CXXX THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



botanist, who walked along the shore of Lake Ontario from Kings- 

 ton to Niagara in 1819; also a short sketch of the life of Mrs. Agnes 

 Dunbar Chamberlain. Our meetings have been well attended and the 

 following papers have been read : — 



Extracts from the Diary of the late Capt. Vidal, read by his 

 granddaughter, Mrs. Gardiner. 



An assessment paper of the York District, 1798. 



Pay sheet of the expenses of the Lighthouse on Gibralter Pt., 

 from the McCutcheon Papers, 1817. 



Recollections of the War of 1812, by Hon. James Crooks, read 

 by his grandson, Mr. A. D. Crooks. Two letters written after the 

 battle of Stoney Creek, by Col. Fitz Gibbon, read by Dr. Alex. Fraser. 



The overland migration of U. E. L., by Mr. Stewart Wallace 

 of M cM aster University. 



Reminiscences of Pauline Johnson, by Mrs. Duckworth. 



Two interesting papers on Sir Geo. Yonge and Henry Dundas, 

 after whom Yonge St. was named, and town of Dundas after Sir 

 Henry Dundas, written by the late Dr. Scaddin, and read by his 

 daughter, Mrs. Sullivan. 



Extracts from Diary of late Capt. Wright, R.N. , compiled by 

 his granddaughter, Mrs. Gardiner, 



A Political Squib (author unknown), written in 1845, and printed 

 in pink satin on Responsible Government. 



There are in our library some 100 bound volumes and many 

 pamphlets and magazines, for which safe keeping this Society ear- 

 nestly desires a permanent home. Provisional meetings have been 

 held to try to co-operate with other societies with the end in view 

 of building a place for the pictures and documents which we have 

 on hand — $5,000 under the name of Queen Victoria Memorial Fund, — 

 but, though no scheme has yet been put forth, we hope each year 

 brings this object nearer its completion. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



VIII. — Report of United Empire Loyalists' Association of 

 Canada. 



Presented by Miss Helen M. Merrill, Honorary Secretary. 



The United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada is the old- 

 est British historical and patriotic society organized in America now 

 in existence. 



This Association had its inception in Boston, October 28, 1775, 

 when, at the suggestion of General Gage, a society was formed under 



