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Association was to be royally entertained there, but 

 at the time it was just in its infancy. The houses 

 were mostly one- or two-storied buildings, standing 

 back from " side- walks " made of rough planking, 

 and the middle of the streets were virgin soil. There 

 had been rainy weather, and the traffic had made 

 deep ruts that were nearing danger point, and a great 

 plough was going over them, followed by a thing like 

 a harrow ploughing up the main streets and levelling 

 them down. In a few years all was asphalte and 

 order, with electric light and street cars, and old Fort 

 Garry was a thing of the remote past.' Moreover, in 

 1909 the University of Manitoba was found to afford 

 the Association accommodation for its offices and 

 several of the sections. The Dominion Government 

 contributed $25,000 towards the expenses of the 

 meeting, the province of Manitoba $10,000, the city 

 of Winnipeg $7800, the provinces of Alberta, British 

 Columbia, and Saskatchewan $5000 each, and smaller 

 grants by other public bodies made up a total con- 

 tribution of about $60,000. A sum of $15,565 was 

 contributed out of the local fund towards the travel- 

 ling expenses of a selected party of the visiting 

 members. The president, vice-presidents, and officers 

 of the American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science were invited to attend the meeting as 

 honorary members, and fellows and members of 

 that association were admitted on the same terms 

 as old annual members. Visiting members of the 

 British Association, who numbered 475, obtained, 

 as before, special rates for the transatlantic passage 

 and on a number of Canadian and American railways, 

 and on the outward journey some of them availed 

 themselves of facilities to visit Macdonald College, 



