APPENDIX B CXV 
The officers for the present year are as follows :— 
Patron—His Excellency the Earl of Minto, Governor-General. 
Honorary President—His Honour Sir Henri Joly de Lotbinière, 
Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, Victoria, B.C. 
President—William Little, Westmount, P.Q. 
Vice-President—Hiram Robinson, Ottawa, Ont. 
Vice-Presidents for the Provinces and Districts—Ontario: J. B. 
McWilliams, Peterborough, Ont.; Quebec: Hon. S. N. Parent, Premier 
of Quebec, Quebec; New Brunswick: Lt.-Col. Hon. J. B. Snowball, 
Chatham, N.B.; Nova Scotia: A. H. MacKay, LL.D., Superintendent of 
Education, Halifax, N.S.; Prince Edward Island: Hon. Sir Louis 
Davies, K.C.M.G., Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa; Mani- 
toba: Stewart Mulvey, Winnipeg, Man.; Assiniboia: J. 8. Dennis, 
Assistant Commissioner of Public Works, Regina, N.W.T.; Saskatche- 
wan: J.G. Laurie, Battleford, Sask.; Alberta: William Pearce, Calgary, 
Alta.; Athabasca: F. D. Wilson, Hudson Bay Co., Ft. Vermilion, 
Atha.; British Columbia: H. Bostock, Ducks, B.C.; Yukon: The Com- 
missioner, Dawson, Yukon; Keewatin: The Lieutenant-Governor of 
Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. 
Secretary—E. Stewart, Dominion Superintendent of Forestry, 
Department of the Interior, Ottawa. 
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—R. H. Campbell, Dept. of 
Interior, Ottawa. 
Directors—E. G. Joly de Lotbinière, Ottawa; Wm. Saunders, 
LL.D., F.R.S.C., Director of Experimental Farms, Ottawa; John 
Macoun, F.L.S., F.R.S.C., Asst. Director of the Geological Survey, 
Ottawa, Ont.; Thomas Southworth, Director of Forestry, Toronto; C. 
Jackson Booth, Ottawa; W. C. Edwards, M.P., Ottawa; C. E. E. Ussher, 
Montreal. 
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XXVI—From The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa, 
through Mrs. G. E. FOSTER. 
The Recording Secretary begs to present the following report:— 
The Society has now come to the close of its fourth year. It has 
been, on the whole, one of steady progress. The members continue 
to show interest in the work, and the papers that have been presented 
have been of unusual interest. These papers form a valuable nucleus 
of a new volume, to the publication of which the Society is already 
looking forward. 
At the October meeting, Mrs. Foster, who had been president since 
the organization of the Society, sent in her resignation, owing to her 
