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1889; Royal Society, London, 1897; Geological Society, London; 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Astron- 

 omical Society, Canadian and American Forestry Associations, and 

 the Canadian Mining Institute. He was also one of the Royal 

 Commissioners appointed in 1888 to enquire into the Mineral Resources 

 of the province of Ontario, a delegate representing the Canadian 

 Government ahd the Royal Society of Canada at the International 

 Geological Congress at Vienna in 1903, president of the International 

 Congress of Americanists in 1906, president of Section IV of the 

 Royal Society in 1893 and of the Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club 

 1900 to 1902. 



The bibliography of Dr. Bell's writings includes over 200 reports 

 and pamphlets, most of which are contained in the volumes of the 

 Geological Survey, while some appear in other scientific publications. 

 These deal mainly with the results of his explorations and cover 

 geolog>^ geography, forestry, biology and folk-lore. His first report 

 addressed to Sir W. E. Logan was published in 1857 in the Report 

 of Progress of the Geological Survey for that year and dealt with the 

 Fauna of the Lower St. Lawrence, the Saguenay and Lake St. John. 

 His last report was published 50 years later in the Summary Report 

 of the Geological Survey for 1906 and referred to the important 

 mining district of Cobalt, Ontario. 



In 1877 Dr. Bell was appointed Assistant Director of the Geologi- 

 cal and Natural History Survey of Canada and when a separate 

 department was created out of the Geological Survey in 1890 under 

 the Minister of the Interior, he retained the title of Assistant Director, 

 but to this was added the title of Chief Geologist. In January, 1901, 

 Dr. Bell took over the administration of the department and directed 

 the operations of the staff until April, 1906. He was superannuated 

 in December, 1908, after almost 52 years of devotion to the interests 

 of his country. His long service rewarded in 1903 by companion- 

 ship in the Imperial Service Order, a distinction instituted by King 

 Edward VII to more fully recognize the faithful and meritorious ser- 

 vices rendered by the Civil Services of the Empire. 



Dr. Bell's later years were spent partly at his home in Ottawa 

 and partly on his farm in Manitoba, where he died in June, 1917. 



In his religious views he was very broad-minded, and though a 

 Presbyterian by birth and persuasion he took a keen interest in the 

 missionary activities among the northern Indians of other denomina- 

 tions, and the Church of England missions on Hudson Bay are in- 

 debted to him for material assistance in carrying on their work. 



The numerous honours conferred on Dr. Bell during his lifetime 

 are an index of his ability as a scholar, while his long list of accomplish- 



