Annual Report of Council. 19 



ANNUAL RP:P0RT OF COUNCIL.— 1895-1896. 



To THE Members of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club : — 



The Council elected by you on March the 19th, 1895, has 

 pleasure in reporting that the bye gone year has been one of 

 marked success. 



The attendance at the excursions and lectures was most 

 satisfactory. 



The number of members at present on the roll is about 250. 



To carry on the routine work of the club during the year, 

 your council held fourteen meetings, at which Leaders in the 

 various branches of the Club's work were appointed, besides an 

 Editor and x'\ssociate-Editors ior the Ottawa Naturalist. 



At the invitation of the Royal Society of Canada to send a 

 a delegate, our President, Mr. Shutt, was chosen, as he has been 

 previously, to represent us. At its meeting he presented the 

 annual account of the work of the club, which account is 

 incorporated in the Transactions of the Ro3'al Society of Canada, 



It appears necessary in the interest of the Club to draw the 

 attention of its members to the fact that as there are at present 

 about TOO members still in arrears, and considering that the 

 annual fee is small, it would help the Club materially if those 

 still in arrears, w.ould without delay hand the amount due, to 

 the Treasurer. 



Under the auspices of the Club, three very successful 

 excursions were held during the year. 



The 1st excursion was to Chelsea on the afternoon of 

 Saturday, May the i8th, 1895. A most enjoyable time was 

 spent, and several Fellows of the Royal Society, as guests of the 

 Club, were with us. 



The 2nd excursion was to Galetta on the afternoon of June 

 the 15th, 1895, and altho' not so largely attended as the previous 

 excursion to Chelsea, still the time was most profitably spent in 

 observing nature and in collecting specimens. 



The 3rd and last excursion was to Paugan Falls, on 

 the 14th Sept., 1895. This was an all-day excursion, and being in 



