TV THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
as my own, my most sincere thanks for the good wishes and the kind and generous 
sentiments to which it gives expression. 
The great regret which I naturally feel in severing my official connection with 
your Society which is so honourably striving to foster and promote the intellectual 
and artistic life of the Dominion and all movements which make for culture, is to some 
extent lessened by the knowledge that I am to be succeeded by His Royal Highness 
The Duke of Connaught, who will be both able and willing to render to the Royal 
Society of Canada, invaluable assistance. 
As Lord Lorne was the distinguished founder of the Royal Society of Canada, so I 
venture to predict His Royal Brother in Law will prove to be its best friend. 
I have the honour to remain, with my best wishes for the continued and ever 
increasing success of the Royal Society of Canada. 
Their faithful friend, 
GREY. 
The President of the Royal Society of Canada. 
Orrawa, DECEMBER 5, 1911. 
May it please Your Royal Highness:— 
The Royal Society of Canada desires to Hehe you to the country and to ex- 
press deep loyalty to the Throne and to Your Royal Highness, the Governor-General 
of the Dominion. 
This Society was established at a time which all Canadians remember with pride, 
when Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise was in our midst and her husband, the 
present Duke of Argyll, then Marquis of Lorne, represented Her late Majesty Queen 
Victoria as Governor-General. It was to the initiative of the Marquis of Lorne that 
the foundation of the Society in the year 1882 was due. In the following year it was 
incorporated by Act of Parliament. The objects of the Society are to encourage 
studies and investigations in literature and science, to offer prizes or other induce- 
ments for valuable papers on subjects relating to Canada, to assist in the collection of 
specimens with a view to the formation of a Canadian museum, and to publish an- 
nually or semi-annually records of the work performed and papers and memoirs of 
merit. 
Since its foundation the Society has maintained a flourishing existence and made 
use of the position of influence which it occupies to further the cause of literature and 
science and the higher life of the country. The annual publication of the Transac- 
tions of the Society has widely disseminated the results of the original research of its 
members, many of whom have been eminent in the scientific and literary world. 
The regulations which were established under authority of the Statute designate 
the Governor-General of Canada as Honorary Patron of the Society, and we are hope- 
ful that Your Royal Highness will permit us to continue unbroken the line of Gover- 
nors-General who have been Honorary Patrons. We anticipate increased vigour and 
increased usefulness from this honour, which cannot fail to augment the influence of 
the Society in the Dominion. 
Permit us in closing to renew our expressions of loyalty and to make the heart- 
felt wish that the sojourn of Your Royal Highnesses in the country may be a pleasant 
one. 
Signed on hehalf of the Council and Members of the Society. 
Duncan C. Scort, W. F. Kine, 
Honorary Secretary. President. 
His Royal Highness made the following reply :— 
I am very glad to receive a deputation of the Royal Society of Canada here to- 
day, and to learn from you of the work and success of our Society. 
I use the expression “our” Society for I most gladly conform to the Statute de- 
signating the Governor-General as Honorary Patron, and I can assure you that your 
labours will always be followed by me with great interest and sympathy. 
Your work is deserving of the greatest public support, for it is in the interest of 
the public that you labour, and you, together with similar societies throughout the 
world, help to teach the valuable lesson that happiness in life contains something more 
than the mere amassing of wealth. 
