Feb. __“ Lord Charles Greville Montague,” Mr. E. F. Hart. 
Mar. __“ Historical Notes of North Queens, Mr. R. R. McLeod. 
The Society during the year has published “ History of the War 
of 1812,” by James Hannay, D.C.L., as a volume of transactions. 
The annual meeting was held February 11, 1902, and the follow- 
ing officers elected: — 
President—Hon. J. W. Longley. 
Vice-Presidents—Hon. L. G. Power, Hon. Judge Townsend, and 
W. H. Hill, Esq. 
Corresponding Secretary—F. Blake Crofton, Esq. 
Recording Secretary—W. L. Payzant, Esq. 
Treasurer—R. J. Wilson, Esq. 
Council—Rev. Dr. Smith, Rev. Dr. Saunders, Prof. A. McMechan, 
and J. J. Stewart, Esq. 
XIII From The Natural History Society of British Columbia, 
through Mr. Frank SYLVESTER, Acting Secretary. 
I have the honour to submit the following brief report of the 
transactions of the above Society. 
During the year 1901-02 twenty-one regular meetings were held, 
with a larger average attendance than the previous year. 
There were nineteen papers, lectures and addresses delivered, a 
number of which, as will be seen from list accompanying this report, 
were on original subjects pertaining to British Columbia and the 
Pacific Coast. 
Frequent contributions have been made during the year to the 
library of the Society, and to the Natural History collection. 
With the interest which at present attaches to the work of the 
Society, and the increasing roll of membership, hopes are entertained 
of a larger amount of original investigation in this exceedingly fruitful 
field of natural history research. Among the new departures which 
have been made for the purpose of enlarging the scope of the Society’s 
work, one of the most important has been the formation of an 
“ Historical Section” for the better preservation of local records and 
memorials of the early settlement of the province. 
The officers of the Society for 1901-02 are as follows: — 
President—Canon Beanlands, M.A. 
1st Vice-President—James R. Anderson, Dep. Minister of Agri- 
culture. 
2nd Vice-President—Oregon C. Hastings. 
