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THE ANNUAL MEETING— 1889. 



The eleventh annual meeting of the Club was held on the 19tb 

 Maroh, 1889, at 4.30 p.m. Present : The President, Mr. R. B. Whyte^ 

 in the chair ; Messrs. Ami, Ballantyne, A. E. Barlow, Lt.-Col. Ander- 

 son, J. Fletcher, Hugh Fletcher, Prof, Macoun, Dr. R, W. Ells, W. H. 

 Harrington, Dr. H. B. Small, T. J. MacLaughlin, Eev. G. W. Taylor,^ 

 Dr. Thorburn, W. P. Lett, J. B. Tyrrell, W. A. D. Lees, F. T. Shutt, 

 A. Bowman, N. Ballantyne, J. M. Macoun, A. P. Low, W. McLmes, 

 J. McEvoy, W. B. Wright, A. C. Lawson, R. G. McConnell, E. R. 

 Faribault, and some others. 



The minutes of the last annual meeting were I'ead, and confirmed. 



The Secretary read the annual report of the Council. 



There was a discussion as to the advisability of publishing the 

 Ottawa Naturaust as a quarterly, instead of a monthly magazine. It 

 was agreed to leave this to the decision of the incoming Council. 



It was moved by Dr. Ells, seconded by Prof. Macoun, and carried, 

 " That the scope of the publication of the Ottawa Field Ifaturalists' 

 Club be extended so as to include papers, &c., on Geology and Natural 

 History by members of the Club, from any portion of the Dominion of 

 Canada (which may be read before the Society) instead of being con- 

 fined to papers on purely local topics, as now understood by members of 

 the Club." 



The Treasurer read his annual statement, in which it was shown 

 that a balance of $30.69 remained in his hands after paying all 

 demands. 



The Librarian submitted a list of the additions to the library, 

 which showed that many choice and valuable works had been received 

 in exchange for the Transactions. 



The election of officers was then proceeded with, and resulted as 



follows : 



President— Dr. R. W. Ells. 



1st Vice-President — Mr. J. Ballantyne. 



2nd Vice President — Mr. H. M. Ami. 



Secretary — Mr. T. J. MacLaughlin. 



Treasurer — Mr. James Fletcher. 



Librarian — Mr. W. A. D. Lees. 



Council— Rev. G. W. Taylor, Mr. R. B. Whyte, Mr. A. P. Low. 



Auditors — Lt.-Col. W. P. Anderson, and Mr. W. R. Billings. 



