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requested the Society to report on the insect and to advise as to tlie best metbotls 

 of cliecljing or controlling its ravages. An admirable report was prepared by Messrs. 

 Saunders and Reed; the former, being a practical chemist, was able to experiment 

 with vnricius poisons and to discover that Paris green was the most convenient and 

 reliable substance for the destruction of the beetle. The result of this report was a 

 grant from the Deiinrtment of $400 per annum, which Was afferwards increased to 

 $1,000. and the incorporation of the Society under tiie name of the ' Entomological 

 Society of Ontario.' For a few years the Canadian Institute in Toronto gave the 

 Society the privilege of using its library and museum for its meetings and collections. 

 After a few years, however, the headquarters were removed to London and continued 

 there until 1900, when a change was made to the Ontario Agricultural College. 

 Guelph. 



" The speaker expressed the great iileasure which it gave him and his colleagues 

 to find that so man.v friends had come from long distances to join in the celebration 

 of the Jubilee meeting of the Six-iet.v. He .ioined in giving them all the most heart.v 

 welcome and expressed his hoiie that they would fully enjoy their visit." 



As indicated by Dr. Bethuue, the meetings were well attended and well repre- 

 sented b.y delegates from Scotland, England, T'nited States, and from the various 

 Provinces of Canada. In all, between forty and fifty individuals were in more or 

 less regular attendance throtighout the session. Addres.ses of congratulation to the 

 Society and to its Jubilee President were tendered by representatives from the 

 University of Toronto, University of McOill. I'niversit.v of Manchester, Royal Society 

 of Canada, Academy of National Sciences of Philadelphia, the Canadian Department 

 of Agriculture, University of Edinburgh, Imperial Bureau of Entomolog.y, Harvard 

 University, Boston Society of Natural History, Cornell University, the Entomological 

 Society of London, the Entomological Society of America, the American Association 

 of Economic Entomologists, the New York Entomological Society, the Entomological 

 Society of AVashington, the United States Bureau of Entomology, the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, the Ottawa Field Naturali.sts' Club, the Quebec Society 

 for the Protection of Plants, the Montreal Branch of the Ontario Entomological 

 Society, the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Entomological Society, and the British 

 JIuseum, Loudon, England ; and on behalf of this Society I conveyed the good wishes 

 and congratulations that I was .sure was felt by all the members. 



An excellent programme had been arranged by the Executive, and contributors 

 delivered their pai>ers for two days of the meeting. The last day was spent by the 

 members and visitors in a trip through the famous Niagara Fruit District. 



A large number of letters of recognition and congratulation were read from 

 various European centres of learning, by cable from Russia, from Germany, from 

 England, and from Scotland. A number of letters were also read from various 

 entomologists stationed throughout the United States at the various experiment 

 stations. It was very evident, throughout the whole, that entomologists throughout 

 America and Europe and probably throughout the world had been taught to recognize 

 the Canadian Entomological Societ.y as an active and sound adviser in the entomo- 

 logical world. The meetings closed with evei\v good feeling and regard on Fi'iday, 

 August 29th. 



Before closing, I would like to draw the attention of the members to the fact 

 that there exists on the Pacific Sloije an Association of Economic Entomologists. 

 The fourth annual meeting of this Society was held on April 10th to 12th, 1913, at 

 the University of California, Berkeley, California. The meeting was held, as it 

 appears they usually are held, in affiliation with the Pacific Association of Scientific 

 Societies, This present yearl.v meeting is to be held, I fanc.v, at Seattle. The 

 various societies, of which the Entomological Society is one, enrol their officers 

 and members from all of the immediate Pacific Coast States, from Mexico to Wash- 

 ington, Including also the Canadian Provhice of British Columbia, and the United 

 States Islands of Hawaii. Several of the bordering interior but western States are 

 included within the scope of the Societ.v. I fancy the place and date of the meeting 



