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SOClfiTf: PROVENCHER D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE DU 



CANADA 



Public Notice is herebj' given that under the First Part of 

 chapter 79 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1906, known as 

 "The Companies Act" and amending acts, letters patent have been 

 issued under the Seal of the Secretaiy of State of Canada, bearing 

 date of 15th. day of April, 1919. incorporating Phileas-Joseph 

 FiLLiox, priest, professor of chemistry- at Laval University, Oscar 

 Pelletier, colonel; Stanislas Gaudreau, David-Alexis Dery 

 and Herman Lebon, dentists; Charles-Eusebe Dionne, natura- 

 list, keeper of Laval University Museum; Charles Dumas, secre- 

 tary of the Department of Public Roads of the Province of Quebec, 

 Thomas-Philippe Gagnon, captain in the Militia; Alphonse- 

 Ambroise Gobdout, accountant; Robert Lagueux, parish priest 

 of St. Roch of Quebec; Eugene Audet, bank manager; Alexandre 

 Vachon, priest, professor of chemistry and mineralogy at the 

 Laval University; Joseph ^L\tte, emploj-ed in the Department of 

 Public Roads of the Province of Quebec; Leon Fiset, physician 

 and larj-ngologist ; Charles Alleyn, notary-, all of the city of 

 Quebec, in the Province of Quebec, and Joseph-Emile Bernier, 

 physician, fisheries inspector for the Gulf of St. Lawrence, of St. 

 Fabien, in the said Province of Quebec, for the following purposes, 

 viz : — 



(a) To study the natural history generally and in particular 

 the animal kingdom in Canada; to develop the taste therefor and 

 to popularize the knowledge thereof among the public and espe- 

 cially in schools, convents, colleges and universities, and to try to 

 induce people to protect native animals, mammals, birds, fish and 

 propagate same; 



(6) To explore and study, especially at a biological point of 

 view, the Gulf and River St. Lawrence, the coasts, rivers, lakes, 

 streams and lands in Canada to find phenomena which it may be 

 useful to know in connection with the protection of native species; 



(c) To research and utilize the best methods for the protection, 

 propagation and increase of native species and the development of 

 the hunting and fishing resources of Canada ; 



(d) To lease, acquire and operate reserves and areas, rights 

 and privileges, for experimental purposes; to studj', establish 

 feeding grounds and to encourage the propagation of species; 



(c) To establish and conduct secretariats or information 

 bureaus, committees, clubs or branches in different parts of Canada; 

 to publish sketches, works, circulars, magazines and newspapers; 

 to organize lectures and meetings; to constitute and organize com- 

 mittees of inquirs', of studj- and of experimentation; to create pro- 

 fessorships, to give public lectures, and to promote the establish- 

 ment of schools of natural history; to amalgamate with similar 

 societies and to accept their aflSliation; 



