PROCEEDINGS FOR 1899 XXXIX 



Seven different bodies were represented : 



1. The Board of Trade of Montreal. 



2. The Board of Trade of Toronto. 



3. The Shipping Interest of Montreal. 



4. The Underwriters. 



5. The Chambre de Commerce of Montreal. 



6. The Pilots. 



7. The Eoyal Society of Canada. 



A number of members of Parliament were also present. 



The Government was represented by four members of the Cabinet, 

 including the Prime Minister and the Minister of Marine. 



The memorial of your society was presented, an explanation given, 

 land, more especially, extracts were read from letters from two leading 

 hydrogTaphers, one in the Hydrographie Department of Great Britain, 

 the other in the Hydrogriiphic Department of the United States. 



These extracts gave the personal opinions of those officers in favour 

 of the measures recommended by the society. They were, of course, 

 unofficial, but the Government was asked to apply for official informa- 

 tion and advice' in a matter so vital to the commerce of Canada to the 

 Admiralty. 



The interview lasted nearly two hours, and the representatives of 

 the other bodies supported the recommendations of the society. There 

 was no expression of opinion on the part of the Government. 



A. Johnson, 

 ' Chairman of Committee. 



August 19, 1899. 



Eepokts of Associated Societies. 



The reports of associ'ated societies were then called, and read as 

 follow : — 



I. — Prom The United Empire Loyalist Association of Ontario, 

 through Sir John Boueinot. 



The association reports that its membership for this the second 

 year of its existence* is in a most satisfactory manner, whereas 165 mem- 

 bers were reported at the last annual meeting, the membership has now 

 increased to 314. 



The " Constitution and By-laws " as amended were formally adopted 

 by the general association at the meeting held April 14th, 1898. 



This association in Joint action with the associations in Nova 

 Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec, has accepted the anniversary of the 



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