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be attempted on a commercial basis to demonstrate that it is possible 

 to prepare from this fuel an equivalent substitute for anthracite, 

 of which annually half a million tons have been imported from 

 Pennsylvania into Manitoba and Saskatchewan. It was recom- 

 mended that the Government undertake this demonstration, erecting 

 and operating a plant equipped to turn out 30,000 tons of briquettes a 

 year. This proposal has been accepted by the Government, and the 

 Governments of Manitoba and Saskatchewan are co-operating with 

 the Dominion in this matter. It is expected that within a year the 

 plant will be in operation and that the result will encourage further 

 efforts with the object of utilizing the vast deposits of lignites in the 

 west as domestic fuel. 



V. — Sir John Murray Memorial Lecture. 



On the 14th February, 1918, Mr. C. A. E„ Blanchet, Barrister, 

 Ottawa, advised the Honorary Secretary that he had received the 

 sum of $250.00 as a gift to The Royal Society from a Scottish scientific 

 man, a friend of the late Sir John Murray, one of our late Honorary 

 Presidents, who was accidentally killed in a motor accident in Scotland 

 in 1914. The gift is an anonymous one, and is to be devoted to the 

 following purpose, namely: — 



The delivery at a session of The Royal Society of Canada of a 

 "Sir John Murray Memorial Lecture" on Marine Scientific Research 

 or on Life in the Sea, with Special Reference to Fishery Researches, 

 the donor to nominate the lecturer. One of our Fellows, Professor 

 E. E. Prince, LL.D., was chosen to deliver such an address. 



At a meeting of Council held on February 15th, it was unanim- 

 ously decided to accept the generous offer on the conditions stipulated. 

 Professor Prince was at once communicated with, and, after con- 

 sideration, it was decided that the delivery of the lecture should be 

 postponed until next year, and that it should constitute the popular 

 lecture on that occasion. 



VI. — Report of Honorary Librarian. 



The Honorary Librarian begs to report that the binding of the 

 publications of the associated Royal Societies was completed on 

 August 1st, 1917. Four hundred volumes were contracted for and 

 finished in buckram. 



The following list of volumes of Transactions and Proceedings of 

 the Royal Societies shows the selection made by the special committee: 

 London, 95 volumes; Edinburgh, 46 volumes; Glasgow, 30 volumes; 



