THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
PROCEEDINGS FOR 1911 
THIRTIETH GENERAL MEETING 
SESSION I.—(Tuesday, 16th May). 
The Royal Society of Canada held its thirtieth annual meeting in 
the rooms of the Carnegie Library; the Presidential Address and the 
Public Lecture were held, as usual, in the hall of the Normal School. 
The President, Professor R. Ramsay Wright, took the chair 
at 10 a.m. and, having called the meeting to order, requested the 
Honorary Secretary to call the roll. 
The following members answered to their names or arrived later 
during the session :— 
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. 
The President, Professor R. Ramsay Wright. 
Vice-President, Dr. W. F. King 
Honorary Secretary, Dr. W. D. LeSueur. 
Honorary Treasurer, Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe. 
Section I.—M. M. Bouchette, Errol; DeCelles, A.D.; David, 
Hon. L. O.; Gérin, Léon; Roy, J. Edmond; Roy, Pierre-Georges; Rivard, 
Adjutor; Routhier, Hon. Juge A. B.; Sulte, Benjamin. 
Letters of excuse for absence were received from His Grace Arch- 
bishop Bégin; His Grace Archbishop Bruchesi; Monsignor Paquet; 
and MM. Poirier, Hon. Pascal; Myrand, Ernest; Gagnon, Ernest; 
Lozeau, Albert; Gosselin, l’ Abbé Amédée; Roy, l’ Abbé Camille; Gosselin, 
l'Abbé Auguste; Mignault, Pierre Basile. 
Section II.—Messrs. Coyne, J. H.; Jones, Rev. A. E.; LeSueur, 
W. D.: Morgan, H. J.; Lighthall, W. D.; Raymond, Rev. W. D.; Scott, 
Rev. F. G.; Scott, Duncan, C.; Shortt, Adam; Thomson, E. W. 
Letters of excuse for absence were received from Messrs. Bryce, 
Rev. Geo.; Burwash, Rev. N.; Cruickshanks, E. A.; Dawson, 8. E.; 
Denison, G. T.; Gordon, Rev. Charles; Macphail, A.; Wood, Wm.; Wrong, 
George, M.; Burpee, L. J.; Grant, W. L.; Walker, Sir Edmund. 
SECTION III.—Messrs. Baker, A.; Dawson, W. B.; Dupuis, N. F.; 
Fields, J.C.; Goodwin, W. L.; Girdwood, G.; Hoffman, G.C.; Johnson, A.; 
