XII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
The acceptance of a position in London, England, almost immediately 
afterwards rendered his resignation necessary, and this was conveyed 
to the Honorary Secretary in the following letter: — 
Royal College of Science 
South Kensington 
London, $. W. 
November, 24, 1909. 
Dear Sir, 
I beg to acknowledge, with many thanks, the receipt of a volume of the Proceed- 
ings of the Royal Society of Canada, and also the diploma of fellowship certifying my 
membership of the Society. 
It is a source of the deepest regret to me that my election to fellowship in a so- 
ciety including so many of the learned men of Canada should have coincided with my 
acceptance of a post in London. I should have greatly enjoyed participating in the 
annual meetings in Ottawa, from which I am now precluded by a distance of 3,000 
miles. As residence in Canada is one of the necessary conditions of membership, it is 
my painful duty to resign my membership. Please convey to the President and 
Fellows my deep sense of the honour which has been done me. 
And believe me, 
Yours sincerely, 
E. W. MacBripe. 
4.—MEMBERS WHO HAVE LEFT THE COUNTRY. 
While only one letter of resignation has been received, the following 
members, whose names are still on our roll, are stated to have left 
Canada permanently :— 
Section I.—The Rev. Paul V. Charland, now resident at Fall River, 
Massachusetts, U.S.A., and M. Paul De Cazes, now resident at Paris, 
France. 
Section III.—Prof. H. T. Bovey and Prof. John Cox, both now 
resident in England, and Prof. R. B. Owens, now resident in the United 
States. 
The usual course would be to place these gentlemen, as well as 
Prof. MacBride, on the retired list. 
5.—ELECTION OF NEw MEMBERS. 
On the 1st of March last the usual papers were sent out for the 
election of new members, with the following result: 
In Section I, there was no election, no candidate receiving a ma- 
jority of the votes of the Section. 
In Section II, one candidate, Dr. Andrew MacPhail, received a 
majority of the votes of the Section and was therefore elected, subject 
to confirmation by the Society. 
