XIV THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



The Presidential Address — {Wednesday Evening, May 18) 



The Presidential Address was delivered on Wednesday evening 

 in the Victoria Memorial Museum. The chair was occupied by the 

 Vice-President, Dr. Duncan C. Scott. The President's subject was 

 "The Gaspé Peninsula; A Study of the Geology of the Region and its 

 Influence on the Inhabitants" (Illustrated). The Address will be 

 found printed in full as Appendix "A." 



SESSION U.— {Thursday Afternoon, May 19) 



The President took the chair. 



It was moved by Dr. Fields, seconded by Prof. Lloyd, that the 

 Report of Council be adopted.- — Carried. 



The reports of the following associated societies were then pre- 

 sented : — 



The Historical Landmarks Association of Canada, Lundy's Lane 

 Historical Society, Ontario Historical Society, Huron Institute, 

 Niagara Historical Society, Women's Canadian Historical Society of 

 Toronto, Ottawa Women's Canadian Historical Society, Hamilton 

 Scientific Association, L'Institut canadien-français de la cité 

 d'Ottawa, Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, La Société 

 historique de Montreal, The Natural History Society of Montreal, 

 Nova Scotia Historical Society and Nova Scotian Institute of Science. 



Report of Committee on Scientific Conditions in Canada 



A fundamental purpose of the Royal Society of Canada is to 

 foster research; and in particular the main purpose of Sections III, 

 IV and V is to encourage scientific research, to recognize scientific 

 ability, and to encourage those who possess it. 



Your Committee therefore recommends that the following sug- 

 gestions be adopted by the Royal Society of Canada :^ — 



1. That a Fellow elected to one of the three sections more par- 

 ticularly referred to above required to qualify within three years by 

 the presentation to his Section of an original paper embodying the 

 results of research carried out by himself. 



2. That the Fellowship of the Sections be enlarged sufficiently to 

 permit increase in the number of active research workers of recognized 

 ability. 



