XXn EOYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



9. The European House Sparrow, by W. A. Oswald. 

 10. The Mineral Eesources of the Kootenay District, by E. C. Adams. 



The usual " Soraerville Course of Free Lectures " have this year been devoted to popularizing 

 the study of botany, and have been unusually well attended. The following are the subjects, with the 

 names of the lecturers : — 



1. Kow to Study Botauy, by T. .1. W. Burgess, M.D. 



2. Canadian Trees and their Distribution, by J. Macoun, M.A., F.L.S., &c. 



3. Fossil Sunshine, by Sir William Dawson. 



4. Canadian Woods, by Hon. J. K. Ward. 



5. Fruits and Fruit Culture, by J. Craig. 



6. A Talk about the Wild Flowers around Montreal, by Eev. Eobert Campbell, D.D. 



Four numbers of the ' Canadian Eecord of Science," edited by a committee of the society, have 

 been issued during the year; each number of which is replete with original papers, giving the results 

 of individual research. 



The meeting of the Eoyal Society held in Montreal last year, on the invitation of our society, 

 has been helpful in creating a deejjer love for natural sciences among our members and the citizens 

 at large. Wc hope that at no distant date matters may again be arranged for another such visit. 



Our tield meeting last year, in which the members of the Eoyal Society participated, was a 

 great success ; and this year we again invite it to a day of field woi-k to be held at the River Eouge 

 on the fourth of June. 



v.— From The Montreal Microscopical Society, through Dr. Girdwood. 



The past session of this .society, which closed with the May meeting, has been extremely satis- 

 factory in every respect. The meetings have been well attended throughout, and the members have 

 evinced deep interest in the various subjects brought up for discussion. 



The numerous slides (the work of members) which have been exhibited from time to time, show 

 that practical microscopy is not being neglected, while the results of original research as communi- 

 cated at the various meetings of the society, prove beyond doubt, that the individual members fully 

 realize their responsibility to the .society, and that by personal endeavour they are assisting to 

 promote one of its chief objects, namely, the spread of microscopical knowledge. 



The annual meeting of the society was held November 9th, 1891, when the following officers 

 were unanimously elected : — 



President — J. Stevenson Brown (re-elected). 

 Vice-President — Hon. Edward Murphy (re-elected). 

 Hon. Secretary — Leslie J. Skelton (re-elected). 

 Hon. Treasm-er — John S. Shearer. 



At this meeting the hon. secretaiy presented a report showing that the society occupied what 

 may be called a unique position, in that it had not a single member in arrears, there were no out- 

 standing liabilities, and that there was a comfortable balance in the bank at the credit of the society. 

 It may be further slated in evidence of the prosperity of the society that within the last two years 

 its membership has increased upwards of four-fold. 



During the session, eight valuable papers have been presented and discussed at the monthly 

 meetings of the society as follows :— 



