British Columbia Entomological Society 



MINUTES OF NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



The Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the B. C. Entomological Society 

 was held in the I. O. D. E. Rooms, No. 401 Jones Building, Fort Street, 

 Victoria, on Saturday, February 21st, 1920. The President, Mr. E. H. 

 Blackmore, was in the chair. Seventeen members were present and 

 several visitors. 



The minutes of the last year's meeting having been read bv the 

 Secretary, it was moved by Mr. Treherne, seconded by Mr. Winson, 

 "That the minutes be adopted." Carried. 



The Secretary-Treasurer then presented his annual report. 



It was moved by Mr. Day, seconded by Mr. Winson. "That the 

 Secretary's report be adopted." Carried. 



It was moved by Mr. Treherne, seconded by Mr. Davidson, "That 

 Mr. Sherman and Mr. Day be appointed auditors to verify the accounts." 

 Carried. 



The programme of the meeting was then proceeded with. 



In the afternoon the following resolutions were passed: 



Moved by Mr. Treherne, seconded by Mr. Lyne, "That this Society, 

 the Entomological Society of British Columbia, being the far western 

 Branch of the old Canadian Entomological Society, represented, in being 

 at present, by the Entomological Society of Ontario, place themselves 

 on record at this their annual meeting held in Victoria, B. C, on Feb- 

 ruary 21st, 1920, as being in favour of establishing National Journals 

 of Entomology and of abolishing our local publication called the 'Pro- 

 ceedings of the Entomological Society of B. C.,' in its present form, 

 provided the articles which normally would appear in these Proceedings 

 appear in the Canadian National Journals, in being or to be formed, 

 should the question arise within the next few years that the construction 

 of such National J<jurnals be considered liy all concerned both practical 

 and desirable. 



"That we as a Society approve of the principle of co-ordinating 

 entomological work throughout the Dominion, and that we feel that this 

 may be assisted very materially by our supporting the principle of estab- 

 lishing two journals of entomology, one for systematic entomologists 

 (The Canadian Entomologist) and one for economic entomologists (the 

 name to be chosen later), and signifying our willingness to regard our 

 own Proceedings as secondary to the National Journals. 



"That this resolution be forwarded to the Secretaries of the Nova 

 Scotia Entomological Society, the Ontario Entomological Society, the 

 Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants, and all other societies inter- 

 ested in entomology in Canada, with the suggestion that they also place 

 before their members the advisability of abolishing their Reports in 



