LXXII EOTAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



14. Subie Island : Its History and Phenomena. By the same. 



1. Description of the island. 2. Early notices of it, 1500-1600. 3. From the removal of LaEoche's 

 colonists till the establishment of the first life-saving station, l(i03-1801. 4. First relief establishment 

 on the island, 1801-1809. 5. History of relief establishment continued, 1800-1848. 6. Life on the 

 island, 1848 1855. 7. Till the present time, 1855-1894. 8. Physical changes and future prospects. 



15. The National Historical Gallery. By de Léry Macdonald. Communicated by Dr. Bourinot. 



16. Jacques Cartier in the Gulf. By the Eight Eeverend Bishop Howley. D.D., of Newfoundland. 



Communicated by Dr. Bourinot. 



17. Certain Historical Phases of the fiscal relations between Canada and the United States. By J. 



Castell Hopkins. Communicated by Dr. Bourinot. 



18. The early locks between Lakes St. Louis and St. Francis begun by Governor Haldimand, 1778- 



1814. With maps and views of the present condition of the abandoned works. By Thomas 

 Monro, C. B. Communicated by Dr. Kingsford. 



The Eight Hon. .Tames Bryce, M.P., D.C.L., President of the Board of Trade, England, and 

 author of the American Commonwealth, was elected a corresponding member. 



The following gentlemen were unanimously elected Fellows of the Society by this section : His 

 Honour J. C. Schultz, Dr. MacCabe, Arthur Harvey and W. W. Campbell. The fact was duly com- 

 municated to the Eoyal Society, and was ratified. 



The printing committee is composed of Mr. George Murray, Dr. J. G. Bourinot and Dr. George 

 Stewart. 



The Editor of Literary criticism is Dr. Bourinot. 

 The office bearers for the ensuing year are : 



President— Eev. Prof. William Clark, LL.D. 

 Vice-President — Dr. J. George Bourinot, C.M.G. 

 Secretary — Dr. George Stewart, F.E.G.S. 



Geo. Stewart, 



Secretary. 

 Report of Section III. 



Section III. repoi-ts having held five meetings, at which the following papers were read : — 



1. The formation of hjdiobromic acid by the action of free bromine on water, by Dr. G. P. 

 Girdwood. 



2. Errors in Meridian Transit Observations, by Prof. McLcod. 



3. The transverse strength of Douglas Fir, by Prof. Bovey. 



4. Observations upon structural variations in certain Canadian coniferre, by Prof Ponhallow. 



5. Some observations on the quality of the air at Ottawa, by F. T. Shutt and A. McGill. 

 Communicated by Mr. McFarlane. 



6. Longitude of Montreal, by Prof. McLeod (by title). 

 The papers were referred to the publication committee. 

 The officers elected for the coming ye.ar are as follows : — 



President — Dr. B. J. Harrington. 

 Vice-President— Prof H. T. Bovey. 

 Secretary — B. Deville. 

 The following i-esolutions were passed, and are now submitted to the Society : 

 On motion of Prof Bovey, seconded by Mgr. Hamel : 



That this section recommends that authors proposing to read papers be requested to prepare ad- 

 vance typewritten cojjies for distribution among such members of the several sections as may be 

 interested in the special subjects of which the papers treat. 



