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gether and submitted to the Registrar, (inly to be returned on account of 

 our by-laws as revised and adopted at our last meeting not conforming to 

 the reciuirements of the act. 



The cost will be approximately $2."), and, should you still wish to 

 become incorporated, it will be necessary for us to revise our by-laws 

 to-day and provide for the $2.') in our next year's expenditure. 



Encoi'ragement op Entomology in Schools 

 This subject has been apjn-oaehed fi-om two directions; firstly, by 

 giving a cup for an exiiibit of insects; ;ind, sei'ondly, l)y co-operating with 

 and endeavouring to rentier assistance and advice to tlie Director of 

 Elementary Agricultural Education, Mr, (iibson. 



With i-egard to the latter, the Advisory Board, to whom the matter 

 Avas referred at inir last meeting, have suggsted certain methods for use 

 in schools, and have endoi-sed ^Ir, Gibson's idea of short circulars for 

 instruction iiui'poses. 



The offering of a cup. which cost over $50, has, I am sorry to say, 

 met with no adequate response in the matter of encouraging Entomology 

 in the schools of the Province, and the cup has now fiassed out of the 

 Society's possession, being won thrice by the John Norquay School, South 

 Vancouver. 



Membership 

 This now stands at 32 fully paid-up members. This is a decrease of 

 about 10, and, while this is to be regretted, the greater number of those 

 retiring were not active members. 



As secretary, I regret the growing apathy of the old brigade of 

 amateur systematists, which has been increasingly noticeable during the 

 past year. 



R. GLENDENNING, 



Hon. Sec.-Treas. 



PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS 



To the Members of the British Columbia 



Entomological Society ; 

 Gentlemen, — 



I have mucli jileasure in welcoming you to the 22nd Annual ileeting 

 of the Society. 



Tlie past .year has not been marked by any unusual ur outstanding 

 event or feature pertaining to the progress of the Society, but I may 

 say that we have maintained our position financially and otherwise satis- 

 factorily, and enter another j'ear with a fairly good cash balance, and 

 this in spite of the fact that the printing of our proceedings, which has 

 hitherto been done gratis by the Government, had to be met out of our 

 own funds. 



