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ence being made to the work of Sir William Huggins, an Honorary 
Fellow of the Society. 
On the 29th of October, Mr. A. Elvins presented his three-inch 
telescope to the Society, and received its thanks in the form of an 
address. Mr. C. A. Chant (Tor.) Ph.D. (Harv.), vice-president of 
the Society, contributed a paper on “Some New Aspects of Ether 
Waves.” 
At the meeting on the 25th of November, numerous observa- 
tions with respect to a brilliant meteor which passed over the prov- 
ince on the night of the 9th of July were reported by observers both 
in Toronto and elsewhere. The Rey. R. Atkinson read a paper on 
“ What may be done with a Three-inch Telescope.” 
On the 10th of December, Mr. R. F. Stupart read a paper on 
“ Electrical Disturbances during Auroral Displays.” 
At the annual meeting on the 23rd of December, papers were 
read by Mr. A. F. Miller, entitled “ Observations of Nova Persei ”; 
by Prof. Fessenden, of the United States Weather Bureau, on his 
“Explanation of Inertia and Gravitation”; by Prof. G. F. Hull, of 
Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., on “ The Pressure of Light and 
its Application to Astronomical Problems,” and by the president, on 
the work of the year, which had been very satisfactory, and the 
predictions of the principal phenomena for the year 1902. 
The following officers for the year 1902 were elected :— 
Honorary President—The Hon. Richard Harcourt, M.A., LL.D., 
K.C., M.P.P., Minister of Education, Ontario. 
President—R. F. Stupart, F.R.S.C., Director of the Toronto 
Magnetic Observatory and Superintendent of the Meteorological 
Service of Canada. 
ist Vice-President—C. A. Chant, M.A. (Tor.), Ph.D. (Har.), 
Lecturer in Physics, Toronto University. 
2nd Vice-President—W. B. Musson, 3? Yonge Street, Toronto. 
Treasurer—J. E. Maybee, M.H., 103 Bay Street, Toronto. 
Secretary—J. R. Collins, 131 Bay Street, Toronto. 
Recorder—J. E. Webber, 6 Sultan Street, Toronto. 
Librarian—Rev. R. Atkinson, 498 Ontario Street, Toronto. 
Curator, R. Duncan, 516 Ontario Street, Toronto. 
Editor—A. Harvey, F.R.S.C., 80 Crescent Rd., Toronto. 
Other Members of Council—Honoris Causa: A. Elvins, past 
president; L. W. Smith, D.C.L., K.C., past president; J. A. Paterson, 
M.A., past president; A. Harvey, F.R.S.C., Hon. President El. Insti- 
tutio Solar Internacional, Monte Video, past president; G. E. Lums- 
den, F.R.A.S., Sociétaire de la Société Astronomique de France, etc., 
past president. Hlected: A. F. Miller, Rev. T. C. Street-Macklem, 
