XXVI EOYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



Members of Council— J. Ferres, A. E. Walker, J. H. Long, B.A., E. L. Scriven, \Y. ÏÏ. 

 Elliott. 



Since its last report, the association has held seven general meetings, at which the following 

 papers were read : — 



1893 — Nov. 9. Eecent Discoveries in the Scientific World, by A. Alexander, F.S.Sc, London, 



England. 

 Dec. 21. Early Printers, Printing and Book^i, by H. B. Witton, Sr. 

 1894— Jan. 11. The Kinetic Theory, by W. L. Miller, B.A., Ph.B. 

 Feb. Y. Biological Notes, by William Yates. 

 Feb. 7. The Antigone of Sophocles, by Professor Hutton, M.A. 

 Mar. 8. Lantern Slides, being an exhibition of the year's work by the Photographic 



Section. 

 April 11. Sound, by J. E. P. Aldous, B.A. 

 May 10. Biological Notes, by William Yates. 



The association is divided into the following branch sections: Geological, Biological, Philolo- 

 gical, and Photographic. 



It is in the work of these sections that the value chiefly lies. The several departments have been 

 actively engaged in pursuits of a more special nature than that exhibited by the papei'S read before 

 the general meetings of the association. 



Especial mention is necessary of the work of the geological section, whose investigations, directed 

 by its indefatigable chairman, Col. C. C. Grant, have attracted the attention of scientists, both in 

 America and Europe. 



A number of donations have been made to the museum during the session, including a valuable 

 case of botanical sjjecimens from the late Professor Wright, of Los Angeles, California. 



The published transactions of the association are in great demand. 



V. — From The Nova Scotia Historical Society, through A. H. Mackat, LL.D. 



Under the ^iresidency of the Hon. M. H. Eichey, the society has done the usual amount of work 

 during the year 1893-94. 



The papers read were as follows : — 



1. Voyages and Discoveries of the Cabots, by the Eev. Moses Harvey, LL.D., F.E.G.S., 



F.E.S.C, Nov. 14th, 1893. 



2. The EecoUet Fathers in Canada, by Geo. Patterson, Jr., M.A., Dec. 12th, 1893. 



3. Some Observations on ' Evangeline,' by P. Blake Crofton, Esq., Feb. 13th, 1894. 



4. Names of Places in Nova Scotia, by Eev. Geo. Patterson, D.D., F.E.S C, Mar. 20th, 1894. 



At a special meeting of the society held July 2Sth, 1893, after an address by Di-. Saudford 

 Fleming, C.M.G., the following resolution was moved by Mr. F. Blake Crofton, seconded by Dr. De- 

 Wolfe, and unanimously adopted : 



" Resoloed, That this society respectfully seconds the recommendation of the Canadian Institute 

 that the government of Canada should adopt some moans of commemorating the fact that the first 

 vessel propelled by steam through the entire voyage across the Atlantic was the ' Eoj-al William,' built 

 at Quebec and owned in Canada, and which made the pioneer voyage from Pictou to London in 1833. 



" And further Resolved, That this society suggests the expediencj' of having the evidence proving 

 the ])ioneer ocean steamship to have been a Canadian vessel properly collated and published in 

 pamphlet form under the auspices of the government. 



"And further Resolved, That the members of parliament and senators from Halifax and Pictou be 

 requested to present these recommendations to the Dominion authorities." 



