20 B. C. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROCEEDINGS, 1912. 



To render assistance and information to fruit-growers and farmers on the 

 subject of Entomology, relative to the subjection of insect pests of farm crops, 

 of stock, and of all other and pertaining branches of agriculture. 



With such an object before us, I respectfully request you to grant the sum 

 of $200 annually to be placed towards the maintenance of the Societ>\ I should 

 feel honored of you would reply to me as Secretary of the Society, so that I 

 could place the proposition before the members as their annual meeting, which 

 will be held in Victoria about the first week in January, 1913. 



With such a grant in our hands we will guarantee — 



1. To publish an annual report on the proceedings of the Society, copies 

 of which report will be placed at the disposal of the Provincial Department of 

 Agriculture for distribution to any that may require copies. 



2. To hold an annual meeting at some point favorable to the members. 



3. To forward an account of the expenditures to the Honorable the Min- 

 ister of Agriculture annually, and to publish the same in the printed report of 

 the proceedings of the Society. 



I have the honor to be, 



Your obedient servant, 



R. C. TREHERNE, 

 Secretary B. C. Entomological Society. 



Treasury Department, 



Victoria, 11th November, 1912. 

 R. C. Treherne, Esq., 



Secretary B. C. Entomological Society, 

 Vancouver, B. C. : 

 Dear Sir, — 



I am in receipt of your communication of the 6th inst., re the above Society, 

 and in reply beg to inform you that I will have your request in mind when 

 the Estimates are brought down, to see what can be done. 



Wishing you every success with your organization in the interests of fruit- 

 growing, believe me, 



Yours faithfully, 



PRICE ELLISON, 

 Minister of Finance and Agriculture. 



RE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 

 Entomological Society of Ontario, 

 R. C. Treherne, Esq., Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 9, 1912. 



Vancouver, B. C. : 

 Dear Sir, — 



Enclosed please find copies of resolutions re alteration of the Constitution of 

 the Entomological Society of Ontario and change of subscription price of the 

 "Canadian Entomologist." Before these can become law they must be sanctioned 

 according to the Constitution by two-thirds of the members present at the meet- 

 ing of your Branch where they are considered. Would you please call a meet- 

 ing of your Branch at your earliest convenience and place these resolutions 

 before them. Please let me know the decision of the Branch in regard to them 



