XXXIV ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



The Committee on the nomination of otlcers was appointed as 

 follows : — 



Moved 'by Dr. Girdwood, seconded by Dr. Saunders, and carried: — 



That the following be a Committee for the nomination of officers 

 for tEe ensuing year: Sir James Grant, Sir Sandford Fleming, Hon. 

 Pascal Poirier, Dr. Burgess, Eev. Dr. Bryce, Archbishop O'Brien. 



It was moved by Prof. C. H. McLeod, seconded by Capt. Deville, 

 and carried: — 



Resolved — In accordance with the recommendation of the special 

 Committee appointed to report on the proposal to extend the triangula- 

 tion of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey into Canada, that 

 a Geodetic Commission should be appointed by the Government of 

 Canada to consider the whole question of a triangulation survey for 

 Canada, and that a deputation consisting of Sir James Grant, Sir 

 Sandford Fleming, President Loudon, Mr. Keefer, Dr. A. Johnson. 

 Prof. McLeod, with power to add to their number, be appointed to 

 wait upon the Government with a view of urging the suggestion of the 

 Committee. 



The President announced that the Premier, the Eight Honourable 

 Sir Wilfrid Laurier, had consented to receive, at one o'clock, the Com- 

 mittee of the Society upon the proposed visit to Canada of the Inter- 

 national Geological Congress. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. (May 20th.) 



The Society re-assembled at 2.30 p.m. 



The President reported verbally the result of the interview with 

 the Premier, which was generally to the effect that further informa- 

 tion was desirable before any definite reply could be given, and that he 

 ■would be glad if the Society would make more detailed representation. 



The President read the following telegrams and, the approval of 

 the Society having been given, he despatched them by cable : — 



To His Gracious Majesty, 

 The King. 



The members of the Royal Society of Canada, assembled at their 

 22nd Annual Session, desire to tender their warmest congratulations 

 on your restoration to health, and that your Most Gracious Majesty has 

 been crowned and anointed King, over a united and prosperous 

 Empire. 



J. A. Grant, 

 To the Secretary, President. 



His Majesty's Household. 



