LXXXVI ROYAL .S0CIP:TY OV CANADA 



in tlie pages of the Part I, it lias successfully appealed to the public 

 and won commendation on all hands. It is hoped that written material 

 will from year to year become available which will not only maintain 

 the features referred to and secure the welcome and the praise of the 

 reading public far and wide, but will enable a much larger and more 

 weighty journal to be issued in future years. There is no reason why 

 the Ottawa Literary and Scientific Society should not issue a publica- 

 tion equal to any other in the Empire issued by a similar society — a 

 publication that is to say of the highest character both in regard to 

 the quality and originality, as well as to the quantity and variety of 

 the subject-matter published. The part of the Transactions issued 

 has resulted in the society receiving a large number of valuable pub- 

 lications in exchange from various European and United States societies. 

 Of these societies scattered over the continents of Europe and Asia, 177 

 have no exchanges. A number of societies of wide repute have re- 

 quested to be put on the list of exchanges. The part issued consists 

 of 87 p'ages, 8vo, and the articles are eight in number and embraces 

 the following subjects : — 



I. " Historical Sketch of the Society/' by Mr. Otto J. Klotz. 



II. " The Name of Ottawa," by Mr. B. Suite. 

 III. " The Violinist," (A Poem) by the late Arcliibald Lampman. 



IV. " Place Names of Canada," by Mr. Geo. Johnson. 



V. The Fur seal of the North Pacific," by Mr. J. M. Macoun. 



VI. " The Yukon and its Gold Eesources," by Mr. W. Ogilvie. 

 VII. "Utilization of Moss Lands,'' by Mr. Thos. Macfarlane. 



A brief introductory page or two by the President (Mr. Klotz), 

 forms an appropriate preface. 



The lecture course was given in the society's large room and 

 on several occasions the accommodation was found to be somewhat 

 too limited. One lecture, viz., that by Professor Mavor, of the Univer- 

 sity of Toronto, was delivered in Goldsmith's Hall, Sparks Street — 

 the subject being " The Doukhobors, their history and character- 

 istics." A valuable series of lantern slides were shown including a 

 number of new views lent by the Hon. Clifford Sifton, Minister of the 

 Interior. 



The library has proved a most valuable adjunct to the society's 

 work, and the issues during the year have been 10,141, a marked ad- 

 vance on the previous year, when the total number of issues amounted 

 to 8,603. 



