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amply fulfil the conditions prescribed by our charter of procuring the 
advancement of the arts and sciences in the province of Lower Canada, 
from which the public should benefit. 
An endowment fund was originated a few years ago, to be invested. 
as a future substitute for government aid. 
Our finances are no longer in a precarious condition and the days 
of res angusta domi are over. The society does not, however, forget 
how much its treasurer, Mr. James Geggie, has done to keep it afloat 
during a good many difficult years. 
It is also under great obligations to the retiring honorary librarian, 
Mr. F. C. Wurtele, who has been over twenty-five years in office, and 
whose indefatigable services and self-sacrificing devotion have been, 
and will continue to be under his successor, of the utmost benefit to 
the society. 
The following members were elected for the council board for the 
coming year :— 
Hon. President—James Douglass, D.C.L. 
President—P. B. Casgrain. 
Ist Vice-President—J. T. Ross. 
2nd Vice-President—Geo. Parmelee, D.C.L. 
3rd Vice-President—Lieut.-Col. Turnbull. 
4th Vice-President—A. H. Cook. 
Treasurer—James Geggie. 
Recording Secretary—Alex Robertson. 
Corresponding Secretary—Lieut.-Col. C. Lindsay. 
Council Secretary—Wm. Clint. 
Librarian—E. T. D. Chambers. 
Curator, Museum—P. Gagnon. 
Curator, Apparatus—Col. Neilson. 
Additional Members of Council—Siméon Lesage, Rev. F. G. Scott, 
Major W. H. Davidson, Rev. P. M. O’Leary. 
IV.—From The Natural History Society of New Brunswick, through 
Mr. W. J. WIuson. 
The past year has been one of unusual import in the annals of the 
society. Hitherto the society has held its meetings in hired quarters, 
or in rooms provided by the St. John civic authorities in the Market 
building ; but about a year ago it purchased a fine building of stone 
and brick in a central location, where it can display the treasures of 
its museum to advantage and provide lecture hall, library and other 
rooms necessary for carrying on its work. This building is rear the 
