XXXII THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



With the establishment of the proposed wireless station, it would 

 be possible for an observer provided with a portable receiving wireless 

 apparatus to travel through the country and determine the precise 

 geographical position in latitude and longitude of any point whatever 

 at which he might place himself. 



The survey of lands for purposes of settlement is carried on under 

 the direction of the Surveyor General according to a rectangular system 

 of townships and ranges, each township or section corner of which has 

 a definite latitude and longitude. Hence the astronomical observations 

 above referred to could be used to establish these corners, from which 

 townships could be laid out according to the Dominion Lands system, 

 wherever surveys were required, without the expense in money and time 

 of carrying the governing meridian and base lines of the system by tran- 

 sit and chain over intervening and not immediately productive country. 



Further, in view of the completion in the near future of the Hudson 

 Bay Railway and the consequent inauguration of traffic through the 

 Bay and Straits to Europe, it is recommended that the system of wire- 

 less stations be extended so as to include at least two on the shores of 

 Hudson Straits, one at their eastern and the other at their western 

 entrance. At these stations a systematic study of the ice conditions 

 and the general navigability of the straits, including investigation of 

 the weather conditions, the tides and the currents could be made. 

 The stations, moreover, would be a direct aid to navigation. 



From a general point of view the association of wireless telegraphy 

 with the research stations would add to their efficiency through inter- 

 change of views between the observers, and through communication 

 with the Departments which have to do with the work, so that their 

 efforts could be directed to the best purpose. Moreover, the rapid com- 

 munication of results to headquarters, impossible under the present 

 conditions when an exploring party may be separated from the nearest 

 post office or telegraph station by hundred of miles of distances and 

 months of time would be of great advantage to the Government and the 

 public. 



Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Society. 



(Sgd). W. D. LeSueur, President. 



VII. — Friendly relations with the Royal Society of Literature 

 OF THE United Kingdom. 



The correspondence between our Society and the Royal Society 

 of Literature of the United Kingdom has culminated in the letter from 

 their secretary of date Februray 5th, 1913, a copy of which is herewith. 



