LVI KOYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



Plusieurs membres ont lu des travaux d'histoire et de littérature. 

 Les élections ont donné le bureau suivant : 

 Président— A. D. DeCelles. 

 Vice-|)résident — Joseph Tassé. 

 Secrétaire — .loseph Marmette. 

 Son Honneur M. .Joseph Eoyal, licutenantf^ouverneur des ïeiTitoires du Nord-Ouest, a été élu 

 il l'unanimité membie de cette section. 



MM. Tassé et David ont été nommée membres du bureau d'impression. 

 Le tout respectueusement soumis. 



A. D. DeCelles, 



Secrétaire. 



Report of Section II. 



The following papers were read before the Section : — 



Ottawa, .Tunc 2, 1892. 



1. Chileeli, or the Enchanted Bird. A legend of the Ottawas. By Charles Mair. 



2. Vocabulary of the Language of the Beothiks or Red Indians of Newfoundland. By Eev. Dr. 



Patterson. 



3. Sir William Alexander and the Scottish attempt at the Colonization of Nova Scotia. By Eev. 



Dr. Patterson. 



4. A Grammar and Dictionaiy of the Languages of the Haida Indians of the Queen Charlotte 



Islands, British Columbia. By Rev. Charles Harrison, of British Columbia. Presented 

 by Dr. G. M. Dawson. 



5. Annals of the Nova Scotian Currency. By R. W. McLachlan of the Numismatic and Anti- 



quarian Society of Montreal. Presented by Dr. Bourinot. 

 C. The Copyright Act. By Sir Daniel Wilson. 



7. Are the Carrier Sociology and Mythologj^ Indigenous or Exotic ? (With a Ma]x) By the 



Eev. Father A. G. Morice, O.M.I. , of British Columbia. Presented by Dr. G. M. Dawson. 



8. The Assiniboine Eiver and its Ports. By George Bryce, LL.D.. of Manitoba Historical and 



Scientific Society. Presented by Dr. Bourinot. 



9. Poetry, as compared with some of the other fine arts. By George Murray, M.A. 



There were present at the meeting eight members. Eev. J. C. Murray and Col. George T. Denison 

 sent excuses for non-attendance. 



To fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Di-. E. M. Bucko, of London, Out., Dr. Douglas 

 Brymner, of Ottawa, was unanimously elected a Fellow of this Societj', and in accordance with Rule 

 6, Prof Ashley was also elected unanimously a P'ellow of this Society. The section begs leave to ask 

 the ratification of those elections by the Society. 



Drs. Bourinot and Stewart have been appointed a committee on the form of publication of the 

 ' Transactions of the Society,' to report to the Council next year. 



Sir Daniel Wilson, Very Eev. Principal Grant and Dr. Bourinot have been appointed a special 

 committee by the section to submit to the general meeting, the advisability of bringing to the notice 

 of the government, the clauses which they consider should be introduced into the Copyright Act, 

 in order that the rights of men of letters be fairly and legitimately protected. 



On motion of Drs. Giant and Kingsford, it was resolved, that the Piinling Committee of the 

 Society be instructed not to print any papei- in the ' Tiansactions,' unless in their ojjinion, it is of 

 sufficient merit. 



The following gentlemen have been elected ofiSce bearers for the year 1892-93 : 



