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affect any cultivated tree, there was no harm done. 1 believe this insect 

 must have been very heavily parasitised, for I was led to believe that a 

 second brood or a second emergence of caterpillars would appear in the 

 latter part of the summer. Very few appeared, however. 



As I said previously we in the Kootenays are particularly blessed 

 with but few insect pests, in fact no serious pests, at present, consequently 

 I hope these rambling notes will be acceptable to the members of the 

 Society for their records on the district which I have the honor to 

 represent. 



M. S. MiDOLETON, 



Nelson, B. C. 



Mr. Chairman — Having received these very interesting and 

 valuable reports from the districts, we will proceed with the next item 

 on the programme. I will now call on the Secretary for his correspond- 

 ence for the year and his Financial Statement. 



Mr. Secretary — Re Financial Assistance; 



Care Inspector of Fruit Pests, Court House, 



_,.„., Vancouver, November 6th, 1912. 



The Honorable ' 



The Minister of Agriculture, 



Victoria, B. C. 



Sir,— 



On behalf of the members of the British Columbia Entomological Society, of 

 which I have the honour to represent as Secretary for the present year, I beg 

 respectfully to address this letter to you for your consideration. 



The Society now known as the British Columbia Entomological Society was 

 formed in the year 1901, with a membership of about ten individuals. During 

 the course of its active career as a Societj' following the year 1901, I am given 

 to understand that a quarterly grant of $25.00 or $100.00 annually was allowed 

 at the hands of the Provincial Department of Agriculture through the kindness 

 of the Minister of Agriculture. During the past few years interest in the Society 

 gradually waned owing to the fact that the Secretary, Mr. R. V. Harvey, left 

 Vancouver, the Society's headquarters, and also owing to the severe illness and 

 ultimate death of the President, Rev. G. W. Taylor, of the Biological Station 

 at Departure Bay. I, on my part, have endeavored to reorganize the Society, 

 with the result that a very successful meeting was held on December 9th, 1911, 

 in Vancouver, with a paid-up membership of twenty-four individuals. I am 

 glad to say that the membership during the past year has increased to nearly 

 forty; consequently I feel safe in saying that the Society bids fair to remain as 

 a Society in the Province and hopes to become, as years go on, an economic 

 factor in the practical economic control of insect pests in the Province. 



The objects and the endeavors of the Society are somewhat as follows: 



To co-ordinate the work of those engaged in Entomological pursuits in the 

 Province of British Columbia. 



To assist and promote the study of Entomology in the Province of British 

 Columbia. 



