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mention is made of the gratifying- development of the British Cohimbia 

 Branch of the Society. A reference to the hst of members certainly 

 gives us cause to be proud of our position — numerically at all events — 

 for the Province of British Columbia furnishes 98 members out of a total 

 of 203 for the whole of Canada ; that is, nearly half the number. 



Our neighbours across the line, being not so much affected liy war 

 conditions as ourselves, held, as you know, a monster Exposition at San 

 Francisco during the summer. The Entomological Society of America 

 took advantage of this event to hold a Convention there, which ento- 

 mologists from all over the United States and some from Canada 

 attended. The arrangements were on a most liberal scale, and 1 under- 

 stand that the affair was most successful and enjoyable. 



You will have seen from Bulletin No. 7, which has recently been 

 published, that our Society's summer meeting at Kelowna passed 

 off well. 



The interest shown by the attendance, and by the papers given, is 

 e\ idence that }-our Committee are wise in holding such meetings in the 

 eastern district of the Province, and I trust we shall be able to continue 

 them. 



It is hardly necessary for me to emphasise the fact that our Society 

 is proving the vehicle of much useful information to fruit growers and 

 agriculturists, both by the presentation at our meetings of papers and 

 discussions dealing with subjects of economic entomology and by the 

 printing of such information in the Proceedings of the Society. We, as 

 a Society, are doing our part in providing this information for reference, 

 and it is up to the public generally to take advantage of our publications 

 and also to attend our meetings. 



In the matter of the issue of our Proceedings for the past year, we 

 are greatl}' indebted to the Provincial Department of Agriculture for 

 printing No. 7, and to the authorities of the Provincial Museum for 

 undertaking the printing of No. 6. I think you will agree with me that 

 the work has been done in a most admirable manner — a result extremely 

 gratifying to the executive of our Society. It will be my pleasing duty 

 to propose a vote of thanks to the proper quarters, but I feel that a 

 mere \'ote oi thanks feebly expresses our full appreciation of the benefits 

 received. 



You will, no doubt, have noticed that most of the papers given in 

 the bulletins relate to subjects of an economic nature. 



This is as it should be. for applied entomology is assuming more 

 and more importance in the eyes of fruit growers and farmers. 



The extent of damage done by insects is being increasingly recog- 

 nized the more the matter is looked into. At the same time, though 



