on the 



I ever dis- 

 liem being 

 id bearing 



Manlcind. 



APPENDIX I. 



appreciate 

 It is pro- 

 roups, the 

 epresented 

 which the 



the former 

 ■with these 

 connected. 

 )S, and the 

 ;, from the 

 ;hes of on* 

 required to 

 yard of the 

 boundaries 

 tribution of 

 the view as 

 oic races, of 

 ds probably 

 ear to have 

 ict with the 



lin fair races 

 ther Chinese 

 D8 tlie great 

 ears ago by 

 whence they 

 rations were 

 . particularly 

 1. 



ivc allies, are 

 to be strong 

 group, while 

 lie fiasks and 

 8 Mesochroic 

 may be sup- 

 \merica. In 

 ng to that of 

 id the North 

 of the Rocky 

 ent evidence) 



Cameron. 



ADDRESSES PRESENTED TO THE ASSOCIATIOX. 



FItOM THE ^fAYOn A.YD ALDEIIMHX OF MONTREAL. 



[Presented August 27.] 



To the President mid Members of the British Associafinn for the Advancement 



<f Science. 



CxENTLEiMEN, — It is with no common pleasure that we, the Mayor and Alder- 

 men of Montreal, welcome to this city and to ('anada .so distinguished a body as 

 the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Already, indeed not 

 only liere, but throughout the length and breadth of the land, that'welconie' has 

 been pronounced with a heartiness to which we are proud to add the conlirmation 

 of formal expression. 



During the last two years, and especially since (he acceptance of our invitation 

 made it a certainty, your coming amongst us has been looked forward to as an 

 event of dee]) and manifold importance to the Dominion. 



Aware of the devotion with which the As:<ociation had, for more than half a 

 century, applied it-^elf to the object indicated in its lui'^", and knowing that its 

 present membership comprised the most eminent of tb ■ loble students and in- 

 vestigators who have made the search after truth (he a. i their lives, we could 

 not fail to perceive that Canada would gain by the pre ce of ohservns and 

 thinkers so exact and so unprejudiced. Nor were we without liope that in the 

 vast and varied expanse of territory which constitutes the Dominion, our learned 

 visitors would meet with features of interest that should be some compensation for 

 so long and wearisome a journey. 



Here, in that great stretch of diversified region between the Atlantic and the 

 Pacific, the .student of almost every branch of science must find something worth 

 learning; whilst for certain sections of tlie Association, there are few portions of 

 the world in which the explorer is more likely to l)e gratified and rewarded. 



Throughout this broad domain of ours— rock and herb, forest and prairie, 

 lake and river, air and soil, with whatever life, or whatever relic of life in j)ast 

 ages they may severally contain, afford to the diligent seeker of knowledge various 

 and ample scope for reseai'ch. Nor to the student of man, as a social and political 

 being, is there less of opportunity for acquiring fresh facts and themes for reflec- 

 tion in a young commonwealth like tiiis. 



AVe flatter ourselves that here you will find a people not unworthy of the 

 great races from which it has sprung, and that on your return to the mother land, 

 you will be able to .speak with satisfaction, from your own experience, of our federal 

 system, our resources, our agriculture, our mamifactures, our commerce, our insti- 

 tutions of learning, our progress, and our destinies. 



You have come, and we pltice our land, ourselves, and all we are and have at 

 your disposal. We bid you hearty welcome, and, in so honouring ourselves, wo 

 only ask you to consider yourselves at home, remembering that you are still on 

 British soil. 



In conclusion, Mr. President and Gentlemen, we sincerely hope that your stay 



