hVUl ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



important additions, also, have been made to the museum and libraiy^ 

 Fifteen new members have joined the society during the past year, but it 

 has lost by death six of its old members, some of whom were among its 

 most active workers. 



The "Eecord of Science" has been issued regularly, although the 

 usual grant of $400 from the local government has not been received. 



The following papers were read at monthly meetings of the society 

 and led to interesting discussions : 



1896. 

 April 20 — " A visit to the Lake dwelling at Eobenhausen, Switzerland, — 

 and notes on a remarkable deposit of stalagmite from Gold 

 Hill, Nevada," by Frank D. Adams, Ph.D., F.R.S.C. 

 Oct. 26 — " Some additions to the Flora of the Island of Montreal," by 



Eev. Eobert Campbell, M.A., D.D. 

 Nov. 30 — " Development of Animal Intelligence," by Prof Wesley jVIills,. 

 M.A., Ph.D. 

 1897. 

 Jan. 25 — " Some Ancient Canadian Fossils and their Allies Abroad," by 

 Sir J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.E.S., etc. 



At this meeting the lower jaw of a Hippopotamus 

 dredged from the bottom of the St. Lawrence, opposite 

 the city of Montreal, was exhibited by Dr. Deeks. 

 Feb. 22 — " Plants outside tlie Island of Montreal, illustrated by numerous 



sjDeciraens," by Eev. Eobert Campbell, M.A., D.D. 

 March 29 — " Some remarkable valleys on the earth's surface, and some 

 recent studies on the cantils of Mars," by Frank D. Adams, 

 Ph.D., F.E.S.C. 

 April 26—" The Holdfasts of the Ehodohycese," by Miss Carrie M. 

 Derick, M.A. 

 The Sommerville free course of lectures for 1897 was delivered as 

 follows, and attracted largo audiences : 

 Jan. 14 — " Food and Digestion : what we eat and what becomes of it," 



by W. S. Morrow, M.D. 

 Jan. 21 — " The Blood and its circulation and distribution in the bod}^," 



by John W. Scane, M.D. 

 Jan. 28 — " Eespiration : what, why and how we breathe," by A. 



Bruère, M.D. 

 Feb. 4 — " Waste and Eepair : the body as a factory," by G. Gordon 



Campbell, M.D. 

 Feb. 11 — "The Nervous System : the mechanism that governs the 



body and how it does it," by Neil D, Gunn, M.D. 

 Feb. 18 — " The Senses : how and what we learn of the world about 

 us," by A. Proudfoot, M.D. 



