VIII ROYAL SOCIETY OP CANADA. 



Election to Vacancies. 



l)uiing the past year it became necessaiy, in accordance with the Eules of the Society, to take 

 steps to fill up three vacancies in Section 11 devoted to English Litoratme, and one vacancy in Section 

 III devoted to the Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Accordingly, the Honorary Secretary, in 

 the first place, transmitted to the members of these Sections circulars notifying them of the vacancies, 

 and then having duly received the nomination papers hereto appended, he mailed the names of the 

 candidates w^ith voting papers to each member of the Sections in question in comj^liance with the 

 Eules:— 



Copies of Nomination Papers. 

 Section II. 



"Nominations to fill vacancies in Section II. 



"The undersigned membei-s of Section II of the Royal Society of Canada beg leave to nominate 

 Ml', lloi-atio Hale as a gentleman eminentljr litted to fill the vacancy in that Section. Mr. Ilalc 

 occupies a high rank among the philologists of this continent; has given special attention to the 

 native languages of Canada ; is the author of numerous valuable pajjers on that subject, as well as on 

 the languages of Polynesia ; and on important departments of the Science of Language. He is one 

 of three members of the British Association sjiecially nominated to report on the phj^sical characters, 

 language, and social condition of the Northwestern tribes of Canada. 



Jan., 1889. Daniel Wilson. George T. Denison. 



J. G. BouRiNOT. George Stewart, Jun." 



W. H. WiTHROW. 



(2.) 



" Mr. George Patterson, of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, h.as devoted much attention to the History 

 and Archfcolog}' of that Pi'ovince; and to its native Indian tribes. We believe he would be a useful 

 member of the Section of English Literature, Histoiy and Archaeology, and devote himself to the 

 elucidation of the ethnology and archœology of the Maritime Provinces. We beg leave to recommend 

 him as a member of Section II. 



Daniel Wilson, 

 George Stewart, .lun., 

 J. G. Bodrinot." 



(3.) 



" We, the undersigned members of the English Literature Section of the Royal Society of Canada, 

 hereby nominate as a member to fill the present vacancy in the Section caused by the retirement of 

 Charles Lindsey, Esq., Mr. Charles Mair, of Prince Albert, in the Northwest Territories, on account 

 of his high literary ability and his having published two complete books, viz. — 



" 1. ' Dreamland, and other Poems,' 1868. 



" 2. ' Tecumseh, a Diama,' 1886. 



W. Kirbt, George T. Denison, 



J. T. Lesperance, ^n^McD. Dawson, 



J. G. BotiRiNOT, George Murray, 



George Stewart, Jun., John Watson." 



