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Section IV. — Adams, F. D.; Bailey, L. W.; Bensley, B. A. 

 Buller, A. H. R.; Camsell, Charles; Coleman, A. P.; Dowling, D. B. 

 Dresser, John A.; Faribault, E. R.; Grant, Sir James; Harrison, F. C. 

 Hewitt, C. Gordon; Huard, Victor A.; Huntsman, A. G.; Lambe 

 L. M.; Lewis, F. J.; Lloyd, F. E.; Macallum, A. B.; MacKay, A. H. 

 McKenzie, J. J.; McConnell, R. G.; Mcinnes, William; McMurrich, 

 J, P. ; Prince, E. E. ; Wesbrook, F. F. ; White, Jarnes. 



Letters of regret for absence were received from the following: — 



Cruikshank, E. A.; Chouinard, H. J. J. B.; Archibald, E. H.; 

 Mignault, P. B.; Miller, W. G.; Begin, Cardinal H. E.; Fraser, C. 

 McLean; Burgess, T. J. W.; Robertson, J. Ross; Bethune, C. J. S.; 

 Gosselin, A. E.; Tory, H. M.; Gosselin, A. H.; Harris, D. Fraser; Roy, 

 Camille ; Ami, H. M. ; Tyrrell, J. B. ; Scott, H. A. ; Bruchési, Archbishop 

 Paul; McPhedran, Alex, 



The following Fellows are reported as being on military service : — 

 Cruikshank, E. A.; Doughty, A. G.; Edgar, Pelham; Grant, W. L.; 

 Macphail, Sir Andrew; Scott, F. G.; Wood, William; Lang, W. R.; 

 Eve, A. S.; Kenrick, F. B.; McLennan, J. C; Tory, H. M.; Brock, 

 R.W. 



It was moved by Dr. F. T. Shutt, seconded by Dr. J. J. Mac- 

 Kenzie, that the minutes of the annual meeting of last year, as con- 

 tained in the printed proceedings of last year in the hands of the 

 Fellows, be confirmed. — Carried. 



The Annual Report of Council, printed copies of which had been 

 delivered to the Fellows, was then presented by the Honorary Sec- 

 retary. The Report was as follows : — 



REPORT OF COUNCIL 

 FOR THE YEAR 1917-1918. 



To the Fellows of The Royal Society of Canada: 



The Council have the honour to present the following report 

 on the work of the Society during the past year: 



The last Annual Meeting was held in Ottawa in the Chateau 

 Laurier on May 22, 23 and 24. The meeting was most successful, 

 and the accommodation which was given the Society by the manage- 

 ment of the Chateau was, as in former years, excellent. We have 

 been able to make like arrangements for this year's meeting. 



I. — Proceedings and Transactions of the Society. 



Owing to the diminution in the Society's income, it was found 

 necessary to practise economy, and the officers of the Society accord- 



