EOYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



PEOOEEDII^GS FOR 1909 



TWENTY-EIGHTH GENERAL MEETING 



SESSION" 1. (Tuesday, 25th May). 



The Eoyal Society of Canada held its twenty-eighth annual meeting 

 in the Normal School Building, Elgin Street, Ottawa. 



The President, Dr. J. E. Roy, took the chair at 10 a.m. and called 

 the meeting to order. The roll was then called by the Secretary. 



Present : 



The President, Dr. J. Edmond Roy. 



Vice-President, Eev. Dr. George Bryce. 



Honorary Secretary, Dr. W. D. LeSueur. 



Honorary Treasurer, Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe. 



The following members were also present at the roll call or arrived 

 later during the session: — 



Section I. — Mr. Errol Bouchette, Hon. L. 0. David, Mr. Léon 

 Gérin, Abbé Gosselin, Mr. Adjutor Rivard, Abbé Camille Roy, Dr. J, E. 

 Roy, Mr. Benjamin Suite. 



Letters of excuse were received from Mgr. Begin, and from the 

 Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Montreal on behalf of Mgr. Bruchési. 



Section II. — Rev. Dr. George Bryce, Dr. W. Wilfred Campbell, Mr. 

 J. H. Coyne, Dr. W. D. LeSueur, Mr. W. D. Lighthall, Mr. Justice 

 I.ongley, Dr. Henry J. Morgan, Mr. D. Campbell Scott, Lt.-Col. William 

 Wood, Mr. George M. Wrong. 



Letters of excuse were received from the Rev. Dr. Clark, Lt.-Col. E. 

 Cruikshank and Lt.-Col. G. T. Denison. 



Section III.— Dr. H. T. Barnes, Prof. John Cox, Dr. W. Bell 

 Dawson, Dr. E. Deville, Sir Sandford Fleming, Dr. G. P. Girdwood, Dr. 

 J. C. Glashan, Prof. James Harkness, Dr. G. C. Hoffmann, Dr. A. John- 

 son, Dr. J. C. McLennan, Dr. R. F. Ruttan, Mr. F. T. Shutt. 



Letters of excuse were received from Mgr. J. C. K. Laflamme and 

 Dr. James Loudon. 



Section IV. — Dr. Frank D. Adams, Dr. L. W. Bailey, Dr. Robert 

 Bell, Dr. J. T. W. Burgess, Dr. R. W. Ells, Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe, 

 Dr. A. B. Macallum (President), Dr. G. F. Matthew, Dr. D. P. Pen- 

 hallow, Prof. E. E. Prince, Dr. W. Saunders, C.M.G., Rev. G. W. Taylor, 

 Prof. R. Ramsay Wright. 



Proc. 1909. 1. 



