EEPOETS OF ASSOCIATED SOCIETIES. 



1. — From The Natural History Society of Montreal, through Prof. T. 



Wesley Mills. 



The ;N alural History Society of Montreal has the honour of submit- 

 ting to the Royal Society the following report : The society's work 

 during the past session has been of a very satisfactory character. The 

 meetings have been better attended than usual and the papers read 

 have been of more general interest. 



The monthly meetings were as follows : — 

 1902. 

 Oct. 27. — " Some of the Mushrooms of Montreal, Edible and Poison- 

 ous." (Specimens exhibited.) By the Eev. Eobt. Camp- 

 bell, D.D. 

 Nov. 24. — " Studies in the Life History of the Sea Urchin." Illustra- 

 ted with lantern slides.) By Prof. E. W. MacBride, 

 M.A., Sc.D. 

 1903. 

 Jan. 20). — " Eeptilia of the Island of Montreal." (Illustrated with 

 lantern slides.) By J. C. Simpson, Esq. (of McGiil 

 Zoological Laboratory.) 

 Feb. 19. — " Trematode Parasites of Man and the Other Vertebrates." 

 (Illustrated with lantern slides.) By J. Stafford, M.A., 

 Ph.D., Lecturer in Zoology, McGill University, and 

 Curator of Canada's Marine Zoological Station. 

 Mar. 30.— "The Lichens of the Island of Montreal." Eev. G. Col- 



borne Heine, M.A. 

 Apr. 24. — " Native Arsenic discovered in Montreal." Prof. Nevil 

 Norton Evans, M.z\.Sc. 

 " Some Eare Nova Scotia Plants. Eev. Eobert Campbell, 

 M.A., D.D. 

 Seven new members elected. 



The donations to the museum were not as numerous as usual. But 

 the contributions to the library were more numerous than ever; so 



