PROCEEDINGS FOR 1903 XXV 



carried on since 1884 regarding the Northwestern Indians by a com- 

 mittee of which the late Dr. George Dawson was chairman. 



As the nature of this work is set forth at length in the above 

 indicated pages, the Council need not go over it again. The Commit- 

 tee has made the following report: — 



Report of Committee. 



In accordance with resolutions passed at the Toronto meeting of the 

 Royal Society in 1902, the Committee has taken measures to enlist the 

 co-operation of the various provincial governments who are asked to con- 

 tribute as follows : — 



Dominion $5,000 



Ontario 4,000 



Quebec 3,000 



New Brunswick 2,000 



Nova Scotia 2,000 



Manitoba 2,000 



British Columbia 2,000 



Prince Edward Island 1,000 



A memorial has been prepared and forwarded to representatives in the 

 various provinces for presentation to the Premiers. Financial stringency has 

 operated in two or three cases to delay favourable responses, but the Com- 

 mittee is prepared to vigorously urge their claims at the first favourable 

 opportunity. The Memorial is as follows : — 



Sir :— 



We have the honour to present for your consideration and that of your 

 colleagues, the members of the Cabinet, the following report and resolution 

 presented at and adopted by the Royal Society of Canada at its meeting held 

 at Toronto on the 27th of May, respecting the urgent need of some systematic 

 investigation of the Ethnology of this country, and on behalf of the Commit- 

 tee of the Royal Society of Canada, we would also venture to urge upon the 

 Dominion Government and upon the various provincial governments, the 

 enactment of such legislation as may be necessary to give force to the sug- 

 gestions herein set forth. 



At the meeting of the Royal Society of Canada, held at Toronto on the 

 27th of May, the Council made the following report : — 



(So far as this report may be found at page xiv. of the Proceed- 

 ings of last year it is not repeated here. The present memorial then 

 goes on to say : — ) 



In view of the piresentation thus made by Council, the Royal Society then 

 unanimously adopted the following resolution : — 



That " Hon. J. W, Longley, Sir James Grant, M.D., Dr. T. W. Burgess, 

 Prof. John Campbell, Dr. George Bryce, Mr. W. Wilfred Campbell, and Prof. 



