PROCEEDINGS FOR 1917 XLIX 



9. — Kipling and His Significance. By Maurice Hutton, M .A., 

 LL.D.,F.R.S.C. 



10. — The Contest for the Command of Lake Ontario in 1814. 

 By Brig. -General E. A. Cruikshank, F.R.S.C. 



11. — The Pioneers of Jasper Park. By D. B. Dowling, B.Sc. 

 F.R.S.C. 



12— The Loyalists of Pennsylvania. By W. H. Siebert, A.B., A.M . 



13 — ^Jchn Masefield. By Professor Barker Fairley. B.A. Pre- 

 sented by Pelham Edgar, Ph.D., F.R.S.C. 



14 — Loyalists in Arms. By Archdeacon W. O. Raymond, LL.D., 

 F.R.S.C. 



15 — A. T. Gait's 1858 Draft of the Confederation Constitution. 

 By Dr. O. D. Skelton, F.R.S.C. 



Report of Section III 



Four sessions of the Section have been held, at which thirty- 

 eight papers were presented. 



By reason of the varied and interesting character of the papers, 

 many of which constituted distinct and valuable contributions to 

 science, the large attendance of Fellows and others, and the inter- 

 esting discussions following the presentation of the papers, the 1917 

 sessions must be considered as numbering among the most successful 

 in the history of the section. 



The Fellows attending were Messrs. Allen, Baker, Barnes, Bron- 

 son, Clark, Dawson, Ellis, Fields, Glashan, King, Klotz, Mac- 

 kenzie, McGill, Mcintosh, McLeod, Plaskett, Ruttan, Satterly, Shutt, 

 Stupart, Sullivan, Stansfield, Tory. 



The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows : — 



President — Dr. A. Stanley Mackenzie. 



Vice-President — Dr. A. S. Eve. 



Secretary — Dr. Frank T. Shutt. 



Two new members of the Section elected during the year, Dr. 

 J. Satterly and Dr. Sullivan, were present and were received by the 

 Section. 



It was decided that vacancies occurring in the Section during the 

 year should be filled in the regular way. 



The following Fellows were appointed the Printing Committee 

 for 1917-18: Dr. Barnes, Dr. Harkness and Dr. Ruttan. 



The Committee appointed with regard to the establishment of 

 a Canadian Computing Bureau reported progress and was requested 

 to continue its work, with Dr. Louis Vessot King as conv'ener. 



With regard to the suggestion made to the Section that mineral- 

 ogy be added to the group of subjects now within its purview, there 



