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We have also to acknowledge donations of books from M. A. Veasey, 
Mrs. Balck, Captain J. A. Benyon, Miss Clara Lloyd, Mr. F. McLennan, 
and special favours from others. 
Votes of thanks were carried and tendered for these donations. 
An interesting trophy, consisting of two Mauser rifles taken from 
the Boers in the late war in South Africa, was sent to the society by the 
Dominion Government. 
The past year has not been one of any remarkable occurrences for 
the society. 
Two historical features, however, may be mentioned: One, the 
saving of Martello Tower, No. 4, forming part of the old fortifications 
of Quebec and overlooking the valley of the St. Charles; and the other 
the preparation of another volume of original documents relating to the 
American Siege of Quebec by Montgomery and Arnold in 1775-6. This 
volume, forming the 8th series of historical documents, was ready for 
delivery in midsummer and, like its predecessor, was sent to our ex- 
changes, and given to such members as care to possess it. 
The Martello Tower, through official communications and under- 
standing with the military authorities at Ottawa, may be said to be 
de facto the property of the city of Quebec, and will be carefully pre- 
served in trust as a relic of former times. Its demolition was pre- 
vented in due time by the early intervention of the society, which was 
ably seconded in its exertions by the mayor of Quebec. His Worship, 
Mayor Garneau, is a member of our society, and his historical, literary 
and archeological tastes prompted him to effect the saving of the old 
tower as an object of interest. to the city. 
In connection with this historical souvenir we might mention that 
the proposal made in our report to the Royal Society of Canada in 
1905, favouring the formation of a Canadian Landmark Association, 
is still before, your respected body for consideration. The proposal was 
warmly received by it at the outset, but, as your Society only meets 
once a year, it would be well for our own society to have some definite 
scheme for organization to be completed at this present meeting, so 
that the matter may be brought now to a practical issue. 
Mr. E. T. D. Chambers, a member, and librarian of the Literary 
and Historical Society of Quebec, has been appointed as delegate of 
this society to meet the other delegates convening at Ottawa on behalf 
of similar associations for this object, and under the kind auspices of 
the Royal Society. 
Our president, as a delegate last year to our society, and with a 
view to maintaining the traditions of his predecessors, read a monograph 
