XIV EOYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



at "Winnipeg in the heart of newest Canada. The proposition is set 

 fortli on page xxii. of the Proceedings of 1905-6, as follows : 



At the meeting of the Ko3'al Society of Canada, held on May 25th, 

 1905, it was 



Moved by Eeverend Dr. Bryce, seconded by Dr. G. U. Hay, and 

 carried : — 



" That the Eoyal Society of Canada, with a view to the spread of 

 scientific knowledge, and also for the purpose of aiding in the develop- 

 ment of newer Canada, suggests to the City of Winnipeg to invite the 

 British Association for the Advancement of Science to hold its next 

 meeting in 1907 in the City of Winnipeg; and also to invite a num- 

 ber of leading scientists of the continent of Europe and the United 

 States ; and appoints the following committee to wait upon the Dominion 

 Government, the governments of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, 

 British Columbia, along with the City of Winnipeg and the other citieâ 

 of the provinces named, with the object of obtaining grants and other 

 assistance to assure the visit of the said association and enable it to 

 carry out its important work." 



Committee. — The President of the society, the retiring President, 

 Sir Sandford Fleming, Dr. Keefer, Sir James Grant, Lt.-Col. Denison, 

 Archbishop O'Brien, W. D. Lighthall, Eev. Dr. Burwa.sh, Professor 

 Bovey, Dr. Saunders, the mover and seconder, with power to add to 

 their number. 



The committee met the same day and appointed the Eev. Dr. 

 Br}^ce as Chairman. 



Subsequently Professor A. B. Macallum was added to the committee. 



The Eev. Dr. Bryce with the committee forthwith waited on the 

 Premier, who kindly promised that the subvention originally intended 

 for the International Congress would be transferred to the proposed 

 visit of the British Association. 



Dr. Bryce then obtained a certified copy of this resolution and 

 with it he appeared before the Corporation of Winnipeg, with the result 

 that the City Council unanimously resolved that: 



Resolution of tJie C'dij of Winnipeg. 



'•'Whereas at the meeting of the Eoyal Society of Canada held on 

 May 25th, 1905, the following motion was itnanimously adopted: 



(Here followed as a preamble a recital of the alcove resolution of 

 the Eoyal Society; after which the Council proceeded.) 



