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of Hydrography and Maritime Meteorology " published in Hamburg. 

 A review is also given, in Dr. Petermann's "Mitteilungen," of the inves- 

 tigation of the currents. 



The " Scottish Geographical Magazine" gives concise reviews of the 

 work from time to time, and the " Annales de Géogi-aphie," Paris, gives 

 an outline of the reports in its book notices. The work of this survey 

 is thus becoming widely known to those intei*ested, whether from a 

 scientitic standpoint or as practical navigators. 



15. The Cabot Celebration. 



The council are called upon to refer to the measures they have 

 taken to carry out the decision of the Eoyal Society, as expressed at the 

 general meetings of 1895 and 1896, and pay an appropriate tribute to 

 the memory of the famous Italian navigator, John Cabot, who performed 

 such valuable service for England four hundred years ago. In accord- 

 ance with the instructions of the council the Honoraiy Secretary sent 

 invitations to the Corporation of the city of Bristol, from which Cabot 

 sailed in the Matthew^ to notable geographical and historical societies in 

 Europe and America, as well as to the city of Venice, to send delegates 

 to the meeting at Halifax. 



To these invitations the following answers have been received from 

 Bristol, Venice and Eome : 



"The Council House, Bristol, March 9th, 1897. 



" Sir, — Eeferring to my letter of 8th January and in further answer 

 to your letter of 15th December last, I have now the pleasure of inform- 

 ing you that the council of this city have, in accordance with the polite 

 invitation of the council of the Eoyal Society of Canada, requested two 

 members of the city council, viz., Mr. William Eobert Barker and Mr. 

 William Howell Da vies, to attend as guests of the society and repre- 

 sentatives of the Municipal Corporation and Citizens of Bristol the 

 meeting to be held in the cit}' of Halifax, Nova Scotia, under the 

 auspices of the society in June next for the purpose of commemorating 

 the voyage of the Cabots to North America in 1497. 



" I need hai'dly sa}" that the gentlemen the city council have nom- 

 inated to represent the city of Bristol on such an important and interest- 

 ing occasion are prominent citizens of the highest repute. They have 

 been members of the council for many years and are justices of the 

 peace, and have both filled the high office I have now the honour to 

 hold— Mr. Barker in 1892-3, Mr. Davies in 1895-6. They are mem- 

 bers of the executive committee appointed to cany out the Cabot Com- 

 memoration to be held in Bristol simultaneously with that to be held 

 in the city of Halifax. 



"May ] ask you to be good enough to assure the Eoyal Society of 



