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probable date of its discovery. Furthermore, since the island, although 

 historically a part of Canada is row politically a part of the United States, 

 it would seem fitting that the Maine Historical Society, which would natur- 

 ally to some extent be the host on such an occasion, the Royal Society of< 

 Canada and the New Brunswick Historical Society, should, if possible, com- 

 bine in a joint visit to, and fitting ceremonies upon, the island. I am ven- 

 turing myself, entirely informally, to call the attention of the officers of the 

 Maine Historical Society to the approaching anniversary and the desirability 

 of its celebration upon some such plan, but, of course, a more formal com- 

 munication between the societies should take place as soon as practicable. 

 It would form a pleasing feature of such a visit of the societies if some 

 permanent memorial appropriate to the place could be left, a bronze tablet 

 upon one of the rock surfaces of the island if nothing more. 



In the hope that this matter may seem to you of interest, and that it 

 may be thought worthy of the attention of the Royal Society of Canada, 



I am, very truly yours, 



Wm. F. Ganong. 



Since receipt of the preceding letter, the following has been 

 received from the Secretary of the Natural History Society of New- 

 Brunswick : 



St. John, N.B., May 11th, 1903. 

 S. B. Dawson, Lit. D., 



Acting Honorary Secretary, Royal Society of Canada, 

 Ottawa. 

 Dear Sir, 



The Natural History Society of New Brunswick extends a cordial invita- 

 tion to the Royal Society of Canada to hold its session in St. John in June, 

 1904, on the occasion of the Ter-centenary of the discovery of the Harbour 

 and River St. John by de Monts and Champlain in 1604. 



The date is the twenty-fourth of June, and if the Royal Society could 

 arrange to hold its meeting on or about that date instead of in May, it 

 would be more suitable, both on account of the more genial season and in 

 agreement with the time set for the celebration. 



We have the honour to remain. 



Yours very sincerely, 



John V. Ellis, G. U. Hat, 



President. Secretary. 



13. Bibliographies. 



The compihition, by the four sections, of Annual Bibliographies of 

 all publications issued during the previous year in their respective 

 departments, has been the subject of many recommendations, and is 

 now in a fair way to be carried out with regularity. Mr. Burpee has 

 contributed an exhaustive bibliography of the English literature of 

 Canada during the year 1901. In such a task it is hard to draw a pre- 

 cise line, and, while the intention was to omit publications in the sciences, 

 it is impossible to avoid overlapping in the case of popular books and 

 articles in which literature and science are inextricably interwoven. 



