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the Royal Society as it did on the occasion of the previous visit of 

 your Society. During the past year a good deal of discussion took 

 place, on the question of the erection of new buildings adequate to 

 the needs of the Natural History Society. Preliminary conferences 

 were also entered into with the Mechanics' Institute of Montreal 

 and the Fraser Institute of Montreal, looking to the amalgamation 

 of the three Societies, but so far no understanding between them has 

 been arrived at. In any event the financial situation of the Natural 

 History Society is more satisfactory than it has been owing to the 

 great appreciation of the value of its real estate, and the hope is enter- 

 tained that with the passing of the present financial stringency the 

 Society will be able to proceed either alone or in conjunction with 

 other institutions, to erect premises worthy of the Society's history 

 and prestige, such as will fit it for carrying on its work efficiently. 



For it continues to be matter of concern to the Natural History 

 Society that for several years its members have been deprived of the 

 use of its library and museum, owing to the lack of suitable premises 

 in which to house them. The Society looked always to its museum as 

 a means of educating the community in the facts of Natural History, 

 as many of the schools of the city were in the habit of visiting it reg- 

 ularly and for this reason the earliest opportunity will be taken for 

 securing an erection which will admit of the Museum being dis- 

 played to advantage. 



Otherwise the Natural History Society has had a prosperous 

 session, as the following details of its work show: — 



The Officers for the Session 1913-1914 were: — 



Patron — His Royal Highness Duke of Connaught, K.G., The 

 Governor-General of Canada. 



Hon. President — Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal. 



President— Milton L. Hersey, M.Sc, LL.D. 



Vice-Presidents— Frank D. Adams, Ph.D., F.R.S.; Dr. Howard 

 T. Barnes, F.R.S.; J. S. Buchan, K.C., B.C.L.; Rev. Robt. Campbell, 

 M.A., D.D.; Miss Carrie M. Derick, M.A.; J. C. Holden, F.R.G.S.; 

 Jas. W. Pyke, Major G. W. Stephens, Miss Van Home. 



Secretary — Alfred Griffin. 



Hon. Corresponding Secretary — F. W. Richards. 



Hon. Treasurer — W. A. Stephenson. 



Hon. Librarian — Harry Bragg, M.J.I. 



Hon. Curator — Prof. Nevil Norton Evans. 



Members of Council — J. A. U. Beaudry, C.E., Chairman; Prof. 

 Jos. Bemrose, Guy M. Drummond, W. Drysdale, S. W. Ewing, 

 Joseph Fortier, John Harper, W. D'Oyley Hutchins, H. Lampard, 

 C. S. J. Phillips. 



