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following papers have ^so been read: "Quebec in 1775," by Mrs. S. G. 

 Wood; "Brebœiifs Wanderings/' by the President; "Wayside Records," 

 being the records from some tombstones of the U.E. Loyalists, by Miss 

 Sara Mickle ; " Some Archives," by Mrs. J. W. Harrison (Seranus) ; 

 " An Historical Ramble up Yonge Street," by Miss Bessie MacMurchy; 

 '•' The Historic^al Interests of the Mackinac Trip," by Mrs. Willoughby 

 Cummings. At the June meeting the President will read a " Letter 

 from the Maryland x\rchives." 



The' society has printed an annual report, and Transaction No. 2. 



The society had to mourn the loss by Aeaih. of its much-valued 

 founder and life honorary President, Mrs. S. A. Curzon. Transaction 

 No. 2 is one of the last papers written by her for the society, and in 

 response to the question of at what hour the battle of Queenston Heights 

 was fought. This is 'also prefaced by an " In Memoriam " notice by her 

 successor in office, Lady Edgar. 



The society has also, in common with the Royal Society, to 

 mourn the loss of an honorary member in the death of the historian, 

 Dr. AVilliam Kingsford, 'and would take this opportunity of commending 

 the 'action of Sir William Macdonald, of Montreal, in establishing a chair 

 of history in McGill University to his memory, and would also add their 

 voice to 'any petition which may be presented to the Dominion Govern- 

 ment praying that some provision be made for the family of one to whose 

 untiring energy, devoted endurance, and continuous labours the students 

 of Canadian history will ever owe a debt of gratitude. 



The society has, by the liberality of the Canadian Home Journal, 

 been furnished with an official organ. In the columns of this monthly 

 publication they are enabled to print regular official reports of the meet- 

 ings held and papers read. This has 'also been a means of widening 

 the radius of their influence, and has been productive of the orgamlza- 

 tion of other historical societies in other localities. 



The society has received many donations of autograph copies of 

 Canadian historical publications, and also some original documents and 

 papers, which, if funds at their disposal enabled them to print, would 

 be of value to historians. Among these are letters from Newark by 

 Mr. Secretary Jarvis and his wife, 1792 to 1813. Several of the papers 

 read also contain sufficient original matter to warrant their publication. 



The society being affiliated with the Ontario Historical Society, has 

 imdertaken the carrying out of the proposed Canadian Historical Exhi- 

 bition to be held in the Victoria University, Queen's Park, Toronto, on 

 June 14 to 28, 1899. The committee which has this underaking in 

 hand is making the most satisfactory progress, and it is anticipated that 



