XCVI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



Prof. C. C. James, of Toronto; Dr. T. J. W. Burgess, amd Prof. 

 F. D. Adams, of Montreal ; Dr. G. U. Hay, of St. John, N.B. ; and 

 Dr. A. H. MacKaj, of Halifax, N.S. 



The Kev. C. J. S. Bethune, of Giielph, Ont. ; and the Eev. G. W. 

 Taylor, of Wellington, B.C. 



Though' the membership is high qualitatively it is not sufficiently 

 large quantitatively to satisfy the present council. It is hoped that 

 during the present year at least 100 new names will be added to mem- 

 bership, which now numbers 310, exclusive of about 100 additional 

 names on the mailing list of 21ie Ottawa Naturalist. 



The Council. 



The council, which consists of fourteen members, is the executive 

 committee of the club. From the council are formed three standing 

 committees: the Publishing Committee, the Soirees Committee, and 

 the Excursions Committee. A short account of the woik done by each 

 of these committees, will give an idea of the work done by the club 

 as a whole. 



The Puhlishing Committee. 



The present chairaian of the Publishing Committee is Mr. Arthur 

 Gibson, who is also the treasurer of the club. The most important 

 work coming under the jurisdiction of this committee is the publication 

 of The Ottawa Naturalist, the official organ of the club. 



The 21st volume of The Ottawa Naturalist has been completed; 

 the organ of the club has attained its majority. Besides the reports 

 of the soirees, of the excursions, and the meetings of the various branches 

 of the club, many valuable original contributions appear in The Ottawa 

 Naturalist. Among the papers that are to be found in Vol. XXI, tlie 

 following were named in the annual report of the council as being of 

 special importance. 



On Geology. 



1. — " On a Tooth of Ovibus from Pleistocene Gravels near Midway, 



B.C.," by Lawrence M. Lambe, F.G.S.. 

 2. — " Description of a Canadian Species of Peltoceras," by Dr. J. F. 



Whiteaves. 

 3. — " Notes on the Geology and Mineral Resources of Trinidad and 



the Barbados," by Dr. R. W. Ells. 

 4. — " On an Occurrence of Hybocystis in Ontario," by W. A. Parks, 

 Ph.D. 



