APPENDIX E XCIX 
During the past spring and autumn 13 excursions were arranged 
for. Of these several had to be cancelled owing to unfavorable weather. 
They were arranged for every Saturday inclusive from the 16th April, 
to the 18th of June, and then three more in the Fall. The most eagerly 
attended of these was on June 4th to Macdonald College at Ste. Anne de 
Bellevue. 
This year a change has been made, and the excursions are held 
every fortnight, and it is aimed to confine our energies, on one occasion 
to a good field for geology, and on another to a good place for botany, 
and so forth; and so avoid putting too great a tax on the leaders in 
the various branches of the Club. Two excursions have already been 
held with this object; one to Mechanicsville for geologists under the 
leadership of Dr. Raymond and Mr. Wilson, and one to Beaver Meadow 
for botanists under the leadership of Mr. A. Gibson and the Secretary. 
Both were successful, and reports of them will appear in the Ottawa 
Field Naturalist. The other excursions arranged for this Spring are: 
27th May, General excursion to Kirksferry. 
10th June, to the Experimental Farm. 
17th June, to Mer Bleue via Carlsbad Springs. 
The Fall excursions will be arranged for later on. 
During the past winter a series of eight public lectures were arranged 
for, and were all well attended. Two of them were held in the Carnegie 
Library including the President’s annual address; the others were held 
in the Assembly Hall of the Normal School. Most of them were il- 
lustrated either by charts and drawings, or by the excellent lantern 
belonging to that institution, and at the last lecture the song of the 
nightingale was reproduced by means of a gramophone. 
These lectures were as follows:— 
Dec. 6th, 1910.—‘‘Some recent developments in Canadian Fisheries, ” 
by Prof. E. E. Prince, Dominion Commissioner of 
Fisheries. 
Jan. 10th, 1911.—‘‘Conservation, or the Protection of Nature,” by 
Dr. E. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Entomologist. 
Jan. 24th, 1911.—“ Local Geology, the rocks and their fossils,” by Dr. 
Percy E. Raymond of the Geological survey. 
Feb. 7th, 1911.—“ Insects injurious to orchard, shade, and ornamental 
Trees.” by Mr. J. M. Swaine of Macdonald College, 
Que. 
Feb. 21st, 1911.—“ Edible, poisonous, and other Fungi,” by Mr. H. 
T. Güssow, Dominion Botanist. 
