APPENDIX G CXV 
The society has continued to watch with vigilance the development 
of the Tussock Moth in the city of Montreal, and it is gratifying to 
observe that as a result of its endeavours there has been a marked 
abatement of the threatened damage to our shade frees. This has come 
through a greater activity and more careful attention on the part ot 
the city authorities and an awakened public interest which has led pro- 
perty holders generally to exercise a more thorough care of their trees. 
Provisional plans and estimates for a building worthy of the 
institution and its work, and in keeping with the fine neighbourhood 
in which it is to stand, have already been made, and an active canvass 
of the friends of the society is now going on. It is hoped that the 
whole of the money required for the building and its equipment will 
soon be raised and that actual work thereon will be begun in the near 
future. With a home in every way adequate to the work which the 
Natural History Society feels it should be doing in and for Montreal, 
we confidently look forward to entering upon a new lease of life replete 
with fresh zeal and courage. 
The officers of the society are :— 
Patron—His Excellency the Governor-General of Canada. 
Hon. President—Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal. 
President—D. P. Penhallow, D.Sc., F.R.S.C. 
Hon. Vice-President—J. H. Joseph, Esq. 
Vice-Presidents—Frank D. Adams, Ph.D., F.R.S.C.; J. S. Buchan, 
K.C., B.C.L.; Rev. R. Campbell, D.D; Miss Carrie M. Derick, M.A.; 
E. W. MacBride, M.A., Sc.D.; Wesley Mills, M.A., M.D.; Major G. W. 
Stephens, M.L.A.; Miss Van Horne; Hon. J. K. Ward. 
Hon. Recording Secretary—Alex. Robertson, B.A. 
Hon. Corresponding Secretary—F. W. Richards. 
Hon. Treasurer—C. 8. J. Phillips. 
Hon. Curator—A. E. Norris. 
Members of Council—J. A. U. Beaudry, C.E.; Prof. J. Bemrose, 
F.I.C., F.C.S.; Joseph Fortier, John Harper, A. Holden, E. P. Lacha- 
pelle, M.D.; James Morgan, James W. Pyke, C. T. Williams. 
Superintendent-—Alfred Griffin. 
XV.—From The Ottawa Field-Naturalists Club, through 
Mr. W. J. WILSON. 
Having been appointed a delegate to represent the Ottawa Field 
Naturalists’ Club at the meeting of the Royal Society of Canada, I have 
much pleasure in presenting the following summary of the club’s work 
for the past year. 
