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These bulletins contain reports of annual meetings, articles on breeding, collect- 

 ing, etc. ; on the " Distribution of Insects in British Columbia " ; on the " Captures 

 and Lists of British Columbia Insects"; besides much other readalile matter. It is 

 refreshing to see that it is not only the order Lepidoptera that is dealt with, but 

 that there is much information on other orders, especially Diptera and Coleoptera. 

 The whole series of notes contained in these pamphlets represent good basal work 

 for students in the Pi-ovince for the future. 



The bulletins, ten in number, continued to be issued until June, lOOS, when, in 

 the final number, the last record of an annual meeting of the Society, which took 

 place at Duncan at the residence of Mr. O. O. Day on Thursday. April IGth. 190S. 

 is found. 



Thus for so long— from March l.'Sth, 1002. luitil April Kith, lOOS— the Society 

 was active and strong, but after this date no further regular meetings appear to 

 have been held, until the Society was resu.scitated later, on December 9th, 1911, In 

 the words of Mr. Tom Wilson, Vice-President of the Society : " Interest gradually 

 waned — not, let it be understood, in entomological work, but rather as a Society." 



On March 29th, 1905, a circular letter was sent out by the Secretary, Mr. Harvey, 

 duly authorized by the Society, stating that the British Columliia Entomological 

 Society had been duly affiliated as a branch of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 

 and that the subscriptions of members, $1 per annum, would cover all the privileges 

 attaching to both Societies — namely, the receipt of the Canadian Entomologist 

 monthly and the monthly list of recoi'ds circulated among the local members. This 

 arrangement has been carried out ever since that date, with the exception that the 

 monthly list of records ceased. 



In addition to the literature already mentioned and the lists, notes, etc.. in the 

 quarterly bulletins, the Canadian EntomologiBt. issued monthly, contains from time 

 to time, many notes and recoi'ds for the Province of British Columbia. 



I will not deal with the review of the economic phase of the subject, as I am 

 leaving this to Mr. Treherne, but before closing I would like to say a few words to 

 bring the history of the Society up to date. 



It is no doubt in the recollection of all of you that it is entirely owing to the 

 energy and enterprise of Mr. Treherne that the Society has been made active again. 

 He called a meeting in December, 1911, at Aberdeen School, A'ancouver, at which 

 seventeen regular members were in attendance and various papers read. 



The next meeting did not take place until January, 191.3. This was held in the 

 Botanical Room, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, kindly placed at our use by courtesy 

 of the Minister of Agriculture, and the attendance of members was very satisfactory. 



A new departure was made by a proposal to hold a siiecial summer meeting at 

 Vernon, B.C. The meeting was duly held on July 18th and 19th, when between 

 fifty and sixty persons were present at the various sessions. The papers read were, 

 by a generally accepted arrangement, chiefly devoted to .such subjects as injurious 

 insects and spraying. The meeting proved most successful, the papers presented 

 being instructive and valuable contributions to the science of economic entomology 

 in connection with fruit-growing. 



Owing to the liberality of the Minister of Agriculture, the Honourable Price 

 Ellison, the Society has been enabled to print and publish full reports of all the 

 papers given, and by the energy of our Secretary ooiiies have been widely distriiiuted 

 throughout Canada. 



Lookin.g back upon the work of the i)a.st year. I think we have every reason to 

 feel satisfied at the activities and progress of our .Society, and be greatly encouraged 

 to look forward to further usefulness and a continuance of interest in our particular 

 study. 



Speaking fcir myself. I wmild like to say that I have felt much buiiourcd in 

 holding the cillice of I'resident for the past year. Besides lieing an hniimir. it has 



