CXVIII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
a number of publications which are of a more popular character, includ- 
ing : L 
The Nature Study Review. 
The Journal of Geography. 
The Auk. 
The Canadian Entomologist. 
The Wilson Bulletin. 
The Ohio Naturalist. 
. Le Naturaliste Canadien. 
Under present conditions little use is made of these by the members. 
Tn addition to its periodical exchanges, the club has received num- 
erous government reports from Washington and Ottawa, and the follow- 
ing bound volumes have been placed on the shelves: 
1. Anatomical Nomenclature, Dr. Barker, Prof. of Medicine, 
Johns Hopkins University. 
2. A Loose-Leaf System of Laboratory Notes, Theo. Scheffer, 
Kansas State Agricultural College. 
3. Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institute. 
4. Report of the Welcome Research Laboratories at the Gordou 
Memorial College, Khartoum. 
The club desires to express its gratitude for the appreciation of 
its work shown by the Ontario Legislature in increasing the annual 
grant from $200 to $300. 
The treasurer’s report shows a balance on hand of $48.63. 
Patron—The Right Honourable Earl Grey, Governor-General of 
Canada. 
President—W. J. Wilson, Ph.B. 
Vice-Presidents—A. E. Attwood, M.A.; A. Halkett. 
Secretary—I. E. Clarke, B.A., 470 O’Connor Street. 
Treasurer—Arthur Gibson, Central Experimental Farm. 
Committee—Mr. J. M. Macoun, Rev. G. Hifrig, Mr. H. H. Pitts, 
Mr. E. E. Lemieux, Mr. A. H. Gallup, Miss I. Ritchie, Miss AVE 
Matthews, Miss Q. Jackson. 
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XVI.— From Le Cercle Littéraire et Musical de Montréal, through 
Mr. Marc SAUVALLE. 
Notre société qui, le 4 novembre 1905, célébrait le 20ème anni- 
versaire de sa fondation et se félicitait de sa brillante activité pendant 
ces vingt années a fait dans le cours de celle-ci une perte irréparable ~ 
par la mort de son cher et vénéré fondateur, le professeur D. Coussirat. 
Déjà des vides douloureux s’étaient produits parmi nous: en MM. 
Herdt et Beaugrand, nous avions perdu des membres éminents. et le 
départ pour Ottawa de M. et Mme. Sauvalle, devait encore nous enlever 
