LXX ROYAI, SOCIETY OF CANADA 



mitted to the meeting by Dr. Macallum who thereupon moved, seconded 

 by Dr. Burgess, that Mr, W. 11. Harrington, who has withdrawn from 

 the Society, be considered as a retired member and authorized to retain 

 his title. — Carried. 



Moved by Dr. Bryce, seconded by Dr. A. Johnson, that a committee 

 consisting of the President, Sir Sandford Fleming, Prof. Macallum and 

 the mover be appointed to meet with any members of the Society who 

 may be disposed to form part of a delegation to Winnipeg to meet the 

 British Association in August next. — Carried. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



At 2.30 in the afternoon the sections resumed their work. 



From half-past four to seven o'clock a reception was given by the 

 President and Madame Eoy at their residence, 131 Somerset street, and 

 was numerously attended by the members and delegates and other invited 

 guests. 



At 8.15 p.m. the Society's annual popular lecture was delivered in 

 the Assembly Hall of the Normal School by Prof. Jolm Cox, M.A., sub- 

 ject : *'The Scientific "Work of Lord Kelvin.'' At the close of the lecture, 

 which was well attended and highly appreciated by the audience, a num- 

 ber of excellent portraits of the leading physicists of the 19th century 

 were exhibited by means of a lantern. A vote of thanks to the lecturer 

 was moved by Dr. Bryce, seconded by Dr. Saunders, and very heartily 

 carried. 



THUESDAY, 27th May, 1909. 



The chair was taken by the President at 3 p.m. 



The following reports were presented by the different sections : 



Rapport de la Section I. 



Ottawa, 27 mai 1909. 



La section a l'honneur de soumettre le procès-verbal de ses délibé- 

 rations. 



Assistaient aux séances: — Messieurs le sénateur L.-O. David, A.-D. 

 DeCelles, Léon Gérin, l'abbé Auguste Gosselin, Adjutor Eivard, l'abbé 

 Camille Eoy, J.-Edmond Eoy (Président de la Société), Benjamin Suite, 

 Errol Bouchette. 



Sa Grandeur Mgr Bégin, archevêque de Québec, Sa Grandeur Mgr 

 Bnichési, archevêque de Montréal, MM. Adolphe Poisson, P. B. Mi- 

 gneault et autres exprimaient leur regret de ne pouvoir assister aux 

 séances. 



