APPENDIX E CIII 
X.—Report of the Meetings at Ottawa of the Royal Astronomical 
Society of Canada. 
Presented by Cary ENGLER, Esq., B.A., Delegate. 
Meetings of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada have been 
held in Ottawa fortnightly throughout the year. Fifteen meetings 
have already been held, with one meeting still to take place to complete 
the spring term. The Society has had a very successful year, and the 
prospects for the future are bright. The attendance at the meetings 
is increasing, and the Society is slowly but steadily and surely becoming 
known and of interest to the thoughtful outsider. This is noticed by 
the increased interest in the popular lectures. 
The papers presented may be classified roughly as technical and 
popular. The papers of the first class are given in the afternoon at 
the Dominion Observatory; the popular lectures are usually given at 
the Y.M.C.A. Hall; but a few have also been given at the Observatory. 
A new feature, viz., an “At Home,” was held at the Observatory in 
March, the object being to give the members and friends of the Society 
an opportunity to see the instruments and equipment of the building 
and also to see demonstrations of the work carried on. The result was 
highly successful and the “At Home” promises to become an annual 
affair. 
The following is a programme of the papers given: 
FALL Term, 1910. 
Oct. 13, 3 p.m. —“Terrestrial Magnetism” (with practical illustra- 
tions), Dr. Otto Klotz, F.R.A:S. 
Oct. 27, 8 p.m.—“The Universe of Stars,” (illustrated), by Professor 
C. A. Chant, Toronto University. 
Nov. 3, 3p.m.—Trregularities in the Velocity Curves of some Stars 
with Suggested Explanations,” by W. E. Harper, 
M.A. 
Nov. 24, 8p.m.—“The Planet Venus,’ by Joseph Pope, C.M.G., 
F.R.A.S.C. 
Dec. 5, 3p.m.—Systematic Errors in Estimating Relative Position 
of Wires,” by R. M. Stewart, M.A. 
Dec. 15, 8 p.m.—Annual Meeting. 
Spring TERM, 1911. 
Jan. 12, 3 p.m.—"“ Notes from two recent Astronomical Gatherings,”’ 
by J.S. Plaskett, B.A. 
Jan. 24, 8 p.m.— Life in Other Worlds,” by Professor R. G. Aitken, 
Lick Observatory. 
