XXII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



" Eesolved, that the council l)e instructed to represent to the Dom- 

 inion Government the importance of action in the direction of a more 

 complete co-ordination of the various surveys conducted by its depart- 

 ments and the adoption of such methods as will secure permanent 

 records both in the field and in the office of all such work. In the 

 opinion of this meeting, the complete working of a scheme will involve 

 very careful study not only of the valuable work now being done, but 

 also of the methods which have been adopted by the government of other 

 countries, and should lead to the establishment of a general topograph- 

 ical and geodetic survey scheme for the whole Dominion." 



The Engineers' Society has called the attention of the Government 

 to the resolution quoted above, in an appropriate memorandum pre- 

 sented by deputation to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier, and it is hoped 

 that through this co-operation, some progress will shortly be made 

 toward placing the surveys of Canada on a rational basis. 



C. H. McLeod, 

 Chairman of Geodetic Surveys Committee. 



Ik — Biological Stations. 



The station on the Georgian Bay is now under the management 

 of the Department of IMarine and Fisheries, and Professor Prince has 

 made it the subject of a special report. Tie has also contributed a 

 detailed report on the work of the Marine Biological Station which, 

 during the past year was located at Gaspe. These reports will be 

 printed as Appendix C to the Eeport of Council. 



15. — Tidal Survey. 



Dr. W. Bell Dawson has favoured the Society with his usual annual 

 report on the Survey of the Tides and Currents on the coasts of the 

 Dominion. It will be printed at the end of the Eeport of Council 

 (Appendix D). 



IG. — Invitation to Aberdeen. 



The University of Aberdeen having been unable, for various rea- 

 sons, to celebrate in 1894 the four hundredth anniversary of the 

 foundation of King's College, intends, with the aid of the citizens of 

 Aberdeen, to commemorate on September 15th, 1906, not only the found- 

 ation of King's but also of Marischal College, and at the same time 

 to inaugurate some recently erected academic buildings. The occasion 

 has appealed strongly to the people of Aberdeen. Great preparations 

 have been made for it, and His Majesty the King is expected to be 

 present. An invitation in Latin and printed in the black letter text 

 of the fifteenth century has been received by the Society requesting 

 that a representative be sent to assist at the ceremonies. It is signed 



