XXX THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



hundred miles clearly and distinctly by a large audience through the 

 medium of wireless telephony. — Carried. 



It was moved by Dr. A. G. Huntsman, seconded by Dr. J. P. 

 McMurrich, that the Royal Society deprecates the proposal to decrease 

 the all too limited accommodation hitherto available for the Natural 

 History collections brought together by the various divisions of the 

 Geological Survey. It respectfully urges upon the Government of 

 Canada that in view of the great importance to our country of its 

 natural resources full and ample accommodation be provided for the 

 storage and display of the natural history material, collected and to be 

 collected, illustrative of those resources. It also urges upon the 

 Government that in view of the great importance of this work there 

 should be formed from the nucleus existing in many of the divisions 

 of the Geological Survey a definite museum organization or staff 

 with well-balanced departments which may be adequate for the 

 collection, study and preparation for display of the necessary collec- 

 tions in the various fields of natural history, such as mineralogy, 

 palaeontology, botany, zoology, ethnology, etc., in orderthat there may 

 develop in the Capital of Canada a representative National Museum 

 to fill for us the need met in Great Britain by the British Museum in 

 London and in the United States by the United States National 

 Museum in Washington. The Society would further urge that in the 

 formation of museum departments the great importance of our fishery 

 and other aquatic resources should be recognized by the creation of a 

 department of marine biology, a field not hitherto covered in the 

 divisions of the Geological Survey. Therefore, be it resolved that a 

 committee be formed to wait as a deputation upon the Government 

 and press for a consideration of this matter, the committee to be 

 appointed by the president elect who should be its chairman. — 

 Carried. 



It was moved by Prof. McMurrich, seconded by Prof. Walker, 

 that Section V requests serious consideration by the Society, more 

 especially by the Printing Committee, of the necessity for prompt 

 publication of papers. The section also requests that the custom of 

 granting 50 reprints to the authors of published papers be resumed 

 and that the Printing Committee be authorized to arrange, if possible, 

 for the prompt issuance of the reprints when this may be requested 

 by the authors. — Carried. 



It was moved by Prof. Thompson, seconded by Prof. F. E. 

 Lloyd, that whereas present methods of disposal and use of the screen- 

 ings cleaned from western grain at terminal elevators results in im- 

 mense losses not only to the grain grower but also to livestock men and 



