PROCEEDINGS FOR 1914 XXXVII 



20. — On the Destruction of Trees by Insects in Canada, by 



C. Gordon Hewitt, F.R.S.C. 



21. — Upon the Subterranean Parts of the Fruit-bodies of Certain 

 Hymenomycetes, by Professor A. H. Reginald Buller, F.R.S.C. 



22. — On Circulating Excitations in Heart Muscle and Their 

 Possible Relation to Tachycardia and Fibrillation, by Dr. George 

 Ralph Mines. 



23. — On The Secretion of Hydrochloric Acid in the Peptic Glands, 



by J. B. Collip, M.A., presented by Dr. A. B. Macallum, F.R.S.C. 



24. — Microchemical Studies on the Intestinal Epithelial Cells, 



by J. H. Howell, M.A., presented by Dr. A. B. Macallum, F.R.S.C. 



25. — Notes on some Tick Bites in Canada, by John Todd, M.D., 



presented by Dr. Frank D. Adams, F.R.S.C. 



On motion of Dr. J. J. MacKenzie, seconded by Dr. Macallum, 

 the Report of Section IV was adopted. 



The report of the Nominating Committee was then presented by 

 Dr. Suite. 



The following nominations were made: — 

 For President — Sir Adolphe Routhier. 

 For Vice-President — Professor Alfred Baker. 

 For Honorary Secretary — Duncan C. Scott. 

 For Honorary Treasurer — Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt. 

 For Honorary Librarian — D. B. Dowling. 



It was moved by Dr. Macallum, seconded by Dr. Coyne, that 

 Sir Adolphe Routhier be president for the ensuing year. — Carried. 



It was moved by Dr. MacKay, seconded by Mgr. A. Gosselin, 

 that Professor Alfred Baker be Vice-President for the ensuing year. — 

 Carried. 



It was moved by Mr. Mclnnes, seconded by Dr. King that Mr. 

 Duncan C. Scott be Hon. Secretary for the ensuing year. — Carried. 



It was moved by Dr. Buller, seconded by Dr. Macallum, that Mr. 



D. B. Dowling be Hon. Librarian for the ensuing year. — Carried. 



It was moved by Dr. LeSueur, seconded by Dr. Adams, that the 

 Society place on record its sense of the value of the past services of 

 Dr. S. E. Dawson and its regret that he was unable to be present on 

 the occasion of this meeting. — Carried. 



It was moved by Dr. Suite, seconded by Dr. Matthew, that the 

 Royal Society of Canada, at its thirty-third annual meeting held 

 in the City of Montreal, desires to place on record the deep sense of 

 the loss which it has sustained in the death of its founder, His Grace 

 the Duke of Argyll. 



Himself a man of letters and wide culture, he early saw the 

 importance during his residence in Canada, of uniting and federating 



