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'That the advantages of. the -Club may not be confined to the mem- 

 'bers, nor the results of our hibours be lost to the future, Transactions 

 ^i-e published annually. They contain the President's address; the 

 -Secretary's report; reports of ])rogress in the sections; lists of objects 

 •collected and the papers read at the winter meetings. Perhaps the 

 most valuable are the lists. Those of plants, insects, birds, fishes and 

 shells are already very complete. Each year they are added to and new- 

 ones commenced. The papers are altogether upon local subjects, and 

 ipartake both of scientific and economic interest. A few titles will convey 

 •an idea of their character:— Geology of the Ottawa Palaeozoic Basin, 

 by Dr. Selwyn; Cysticlean Life, by Dr. Grant; Laurentian Rocks, by 

 Mr. Adams; Asbestos, by Mr. Anderson; and Coleoptera, injurious 

 to our Pines, by Mr. Harrington. 



The Museum which we aid our sister society, the Literary and 

 Scientific, in maintaining, also partakes of our exclusive charactei', 

 consisting entirely of collections made in this vicinity. In a few years 

 we hope to have a museum in which the whole natural resoiirces of 

 this district may be easily studied. 



Our steady growth and extending influence are very gratifying. 

 Our Club is under the distinguished [)atronage of His Excellency the 

 Governor-General, and the roll shows some 120 members; among them 

 being the names of no less than eight Fellows of your Honourable Society. 

 Letters seeking information are continually received, not only from 

 residents of this neighbourhood, but also from more distant towns.- 

 Our ^' Transactions" and our system have been most favourably com- 

 mented upon by the leading scientific journals of America, England 

 and Euroj^e; and the continued enei-gy of our members leads us to ho[)e 

 that the vigour of our future will be as marked as that of our past. 



H BEAUMONT SMALL, M.D., 



Delegate. 



