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the total membership for the year 1896-97 being 248, as compared with 

 233 in the preceding year. 



The attendance at the evening lectures has been most gratifying, and 

 the three field excursions, to Chelsea on May 23rd, 1896, to Rockland on 

 June 20th, and to Galetta and Marshall's Bay on September 26th of the 

 same year, were eminently successful. A number of sub-excursions for 

 field work on Saturday afternoons were also carried out with success. 



Lecture Court^e. 



Jointly with the Literary and Scientific Society, the club held seven 

 soirées during the winter months, and by the kind permission of the 

 Ottawa Teachers' Association, a lecture by Professor Cox, of McGill 

 University, entitled, "Electrical Discharges in High Vacua,'" was 

 incorporated in the series. 



The seven soirées in their course were as follows : 

 1896. 

 Nov. 19 — Conversazione. Exhibition of microscopical objects, speci- 

 mens of natural history and lantern slides. 

 Short addresses were delivered by Mr. Shutt, president of the 



club; Mr. Klotz, president of the Literary and Scientific, 



Society ; Dr. MacCabe, principal of the Normal School, 



and Mr. MacDougall, president of the Ottawa Teachei-s' 



Association. 

 Dec. 17— " G-oethe," by Professor L. E. Gregor, B.A., of McGill 



University. 

 1897. 

 Jan. 14 — " Under the Midnight Sun — A Trij) to Iceland " (with 



original stereopticon views), by Professor J . Mavor, of 



Toronto University. 

 Jan. 21 — Addresses on " Recent Explorations in (Canada,"' by Dr. G. M. 



Dawson, Dr. Robert Bell, Mr. J. B. Tyirell, and Mr. 



A. P. Low. 

 Feb. 4 — " The Lyrical Poetry of the Elizabethans,' b}- Mr. D. C. 



Scott, F.R.S.C. 

 March 4—" Weather," by Otto J. Klotz, Esq. 

 March 11 — "Fruit and Fruit Districts of Canada" (illustrated), by Mr. 



John Craig. 

 March 18 — " The American Lobster," by Dr. Macphail, of the University 



of Bishop's College, Montreal. The lecture was illustrated 



with lantern slides and specimens. 

 The library of the club continues to grow, and embraces a large 

 series of publications of scientific interest and value. The club is 

 indebted to scientific societies and authors in various lands for additions 

 to the volumes on its shelves. 



