PROCEEDINGS FOR 1912 XXV 
Moved by Dr. LeSueur, seconded by Dr. Shutt, that, the words “one 
quarter of the members shall be present” be changed to “one third of 
the members shall be present. ’’—Carried. 
Moved by Dr. MacCallum, seconded by Dr. McLennan, that the 
words “majority of the whole section and majority of the votes of a 
section” wherever they occur be changed to “majority of the votes 
cast by a section ”.—Carried. 
Session III. (Wednesday afternoon, 15th May.) 
The reports of the following Associated Societies were then read. 
Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa, by Mrs. J. B. 
Strapson, delegate. 
Ontario Historical Society, by David Williams, President and 
delegate. 
The Huron Institute, by David Williams, delegate. 
The Natural History Society of Montreal, by Dr. A. E. Barlow, 
FR:S0. 
The Entomological Society of Ontario, by Rev. T. W. Fyles, 
delegate. 
The Natural History Society of New Brunswick, by W. J. Wilson, 
delegate. 
The New Brunswick Historical Society, by Rev. W. Q. Raymond, 
delegate. 
The Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute, by Dr. J. H. Coyne, 
delegate. 
The Women’s Auxiliary of the Elgin Historical and Scientific 
Institute, by Dr. J. H. Coyne, delegate. 
The Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal, by R. W. 
McLachlan, F.R.S.C. 
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, by Carl Engler, B.A., 
D.L.S., delegate. 
The Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club, by Dr. E. H. Blackader, 
delegate. 
It was moved by Mr. Léon Gérin, seconded by Dr. J. H. Coyne: 
Whereas the data obtained through the taking of the Dominion 
Census for 1911 are now being worked out, and will shortly be issued 
‘in tabular and book form; whereas such data, apart from the interest 
they have for the statesman and for the citizen generally, are of great 
import to the scientific worker, and more especially to the student of 
economic and social questions; whereas the serviceableness of such data 
is largely dependent on the form in which they are made available 
