II | THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Kenrick, F. B.; King, W. F.; Klotz, O.; Lang, W. R.; Loudon, Jas.; 
Miller, L.; Plaskett, J. S.; Shutt, F. T.; Stupart, R. F. 
Letters of excuse for absence were received from Messrs. Allen, F.; 
Barnes, H. T.; Tory, H. M.; Herdt, L. A. 
Section IV.—Messrs. Adams, F.; Bailey, W. F.; Barlow, A. E.; 
Bell, R.; Brock, R. W.; Burgess, J. T.; Grant, Sir J.; Harrison, F.; 
Lambe, L. M.; Leathes, J. B.; Macallum, A. B.; Mackay, A. H.; Macoun,J.; 
Mackenzie, J. J.; McMurrich, J: P.; Matthew, G. F.; Miller, W. G.; 
Tyrrell, J. B.; White, J. 
Letters of excuse for absence were received from Messrs. Ami, H. M.; 
Bethune, Rev. C. J.; Mackay, A. H.; Poole, H. S.; Prince, E. E. 
It was moved by Dr. T. J. W. Burgess, seconded by Dr. G. F. 
Matthew, that the minutes of the annual meeting of last year, as con- 
tained in the printed proceedings of last year in the hands of members 
be confirmed.—Carried. 
The Annual Report of Council, printed copies of which had been 
delivered to the members, was then read by the Honorary Secretary, 
certain portions being omitted by consent. The Report was as follows: 
REPORT (OF COUNGCEE 
FOR THE YEAR 1910-11 
To the Members of The Royal Society of Canada 
The Council have the honour to present the following report on the 
work of the Society during the past year. 
The last Annual Meeting, as all are aware, was postponed from 
May to September, on account of the death of His late Majesty King 
Edward VII. The attendance showed a slight falling off, compared with 
what we are accustomed to at our May meetings, a not unusual result 
of a postponement. There was, however, no lack of interest in either 
the general or the sectional meetings, and the Minutes in your hands 
show that many valuable papers were read and that business was pro- 
ceeded with in a very satisfactory manner. 
Had it not been for the postponement of last year’s meeting the 
Society would have had the great pleasure of welcoming the Right Hon. 
Mr. Bryce, British Ambassador at Washington, who had most kindly 
consented to come and deliver the Annual Popular Lecture. The 
invitation to do so was renewed to Mr. Bryce this year, and the reply 
was that, if his official engagements permitted, he would be most happy 
to come to us. As the time approached, however, it became evident 
that conditions made this impossible. On the 30th of April, Mr. Bryce 
wrote to the Honorary Secretary as follows:— 
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