PROCEEDINGS FOR 1917 XIII 



The regulations which the Society adopted under authority 

 of the statute designate the Governor General as Honorary Patron 

 of the Society, and we venture to hope that Your Excellency will 

 permit us to add your name to the hitherto unbroken line of 

 Governors-General who have filled that office. Your Excellency's 

 well-known interest in scientific and literary matters encourages 

 us to believe that the efforts of our Society to fulfil the useful 

 mission assigned to it will be regarded by Your Excellency with 

 a friendly eye. 



With renewed assurances of our devotion to the Throne and 

 Empire and an earnest wish that the sojourn of Your Excellency 

 in Canada may be in every way a pleasant one and be attended 

 with the best results, we remain. Sir, with profound respect. 

 Your Excellency's most dutiful and most obedient servants. 



Signed on behalf of the Council and Fellows of the Society. 



Duncan C. Scott, A. B. Macallum, 



Honorary Secretary. President. 



His Excellency made a felicitous reply to the address and 

 stated in very cordial words that he felt honoured to become the 

 Honorary Patron of the Society. 



V, — Enquiry into the Damage done by Insects to Grain 



IN Store. 



On the 6th July, 1916, the President of The Royal Society of 



Canada received the following communication from the Secretary of 



The Royal Society of London: — 



Burlington House, 

 London, W. 



6th July, 1916. 

 Sir, 



At the request of the Board of Agriculture the Council of The Royal 

 Society has appointed a Committee to inquire into the damage done by insects 

 to grain in store. 



In view of the fact that such an enquiry would be likely to prove more 

 fruitful if the insect pests were simultaneously investigated in the countries 

 growing and shipping the grain, the Council has decided to invite the co-opera- 

 tion ot the Scientific Societies of the Dominion of Canada and the Common- 

 wealth of Australia, and to ask for the assistance of the India Offire. 



I therefore write to know whether The Royal Society of Canada would be 

 willing to take up this investigation for the Dominion, cither by appointing a 

 Committee similar to our own, with similar terms of reference, or in any other 

 way which seems best to your Society. 



I enclose a list of those serving on our Committee and a copy of the 

 terms of reference. 



I am, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



W. B. Hardy, 



Secretary R. S. 

 The President, 



The Royal Society of Canada. 



