12 

 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



To the Members of the Ottawa Field- Naturalists^ Club : 



It again becomes the pleasing duty of the Council to repoi't that 

 the Chib is in a very satisfactory condition, and that the success 

 achieved during the tenth year of its existence has not been less marked 

 than that noted in any of the previous annual reports. 



Notwithstanding that the membership has not greatly increased — 

 the number of new members being only 27 — its strength and develop- 

 ment in other directions have been gradual and satisfactory. 



The ni;mber of corresponding members remains the same as last 

 year, no change having been made. 



His Excellency the Governor General, Lord Stanley of Preston, 

 has graciously consented to become the patron of the Club in the place 

 of the Marquis of Lansdowne. 



The general excursions held during the summer were four in 

 number, and the following places were visited : The first was to Kirk's 

 Ferry on the Gatineau River. This was the most numerously attended 

 excursion yet held under the auspices of the Club, there being present 

 no less than 135 members and their friends. The second was to Aylmer; 

 the third to Eastman's Springs, and the fourth to King's Mountain. 



Saturday aftei'noon sub-excursions were held throughout the season 

 as usual, except during the month of August, beginning the first Satur- 

 day in May, the attendance showing that the interest taken in them in 

 former years had not abated. 



By means of these sub-excursions the geology and natural history 

 of the immediate surroundings are being well worked up, still the work 

 may be said to have only begun, and the leaders could not ^dopt a more 

 successful plan of carrying it out, than by continuing these afternoon 

 working parties. 



The winter course of meetings comprised six soirees, and nine after- 

 noon lectures. At the soirees the following papers and reports were 

 read: Dec. 13th, the President's Inaugural Address, by Mr. R. B. 

 Whyte; Jan. 17th, "Contribution to the Geology and Palaeontology of 

 the Townships of Russell and Cambridge, in Russell, Ont.," (I, Physi- 

 ography and general Geology, by Mr. W. Craig, Duncanville; 11, Palseon- 



