PKOCEKDlNCi.S FOU 1881). XVll 



A series of original engravings of great value, illustrative of early Canadian History, lias been 

 added to the Society's collection through the kindness of Mr. I!. V>. Angus. 

 The following papers were read ; — 



1. The Hudson's Bay Company Beaver-Tokens, by K. AV. McLachlan. 



2. Fort Callières, Montreal, by A. C. DeLery Macdonald. 



3. The Genealogy of some New England Captives in Canada, by H. J. Kavanagh. 



The first number of a new series of 'The Canadian Antiquarian,' the resumption of tlic publicalion 

 of which has been arranged for, is expected to be ready about July 1st next. 



VT. — From The Ottawa Fir/.d-mturalisf.s Club, through Di-, E. W. Ells. 



I have the honor to submit the following report of the transactions of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' 

 Club for the past year. 



The routine work of the Club has been carried on as usual. The excursions to jwints of interest 

 in the neighborhood during the summer season have been well attended, and much interest has been 

 displayed by many membei's in the study of the various branches of Natural History which have 

 been taken up. The membership is steadily increasing and now numbers 230, and on the whole the 

 Club may be said to be in a very satisfactory condition. His Excellency Loi-d Stanley has kindly 

 consented to act as its patron. 



As regards the Club's publications, the departure inaugurated two years ago, by which the Ti-ans- 

 actions were issued in monthly parts instead of in an annual volume has been reconsidered, and a 

 change in this rcsjject has been thought desirable. Although the monthly was found to possess 

 several advantages, these were not held to be sufficient to counterbalance certain inconveniences 

 and difficulties, more particularly pertaining to the ediitorship, and it has therefore been resolved to 

 change the issue to a quarterly of not less than 48 pages. 



Since the period of its organization in 1879, the members of the Club have done a very laige 

 amount of and most excellent work in Entomologj', Botany, Conchology, Geology, etc. This work 

 has of necessity, from the original constitution of the Club, been almost entirely of a local character; 

 and while the members recognize that veiy much yet reinains to be done in this direction about Ottawa, 

 the feeling has been growing, that the time has now arrived when the scope of the Society's publica- 

 tions can, with much profit, be so extended as to embrace papers and notes on Natural Ilistorj' by 

 members of the Socict}- in any portion of the Dominion. This change was held to be particularly 

 desirable in order to include many items of general scientific interest collected by the large staff of 

 the Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada, the members of which have heretofore, owing 

 to the local character of the organization, been almost entirely debarred from conti-ibuting to any con- 

 siderable extent to the welfare of the vSociety, since their fields of work are for the most part at points 

 remote from Ottawa. The resolution to enlarge the field of the Society's operations was unanimouslj'- 

 adopted at the last General Meeting, and this Club can now congratulate itself, not onlj' upon number- 

 ing in its list of members one of the largest bodies of scientific men in Canada, but upon having 

 entered upon a much wider sphere of usefulness. 



The winter course of meetings comprised nine afternoon lectures and six soirees. Of the foimer, 

 which are supposed to be largely of an elementaiy character, two were given on Conchology by 

 Messrs. F. E. Latchford and Eev. G. W. Taylor; two on Geology, by Mesisrs. E. W. J::ils and H. M. 

 Ami ; two on Entomology, by Messrs. Jas. Fletcher and W. H. Harrington ; two on Botany, by Messrs. 

 James Fletcher and E. B. Whyte, and one on Zoology, by the Eev. G. W. Taylor. 

 At the evening soirees the following papers were read and discussed : — 



1. The Piesident's Inaugural Address, by Mr. E. B. Whyte. 



Proc. 1889. c. 



