CX ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
The institute was represented by its president and two other mem- 
bers at the annual meeting of the Ontario Historical Society at Colling- 
wood and Christian Island in July, 1906. 
The preservation of historical monuments is one that has engaged 
our attention during the year. Communications have been sent to the 
Minister of Militia and Defence, and to the Mayor of Toronto, with a 
view to the preservation of the Old Fort at Toronto. The Southwold 
Earthwork, within ten miles of the city of St. Thomas, is not only 
regarded as the best preserved Indian earthwork in Canada, but is unique 
in its possession of a double wall. The institute has already drawn 
the attention of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Ontario His- 
torical Society to the need of measures to ensure the preservation of 
this interesting aboriginal relic in its integrify. We are therefore espe- 
cially interested in the action taken by the Royal Society for the 
formation of an Association for the Preservation of Historical Monu- 
ments. We would suggest that the Parliament of Canada and the 
Provincial Legislatures be memorialized to pass legislation authorizing 
the expropriation of historic sites as in the British Islands, and th? 
appropriation of public funds sufficient to pay the owners a reasonable 
compensation. 
We note with pleasure the increased interest in the study of history 
on the part of our local educational institutions. Dr. S. Silcox, prin- 
cipal of the Public School, the City Teachers’ Association, its president, 
Mr. J. M. Urie, and Dr. O. J. Stevenson, English master at the Col- 
legiate Institute, have co-operated in our work in important ways. Dr. 
Stevenson has published in local papers a number of historical studies, 
by his ‘pupils. In their preparation valuable information is collected 
and preserved, and the students are led to take a personal interest in 
the history of their country’s development. 
The officers elected for the year 1907-08 are as follows :— 
President—James H. Coyne. 
Vice-President—Mrs. J. H. Wilson. 
Secretary—Frank Hunt. 
Treasurer—W. H. Murch. 
Curator—Mrs. Wm. St. Thomas Smith. 
Editor—Judge Ermatinger. 
Council—Dr. Silcox, Judge Colter, J. W. Stewart, Mr. Charles 
Oakes, K. W. McKay, Mrs. J. S. Robertson, Mrs. C. O. Ermatinger, 
Mrs. Mary Duncombe, Mrs. W. R. Jackson. 
