XIV ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



which we hope the Council of the lioyal Society of Canada will accept 

 for its Library as a small memento of the Centenary Celebration. 

 We are, dear sir, 



Your obedient servants, 



Arch. Geikie, 



President. 

 W. W. Watts, 

 Edmund J. Garwood^ 



Secretaries. 

 on behalf of the Geological Society of London. 

 To the President of the 



Eoyal Society of Canada. 



9. — Congress of Imperial and Colonial Meteorologists in 1908. 

 In continuation of the negotiations reported in the Report of 

 Council last year, correspondence has been continued with the object of 

 perfecting the arrangements for holding this important gathering of 

 meteorologists from all parts of the British Empire. Invitations were 

 sent to every British Colony and the leading officials of the various 

 governments engaged in meteorological work were consulted as to the 

 most suitable place and time for meeting and the subjects to be dis- 

 cussed. The originial invitation sent out to the govtemore of the respec- 

 tive colonies, was as follows : — 



Eoyal Society of Canada. 

 Proposed Meeting of Imperial and Colonial Meteorologists in 1908 

 My Lord (Sir) : 



We have the honour to bring to Your Excellency's notice a proposal 

 for a meeting of Imperial and Colonial Meteorologists for the purpose 

 of discussing the co-ordination of the meteorological work of the various 

 parts of the Empire. 



The importance of co-operation between different countries for the 

 solution of" the wider questions of meteorology has long been recognized 

 on the Continent of Europe, and meetings of directors of meteorological 

 institutes and observatories are held, from time to time, for the con- 

 sideration of questions concerning joint action and uniformity of 

 organization. 



The meetings are also found to be useful on account of the oppor- 

 tunity which they afford for the personal exchange of views and the 

 comparison of experience of methods employed under various conditions 

 of climate and of social surroundings. 



Such international meetings have not vet been held outside Europe, 

 and the number of Imperial and Colonial representatives who attend 



