CLIV THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



Four Reports, each containing about 100 pages of matter and well 

 illustrated, have been issued, and a fifth is now in the hands of the 

 piintcr. 



Although the membership of the Society is not large, yet the work 

 done by the members has been considerable, and the Reports have been 

 the means of spreading most valuable information relating to the 

 chief insect and fungous pests of farm and orchard crops. 



As the Society is the only one of its kind in the Province it includes 

 both French and English members. The" winter meeting is held at 

 Macdonald College, the summer (field) meeting is held at some outside 

 place selected by the Council. 



In addition to the publication of a Report the Society is engaged 

 in the preparation of a list of the Insects of the Province of Quebec." 

 Already a "Preliminary List of the Lepidoptera," prepared by Mr. 

 A. F. Winn, has been published, which appeared last year as an Appen- 

 dix to the Fourth Report. It is the hope that Lists of other Orders 

 will be published in the near future. 



The officers are: — 



President — Prof. Lochhead. 



Vice-President — Auguste Dupuis. 



Sec. Treas. — J. M, Swaine. 



Directors — Rev. Dr. Fyles, Rev. Father Leopold, Rev. Brother 

 Victorin, Rev. Abbe Huard, A. F. Winn, Prof. L. S. Klinck, G. Cahgnon. 



Following is the list of papers presented at the last meeting held 

 March 27th:— 



"The Control of Injurious Insects by Means of their Parasites," 

 by Prof. Lochhead (President's Address) ; 



"The Work of the Division of Entomology, Ottawa," by Dr. 

 Hewitt; 



"An Old Enemy of the Potato," by J. C. Chapais; 



"Winter Injuries in the Orchard," by F. M. Clement; 



"The Spraying of Orchards," by Rev. Father Leopold; 



"Some Common Farm Weeds," by P. I. Bryce; 



"Downy Mildews," by J. S. Dash; 



"The Saw-Flies of Quebec," by Rev. Dr. Fyles; 



"Slime-Moulds," by J. W. Eastham; 



"Fungi Injurious to Forest Trees," by W. P. Fraser; 



XL — 77ic Report to the Royal Society of Canada from the Literary and 

 First Historical Society of Quebec. 



By J. M. Harper, M.A., Ph.D., F.E.I.S., Delegate. 



I believe I had the honour of presenting the very first report to the 

 Royal Society of Canada from the oldest society of the kind in the 



