C ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
[he report of the librarian shows that 145 volumes were added to 
the library by purchase or donation. ‘These volumes may be classified 
as follows :— 
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saan (el (oOo) Se eR Rg Sor Se Sl LE 
fietonl: Se) Onna MMO PM SERRE ISS 
Poetry and’ Essaye "el ti. 5) inact rae 
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Magazines (bound): 2...) 22/25) 42) 4.) 3% 12 
Besides these there were received from corresponding and government 
institutions, as exchanges or gifts, 360 publications, all of importance 
and some of exceptional value. Many were of a highly technical char- 
acter of interest to students in special lines of work. 
The books taken out by members during the year numbered 2,354, 
classified as follows :— 
188 tin Mole eee. eae ae Rees een ee 94 
rAVOlSE 7: 5.). Qc (hrs 1s SEP SAR 62 
Fiction. aha OC CE AC hae a 
Bound Veer sd eg aOR RUG eye Nee EE Ese 66 
Poetry. seh Fe 
BSSaiyS, Cle.) Zac's ele ap alana elevate Nee eee me 
Scientific: Works, ME mane ee aia 32. 
2,304 
In addition to the above there were 952 issues of unbound magazines. 
The reading room, which is well supplied with papers and maga- 
zines of the best class, has Been open daily and the attendance has been 
highly satisfactory. 
The course of lectures arranged by the society for the winter waa 
of exceptional interest and the attendance at the several meetings, while 
not as large as desirable, was in excess of that of former years. 
Three of these meetings were held at the hall of the Normal School, 
through the courtesy of Principal White, and the other lectures were 
given in the very suitable and commodious hall of the Carnegie Library. 
The programme of the course was as follows :— 
1906. 
Nov. 23.—‘ The Cause that Lead to the War of 1812,” 
Sulte, F.R.S.C. 
—“The Southern Trail of British Columbia,” by Mr. J. M. 
Macoun. 
by Benjamin 
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