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area. The charter of our Society is made out on the broadest possible 

 lines, and there is nothing Government about it, except the name, and 

 we cannot feel grateful enough to the Ontario Department of Agricul- 

 ture for having fostered us from the beginning, though they realize that 

 they never made an investment that has paid them so well' as the annual 

 grant they have given us. 



It has lieen the aim of the Parent Society during all the }'ears when 

 the headquarters were at London, Ont., and the more recent ones at 

 Guelph, to make the members at a distance feel they had the same 

 privileges as those residing in their city, and many have been the sug- 

 gestions and ofifers made to bring about closer relationships between the 

 branches and widely separated individual members. 



Glancing at the list of contrilnitors to Vol. 47, it will be seen that 

 out of 61 names, 20 are Canadians, a little less than one-third. Can't 

 we do better than this, and make Vol. 48 show at least 50 per cent.? 

 We cannot all write technical papers, fortunately perhaps, but the Editor 

 would welcome contributions to the "popular and practical" column, 

 and notes on capture of unusual specimens or observations of their 

 habits. 



Our forthcoming annual Report should show a series of contribu- 

 tions representing the whole Dominion, and we must keep this up — a 

 few more pages can easily be added if required to publish our contribu- 

 tion towards the next meeting. These two publications are surely 

 together worth the cost of membership, but to add to a good thing your 

 Branch has outshone all the others by issuing a valuable series of 

 "Bulletins" and distributing them to us gratis. We look forward to 

 receiving further bulletins from time to time. They will prove more 

 and more valuable as the series grows ; and if I may suggest it, there 

 should be a reserve stock kept somewhere, from which back numbers 

 can be supplied at a price that will pay for the trouble and a little more. 

 Hints have also reached us that lists of British Columbia Insects are 

 being prepared and old ones revised, and this is another indication of 

 the extent of your activities. One thing I omitted to mention regarding 

 the Annual Report is the "Entomological Record," conducted by Mr. 

 Arthur Gibson. This has been a feature since 1901, and last year's list 

 is the largest one we have ever had. One object the late Dr. Fletcher 

 had when he started it, was to bring us more closely in touch with one 

 another's work, and into association of specialists capable of helping us 

 out of difficulties. 



Your Secretary not only represented you at our November meeting, 

 but also kindly visited us in Montreal at our February monthly meeting, 

 and told us much, but not everything, about the progress of Entomology 

 in British Columbia, and we know he can and will tell you our side of 

 the story, for no one could do it better. Our message therefore is not 



