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Lawrence Lambe, Prof. J. Macoun, Dr. Matthew, Dr. Wesley Mills, 

 Prof. Prince, Dr. Saunders, Dr. Whiteaves. 



Letters from absent Fellows, regretting their inability to attend, 

 were received from : — 



Section I. — Monseigneur Begin, Dr. Dionne, Abbé Gosselin, 

 Sir J. M. LeMoine. 



Section IL — Kev. Dr. Burwash, Arthur Harvey, Eight Rev. Dr. 

 Howley, Hon. Dr. Longiey, W. McLennan, George Murray, Rev. Dr. 

 Murray, John Reade, Rev. Frederick Scott, Dr. Stewart, Rev. Dr. 

 Campbell. 



Section III. — Prof. Cox, Dr. W. Bell Dawson, Dr. Goodwin, 

 Monsignor Hamel. 



Section IV.— Dr. Adams, Dr. Bell, Dr. Hay, Dr. MacKay, Prof. 

 Penhallow. 



Five newly elected Fellows were introduced and took their seats : 

 Prof. Prince, Dr. Bellemare, Hon. Thomas Chapais, Dr. Gagnon, Dr. 

 Glashan. 



The Acting Honorary Secretary then read the 



REPORT OF COUNCIL. 



The Council of the Royal Society of Canada have the honour to 

 present their twenty-first annual report as follows: — 



1. Printing of Transactions. 



The eighth volume of the second series is now complete and copies 

 are in the hands of members present. Great delay in commencing 

 the work of printing was caused by the long illness of the late Honorary 

 Secretary. Month after montih his restoration to health was hoped 

 for and it was only at the last moment that the council took the step 

 of appointing the present secretary to act pro tempore until the honorary 

 secretary should recover; or, in case of his death, until the next annual 

 meeting. The appointment was made on October 8th, 1902, under 

 the provisions of Rule XIII. Very few of the papers were in the 

 hands of the secretaries of sections and considerable delay and trouble 

 had to be gone through before they could be got in and sent off to the 

 printers. 



The resolution adopted was as follows: 



"That in view of the much regretted illness of Sir John Bourinot, 

 Dr. Dawson be appointed temporary honorary secretary; and that he 

 be instructed to go on with the preparation of the next volume of 

 Transactions on the lines adopted by the honorary secretary for the 

 previous volumes.^' 



