xiv. B. C. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



ment press. Nos. 3, 7 and part of 4 were authorised by the Department of 

 Agriculture. Bulletin Xo. 6 and part of Xo. 4 were issued, thanks to the re- 

 presentation made to the Department of Education by Mr. Francis Kermodo. 

 Bulletins Xos. 1, 2 and S were issued at the expense of the Society. 



It maj' appear strange to you that our bulletins are being authorised 

 from these different sources. In explanation, therefore, I wish to recall to 

 your memory how our Society re-organized. In December, 1911, I called a 

 meeting in Vancouver, and resuscitated the Society, which had been dormant 

 for several years. The proceedings of this meeting were printed in Bulletin 

 No. 1, at the private expense of a few members. It was very unpretentious, 

 but a start. On January 9th, 1913, a second meeting was held, and the pro- 

 ceedings were issued in Bulletin Xo. 2 at our own expense. At that meetin.g 

 it was decided to hold a semi-annual meetin.g in the Okana.gan during the 

 summer. This meetin.g was duly held in Vernon on July 18th and 19th, 1913. 

 The object of this meeting, as evidenced by the character of the papers sub- 

 mitted, was mainly economic in nature. I therefore presented my case to the 

 Department of Agriculture, Victoria, B. C, submittin.g the papers read at this 

 Vernon meeting, and presenting and explaining the character of our work, 

 as evidenced by our former publications. Nos. 1 and 2. Through the kind- 

 ness of the Hon. Price Ellison, Minister of Agriculture, and Mr. W. E. Scott, 

 Deputy Minister of Agriculture, I was accorded the pleasure of havin,g Bul- 

 letin No. 3 passed through the Government press free of charge to the 

 Society. I was further able to procure a grant of money for the Society, 

 which relieved the Society of its indebtedness incurred by the two previous 

 publications. You will notice, in this connection, that we had to abide by 

 the regulation size of paper and type of print, required by Departmental 

 bulletins. This, of course, we were very pleased to do, considerin.g the 

 courtesy with which our claims were met. 



Our fourth meeting, or the thirteenth Annual Meeting since the incep- 

 tion in 1902, was held in Victoria on January 23rd, 24th, 1914. At this meet- 

 ing, as may be gathered by the papers presented, we had a combination of 

 scientific and popular economic papers. On submittin.g the papers to the 

 Department of A.griculture on the request to again have them printed by 

 the Government press, I was met by the objection that many of the papers 

 were too technical for the farmer, and hence the Department could not see 

 their way clear to authorize the ■ printin.g of the whole. They were willin.g, 

 however, to sanction the printing of .those of economic interest. Consequejit- 

 ly, in Bulletin 4, of our Series, from page 1 to 39, we find the economic papers 

 issued. It became necessary at this point to make arrangements for the pub- 

 lications of the Scientific Technical papers. I presented my case to Mr. 

 Francis Kermode, Director of the Provincial Museum, and he in turn referred 

 the matter to Dr. H. E. Young. Minister of Education, and I was able to 

 follow this up by personal representation. I was able, therefore, to obtain 

 authorization to have the technical papers printed. I cannot here say how 

 much this Society should feel indebted to Mr. Kermode for his very kindly 

 help and assistance, both in this instance and later. He has continually placed 

 his services at our disposal, and has at all times supported our endeavours. 

 I trust this Society will remember this, and will take steps to give ^Ir. Ker- 

 mode an appreciation in return for his kindly and ready help. 



.'\s it happened, the proceedings of our 13tli .Annual Meeting went t'l 

 press in two sections, authorized on the one hand by the Department of 

 Agriculture, and on the other liand by the Department of Education. Mr. 

 W. H. Cullen, King's Printer, asked me by letter whether it would be suitable 

 to combine the two proceedings as one bulletin. I replied in the affirmative, 

 hence you have Bulletin Xo. 4 in combination. 



The success of the first semi-annual meetin.g was so marked that it was 

 decided to hold a second. This meetin.g was held at Kelowna on .August 20th, 

 1914. The fourteenth annual meetin.g was held in Vancouver on January 

 16th. 1915. The papers presented at these two meetings were combined and 

 submitted for publication. In view of the previous objection raised, it was 

 thought advisable that we separate our economic papers from our systematic, 

 and from this point on run two series in our publications. 



In order to set a standard in type of print thought desirable for scientific 

 literature, I made arrangements to issue at our own expense, Bulletin Xo. 5. 



