PROCEEDINGS FOR 1911 XVTT 
THE GARDEN PARTY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. 
The Fellows of the Society and the Delegates accepted the gracious 
invitation of their Excellencies the Governor General and Countess 
Grey to attend a Garden Party at Rideau Hall, from 3.30 to 6 p.m. 
The day was ideal, the gardens and lawns were in the height of their 
beauty, a numerous company had assembled and everything conspired 
to make the occasion memorable amongst the many upon which the 
Society has been honoured by Vice-Regal hospitality. 
THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. 
In the evening at 8.15, the Presidential Address was delivered in 
the hall of the Normal School, by Dr. R. Ramsay Wright, on “The 
Progress of Biology.” The chair was occupied by the Vice-President, 
Dr. W. F. King, C.M.G. The Governor-General, Earl Grey, and M. 
Jean J. Jusserand, Ambassador of France to the United States, were 
present. After the close of the lecture M.Jusserand, in a vivacious speech 
in both English and French, felicitated the President on his admirable 
address. The Ambassador touched upon several matters of inter- 
national importance, and made graceful and sincere references to the 
great destiny of this country and its people, so many of whom were 
of his own race. His Excellency the Governor-General moved a vote 
of thanks to the President and closed the meeting with a few remarks 
in a cordial vein, which added to the pleasure of a noteworthy occasion. 
SESSION II. (Wednesday 17th May). 
The President took the chair at 11.30 a.m. 
It was moved by Dr. King, seconed by Professor Adams, that the 
Reoprt of the Council be adopted.—Carried. 
The President then introduced the topic of the Universal Races 
Congress which is to assemble at London, Eng. 
After discussion it was moved by Mr. J. B. Tyrrell, seconded by 
Dr. Johnson, that the President be requested to appoint a representa- 
tive of the Society to attend the Universal Races Congress.—Carried. 
It was then moved by Dr. Alex. Johnson, and seconded by Dr. 
A. H. MacKay: That the Society has noted with pleasure the reference 
made in the Report of the Council to the project for the establishment 
of a world-encircling system of state-owned cables, touching only British 
territory, and desires to express its deep interest in the scheme and its 
ardent hope for its early and successful realization, as a means of pro- 
moting, to quote the terms of the report, “the advantage and unifica_ 
‘tion of the whole British Empire.’””—Carried unanimously. 
