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gretted. It has hitherto been in jxiit maintained by the small annual grant of |4(t0 made by the 

 legislature of Quebec, and when this grant was discontinued it was feared that the society's funds 

 would not permit its further publication. The society was loath to see it disappear, and resolved to 

 use every effort to continue its quarterly issue. It appropriated from its funds a sum of $200 

 towards the cost of its ])ulilication and trusts to the well known liberality of the citizens of Montreal 

 for subscriptions to cover the balance. 



The lectures of the Somerville course were delivered on the Thursdays from the 1st February to 

 the 15th March inclusively and wore as follows : 



1. The Dog, his origin, history, characteristics, varieties, etc., by Professor T. Wesley Mills, 



M.D., D.V.S. 



2. The Dog, his management, his relation to the family and the community, the dog and the 



cat compared, by Professor T. Wesley Mills, M.D., D.V.S. 



3. Cattle in their Commercial Relations, by Professor Duncan McEachran, F.R.C.V.S. Eng. 



4. Cattle in Iheir Sanitary Relations, by Professor Duncan McEachran, F.R.C.V.S. Eng. 



5. The Domestic Cow and Dairy Industrie-^, by Professor M. C. Baker, D.V.S. 



6. Milk and Microbes, by Professor Adami, M.A., M.D. 



7. The Horse, by Pi-ofessor D. McEachran, D.V.S. 



All these lectui'es were free and were remarkably well attended, and, except the second and 

 fourth, wore illustrated. 



The following papers were road and discussed at monthly meetings of the society: — 



1. The Guanches oi' Aborigines of the Canary Islands, by Sir J. William Dawson, LL. D., 



F. R.S., F.G.S., etc. 



2. Hibernation and Allied states in the Lower Animals and in Man, by Dr. T. Wesley Mills. 



3. How a Chemical Analysis is made, by N. N. Evans, M.A. Sc. 



4. Denudation, or the Waste of Land, by F. D. Adams, M.A. Sc, Ph. D. (Heidelberg). 



5. The Mechanics of Haulage, by J. T. Nicholson, B. Sc. (Edin.) 



6. Ancient Myriapods, by G. F. Matthew, F.R.S.C., of St. John, N.B. 



The annual field day of the society, last year, was on the 3rd of June, at the village of Ste. 

 Agathe, on the Montreal and Western Railway. The scenery in that part of the province of Quebec is 

 very beautiful and the day was ranch enjoyed by the excursionists. The thanks of the society were 

 given to the mayoi' and inhabitants of the village fur the cordial welcome extended to its members. 

 This year the field day will bo on the 2nd of June and the trij) will be extended to Sault aux 

 Iroquois, now called the village of Labelle, which will give the members the opportunity of seeing 

 moi-e of that section of the country which may be called the Switzerland of Quebec. 



The gentlemen whose names now follow are the present officers and members of the council of 

 the society : — 



Honorary President— Sir .T. William Dawson, C.M.G., LL.U., F.R.S., F.G.S., etc. 



President— Dr. T. Wesley Mills. 



First Vice-President — James S. Shearer. 



Vice-Presidents — Hon. Edward Murphy, J. H. R. Molson, J. Stevenson Brown, Sir 



Donald A. Smith, Rev. Robert Campbell, George Sumner, Very Rev. Dean Car- 



michael, J. H. Joseph, B. J. Harrington. 

 Recording-Secretary — R. W. McLachlan. 

 Corresponding Secretary — Dr. J. W. Stirling. - 

 Members of Council — Edgar Judge, Fi'ank D. Adams, Albert Ilolden, L. A. N. Latour, 



Hon. J. S. C. Wiirtele, Joseph Fortier, Samuel Finley, Professor Cox, C. S. J. 



Phillips. 

 Chairman of Council — (ieorge Sumner. 

 SujDerintendent — Alfred Griffin. 



