PROCEEDINGS FOR 1921 XXXI 



members elected to the Section this year are: Dr. McKibben (Lon- 

 don), Dr. Saunders (Ottawa), Dr. Thompson (Winnipeg). 



The Officers for next year, 1921-22, are: President, Professor 

 Lloyd; Vice-President, Professor Willey; Secretary, Professor Thom- 

 son. 



The following resolutions were passed on to the General meeting: 



(1) That the Honorary Secretary be asked to transmit for pub- 

 lication in Nature and Science an account of the proceedings of Section 

 V. to be prepared by the Secretary. 



(2) In regard to the appointment of a Committee to prepare a 

 list of Canadian Scientists in Biology; such list to be a guide in the 

 nomination of new Fellows, at the suggestion of Doctor Field that 

 Sections III and IV were preparing similar lists. 



(3) Approval of the Committee on Scientific conditions in 

 Canada. 



(4) That whereas the membership of Section V is so much below 

 its quota that the by-law in Section 6, p. 5, restricting the number of 

 members elected in any one year to 4, be suspended for 1921-22 to 

 allow the Section to elect 6 new Fellows. 



(5) In regard to participation in the management of Botanical 

 Abstracts, suggesting the names of Professors Faull and Lloyd as 

 Royal Society representatives. 



The Section recorded its regret at the loss of one of the Charter 

 Members of the Royal Society, the distinguished botanist. Professor 

 John Macoun, and instructed the Secretary to request one of the 

 older members to prepare an account of his life and work, to be pre- 

 sented to the Section at the next annual meeting. It was also thought 

 desirable to draw the attention of the General Meeting to the fact 

 that there is a liability to overlook the death of Fellows of the Royal 

 Society, whose names appear on the retired list as at present arranged 

 and placed, and to suggest that these names be printed at the be- 

 ginning of the list of Fellows of the various Sections. 



Approval was also expressed of the steps that the Field Natura- 

 lists' Club are taking to secure a suitable memorial of Professor 

 Macoun. 



After considerable discussion of the importance of the work of 

 Professor Macoun and of the lack of availability of his publications on 

 both plants and animals, it was moved by Professor Willey and 

 seconded by Professor Lloyd, that the Government be urged to 

 employ a competent person or persons to have Professor Macoun's 





