LXXVI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



This regrettable result was brought about through the withdrawal 

 by ihe Provincial Government, on the score of economy, of all grants to 

 literary and historical societies in the province. 



In the case of this association, the subsidy at one time reached as 

 high a figure as $750 per annum. 



It must, however, be remembered that it fullils a double function ; 

 it is a reading-i'oom for the public and a historical society for students. 



As a reading-room, it offers all that a general reader can fairly 

 ex[)ect in the department of newspapers and periodicals— in addition to 

 a librarj^ of some 12,000 volumes — on subjects scientific, historical or 

 literary. 



A hopeful feature in its recent proceedings is the starting of an 

 endowment fund, which is expected shortly to reach S5.000. 



An interesting course of lectures was delivered during the past 

 winter, in which the society has succeeded in enlisting the willing and 

 stimulating assistance of the professional staff of Morrin College, at 

 ■Quebec. 



The following are the names of the officiai staff of the society : 



President — Very Rev. Dean Norman, D.J). 



1st Vice-President — P. B. Casgrain, Esq. 



2nd Vice-President — J. T. Eoss, Esq. 



3rd Vice-President — G. Gr. Stuart, Esq. 



4th Vice-President — Sir James Lemoine. 



Treasurer — James Geggie, Esq. 



Recording Secretary — Alex. Robertson, Esq. 



Corresponding Secretary — ,T. F. Dumontier, Esq. 



Council Secretarj' — W. C. H. Wood, Esq. 



Librarian — P. Johnston, Esq. 



Curator of Museum — P. D. Tims, Esq. 



Curator of Apparatus — Wm. Clint, Esq. 



Additional Members of Council — G. R. Renfrew, Esq.; T. Tessier, 

 Esq.: Théo. Ledroit, Esq.; Jas. Morgan, Esq. 



XVIII. — From The Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club, through 

 Dr. H. M. Ami, F.G.S. 



The council of the Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club has the honour to 

 present the following brief summary of the work done during the past 

 year. 



Last year's report shows that it was the most successful in the history 

 of the club, and it is therefore specially gratifying to state that there 

 bas been a continued increase in the number of members, viz., fifteen ; 



