Society"; and at an adjourned meeting, held in the same place 

 on the 5th of February, a set of Rules and Regulations were 

 agreed to, and a President and other Office-bearers were elected. 

 The first Office-bearers of the Society were : — 



fwsiiiint. 

 W, M. OGILVIE. 



DAVID BROWN, ALFRED GUTHRIE. 



c^emtiU'ir. 



STEPHEN COOKE. 



ZxVtXSXXXtX. 

 JOHN THOMSON. 



JAMES BREBNER, JOHN HOOD, W. B. SIMSON. 



Shortly afterwards application was made to the Free Library 

 Committee for accommodation in the Albert Institute Buildings 

 for the Society's Meetings and proposed Museum. This appli- 

 cation was favourably received by the Committee, and at a 

 meeting held in June they generously granted to the Society for 

 these purposes the use of a large room on the upper floor, on 

 condition that the Museum, when sufficiently advanced, would 

 be open to the public. 



At the end of the first financial year there were 42 members 

 on the roll. 



During the Society's second year, in addition to the usual 

 Meetings, four Lectures, free to the public, were given in the 

 Lecture Hall of the Albert Institute. They were as follows : — 



1875. 

 March 30. Rev. Wm. Knight. 



Niagara, and the River Scenery of Canada. 



April 6, Alfeed Guthrie. 



Wonders vf Insect Life. 



