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ment with a view to securing accommodation in the Victoria Building^ 

 now being erected. 



Mr. Suite, with Sir James Grant and Mr. Lambe called upon 

 the Honourable the Minister of Public Works and were accorded a 

 most satisfactory hearing. The following letter was subsequently 

 received : 



O'ffice of the Minister of Public Worhs of Canada. 



Ottawa, April 19th, 1906. 

 Sir: — 



I am in receipt of your letter of the 3rd inst., which was left 

 with the Deputy Minister of Public Works. I shall be very pleased, 

 indeed, to give most favourable consideration to the request of the 

 Eoyal Society, when additional space is secured by the erection of new 

 departmental buildings. 



Yours truly, 



C. S. Hyman. 

 Benjamin Suite, Esq., 



Ottawa, Ont. 



8. — The PnorosED Visit of our Pounder. 



The Fellows will remember how unanimous was the wish of all 

 who attended the last meeting that the founder of the Society, the 

 Duke of Argyll, would favour this anniversary meeting by his presence. 

 The council was not unmindful of this desire. The steps taken and 

 the result are summarized in the following letters : 



Ottawa, March 3rd, 1906. 

 To His Grace the DuTce of Argyll. 



K.T., .G.C.M.G., etc., etc., 

 My Lord Duke: 



The Eoyal Society of Canada founded by Your Grace during 

 youj term of office as Governor-General of the Dominion will, at the 

 next meeting, on May 21st, celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of 

 its foundation, and, at the last meeting there was a universal desire 

 that you would, if possible, favour the Society with your presence. 

 The council advised Sir Sandford Fleming (who was then in England) 

 of the wishes and hopes of the Fellows of the Society, and ^ir Sand- 

 ford communicated their wishes to you. The date you considered to 

 be too distant to call for an immediate answer. 



Many of the original members who had the honour of seeing Your 

 Grace in the early years of' the Societ}^ have passed away and their 

 places are filled by others who are endeavouring to carry out the work 



