CLII THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



For when the far, imperious call was heard 

 He calmly rose to greet the summoning word, 

 To bid his friends a cheerful last good-bye, 

 To leave unfinished task without a sigh 

 His mortal debt to pay. 



His name shall be recorded on our roll 

 As one who laboured heart and mind and soul 

 To do his duty well ! 



XVIII. — Report of The Natural History Society of New Brunswick. 



Presented by L. W. Bailey, F.R.S.C, Delegate 



On behalf of the Council and Members of the Natural History 

 Society of New Brunswick, I have the honour to present the following 

 report :— 



The work of the Society, during the year 1913, has been of a 

 most satisfactory character. The membership is now 604. The 

 City of St. John has increased its annual grant to the Society, and 

 prominent citizens have made special contributions to the funds. 

 Many valuable donations have been received for the Library and 

 Museum. 



For many years members of the Society have been actively en- 

 gaged in original investigation and during the past year work of an 

 original character has been vigorously carried on. Dr. Matthew 

 has continued his studies of the Cambrian formations of Eastern 

 Canada, and read a paper on this subject before your Society during 

 the present session. 



Dr. L. W. Bailey's studies of the Diatoms of Eastern Canada 

 has been carried on and valuable articles from his pen on this sub- 

 ject have been published in recent numbers of the Bulletin of the 

 Natural History Society of New Brunswick. Dr. W. F. Ganong 

 has continued his Historical and Physiographic Studies of New 

 Brunswick and in the current Bulletin of this Society publishes articles 

 on the Natural History and Physiography of that Province. 



A. Gordon Leavitt's researches in Ornithology have been con- 

 tinued and William Mcintosh has written a short article on "The 

 Aboriginal Chipped and Flaked Implements of New Brunswick." 

 This with articles by other writers will be found in the last Bulletin 

 of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, which I present 

 herewith. 



