PEOCEEDINGS FOR 1894. 



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XIV. From The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, through Mr. P. B. Casgrain. 



The general and annual meeting of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec was hold on 

 the 10th of January last past in the library of the society, when the following were elected officers 

 for the present j-ear: 



President — Archibald Campbell. 



Vice-Presidents — The Very Eeverend Dean Norman, William Hossack, P. B. Casgrain and 



John Hamilton. 

 Treasurer — J. Geggie. 

 Librarian — Frederick 0. Wiirtele. 

 Eecording Secretary— T. A. Young. 

 Corresponding Secretary — A. Robertson. 

 Council Secretary — William Wood. 

 Curator of Museum — W. Clint. 

 Curator of Apparatus — James Morgan. 

 Additional Members of Council — J. M. LeMoine, Peter Johnston, Cyrille Tessier anc 



W. H. Carter. 



We have to lament the removal by death of the following members of our society : — G. Colley 

 (a life member) ; Messrs. S. H. Holt, T. H. Jones, Commissary-General M. Bell Irvine, C.M.G., and 

 Messrs. C. A. Scott and W. A. Ashe. 



As the past and present position of the society is most graphically described by the out-going 

 president, Mr. Cyrille Tessier, in his i-eport of last year's proceedings, I cannot do bettor than extract 

 such portions of it as will answer the present object. 



I may preface by stating that in 1828 the most prominent men both of French and Eni:lish origin 

 in Quebec, united to form a liteiary and historical association for British North America, and it is 

 due to the memory of the late John Charlton Fisher, a graduate of Oxford and a gentleman of high 

 attainments, to recall its initiative in its formation. 



The better to promote their object the members of the association obtained in 18:^0 a charter of 

 incoi'po ration from His Gracious Majesty William IV., under the name of " The Literary and Historical 

 Society of Quebec," " for the prosecuting, procuring and publishing interesting documents as to the 

 natural, civil and literaiy histoiy of Bi'itish North America, and for the advancement of the arts 

 and sciences in the province of Lower Canada, from which public benetit niay be expected." 



Among the names of the incojporalors the society has pride in mentioning the Earl ofDalhousie, 

 Sir James Ivempt, the late Chief Justice Sewoll, the Loi-d Bishop of Quebec, Rev. Joseph Signay, 

 future bishop of Quebec, the late Chief Justices Sir James Stewart and Valliùres de St. Real, Rev. Mr. 

 Demers, Sir John Caldwell, Messrs. Perreault, Price, Taschereau, Wurtele, Campbell, Hamel, de Salles 

 Laterrier, F. X. Garneau, Ed. Caron, Morrin, Parent, Sheppard, Lee, McCord, Bouchette, Panet, 

 Wilkie and many others, — the last surviving of whom is our aged and valuable friend Mr. G. W. 

 Wicksteed, who we are all happy to see present at this convocation. 



Many of the above-named appear as contributors to the litei-ary lore of Canada, as may be seen 

 in the following work. 



Latterly our librarian, Mr. F. C. Wiirtele, after considerable research, has prepared and published, 

 under the auspices of the society, a report of the scientific works produced by the leading members or 

 lecturers of the association, from its inception. Among these were : Chief Justice J. Sewell, Dr. 

 John Charlton Fisher, Admiral Baytield, Geneial Baddely, R.E. ; George B. Fairbeault, Honourable 

 William Shepherd, John Langton, Honourable T. D'Arcy McGee, Commander Ashe, R.N. ; James 

 Douglas, Honourable P. J. O. Chauveau, the historians Garneau, Casgrain, LeMoine, Miles, Turcotte, 

 John Reade, F.R.S.E., General Noble, R.A., Lieut.-Col. Strange, R.A., Andrew Stuart, Amable Ber- 

 thelot, Joseph X. Perrault, Dr. J. W. Anderson, Bishop Mountain, Rev. Dr. Wilkie, Dr. Geoige 



Free. 1894. F. 



