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A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. W. Downes, the re- 

 tiring secretary, for his valuable services. 



It was decided that the next meeting would be held in Vancouver. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER 



I have pleasure in presenting tlie report of the Secretar.y-Treasurer 

 for the year 1921. 



During the past year the membership of the Society has been well 

 maintained and some new names have been added to the list. These 

 are : F. B. Whitehouse, R. Hopping, G. E. Wilkerson and Miss Amy 

 Woodland. The Society will be strengthened by the membership of the 

 first named who are well known for their work in Odonata and Cole- 

 optera respectively. Mr. Wilkerson is a former member whom we are 

 glad to welcome back to our Society and Miss Amy Woodland has 

 joined as an associate member. 



In accordance with the resolution passed at your last meeting, the 

 matter of the incorporation of the Society was considered by the ad- 

 visory board and a committee, consisting of Messrs. Gibson, Downes and 

 White, appointed to go into the matter. It was found that under the 

 Benevolent Societies Act that it was necessary to obtain the consent of 

 the parent Society to this incorporation, our Society being a branch of 

 the Ontario Entomological Society ; also that a copy of the bylaws of 

 our Society should be filed with the registrar. Therefore, before sub- 

 mitting these bylaws it was necessary for the committee to revise them 

 and add the resolutions that had been passed from time to time and then 

 submit them to the parent Society for final approval and to ensure that 

 they should not conflict with the constitution of the Ontario Entomo- 

 logical Society. The most convenient time to do this was at the annual 

 meeting of the Ontario Entomological Society on December 29 when a 

 majority of the members of the council was present. This meeting I 

 attended, and certain alterations and suggestions were made by the 

 parent Society. Under our bylaws it will be necessary for these alter- 

 ations to be considered and passed at the annual meeting of our Society 

 and if they meet with your approval they can be filed with the registrar 

 and incorporation obtained without further delay. 



During the year the Society has published four numbers of its Pro- 

 ceedings, two of which, numbers 13 and 15, were published in one bul- 

 letin. The other two numbers are 16 and 18 of the Systematic series. 

 Thus we have now no publications outstanding and it is satisfactory to 

 know that our papers are no longer in arrears. There has been consider- 

 able delay in getting out these numbers of the Proceedings and this is 

 explained by the fact that some of tlie contributors lived a considerable 



