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Assistant Secretary—W. H. Murch. 
Curator—Mrs. W. St. Thomas Smith. 
Editor—Judge Ermatinger. 
Council—Mrs. J. H. Wilson, Mrs. S. E. Burns, Mrs. E. W. Gustin, 
Mrs. F. M. Griffin, Mrs. S. Chant, W. Atkin, C. Oakes, J. H. Coyne. 
The officers of the Ladies’ Auxiliary are as follows :— 
President—Mrs. J. H. Wilson. 
ist Vice-President—Mrs. J. H. Coyne. 
2nd Vice-President—Mrs. C. O. Ermatinger. 
3rd Vice-President—Mrs. D. O’Shea. 
Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. Gustin. 
Recording Secretary—Mrs. 8. Silcox. 
Assistant Secretary—Miss Claris. 
Treasurer—Mrs. E. Caughell. 
Assistant Treasurer—Miss F. McLachlin. 
Curator—Mrs. W. St. Thomas Smith. 
XVI. From The Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, 
through Mrs. GEORGE BRYCE. 
There has been no report of the Historical and Scientific Society of 
Manitoba presented before the Royal Society since that of 1898. During 
the last three years the position of the Society has remained unchanged. 
It still has for its aims historical and scientific research into subjects 
pertaining to the countries lying between Lake Superior and the Pacific 
Coast, and during these years it has, as in former times, done effective 
work. 
It still is greatly hindered in its aims by the want of convenient 
rooms for its purposes. The City Hall of Winnipeg, in addition to the 
civic departments, accommodates at present the Free Public Library, 
which possesses about 10,000 books, and the Historical and Scientific 
Society, with its valuable reference library of about 4,000 volumes. 
It is hoped that when the building for the circulating library pro- 
mised by Mr. Andrew Carnegie is erected, that the Historical Society will 
receive consideration and be given space within its walls. It was the 
Historical Society that first instituted the public library; it still has with 
the City Council a joint proprietorship in it and a share in its manage- 
ment, one of the members of the Society, Dr. Bryce, being chairman of 
the Library Board. By arrangement with the City Council, the valu- 
able reference library of the Historical Society is accessible to the read- 
ing public of Winnipeg, and the public library would certainly be incom- 
plete without it. 
