CCXII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



history upon your list of exchanges. We trust that in the future we 

 may be able to reciprocate in a worthy manner, and to play a not unim- 

 portant part in the intellectual development of the vast region in which 

 it has fallen to our lot to expend our efforts. 



Signed, on behalf of the British Columbia Academy of Science, 



Geo. W. Taylor, 



President. 



E. M. BURWASH, 



Secretary. 

 New Westminster, May 13, 1909. 



XXII. — From The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal, 

 through W. D. Lighthall, F.E.S.C. 



The past year has marked another period of progress in the develop- 

 ment of the Society. The outstanding feature is the extensive improve- 

 ments made in the Château de Eamezay with the object of providing on 

 the upper story shelving space and a reading room, — long felt desiderata, 

 — which will permit the removal of the whole of the valuable library into 

 one apartment. 



The movement for preserving the Historic Battlefields of Quebec 

 was the occasion for the reaffirmation by the Society of the stand taken 

 by it upon the same question in 1898, and for the expression of its views 

 on the retention of tlie time-consecrated names, by which those hal- 

 lowed spots are known. Our affiliation with the Historic Landmarks 

 Association is entirely in keeping with the mission of the Society. 



Among the principal accessions to the museum may be mentioned 

 the flag borne by the " patriotes " of "37 in the battles of St. Eustache, 

 St. Charles and St. Denis. It is the gift of the Supreme Court of the 

 Independent Order of Foresters, who in parting with it, expressed the 

 sentiment that such a relic has its proper resting place in Montreal 

 rather than in Toronto. 



From Mr. Charles Mair, F.E.S.C, of Lethbridge, Alta., came two 

 interesting relics in the shape of copper kettles, found, one near Prince 

 Albert, and the other on the South Branch of the Saskatchewan, not far 

 from the same place. Both date from the early years of the Fur Trade, 

 and one was of the French period. 



A beautiful portrait of the late Sir George E. Cartier was presented 

 by his daughter; one of our late President, the Honourable Mr. Justice 

 Baby, by his successor Judge Sicotte; and one of the Honourable Wil- 

 liam McGillivray was procured for the Society by private subscription. 

 A magnificent painting representing Alsace was presented through the 

 French Government. 



