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WINNIPEG; 1909. 
Narrative of the Mecting of the British Association at Winnipeg, Manitoba, 
and Itinerary of the Party invited to take part in the Excursion 
through the Western Provinces after the Meeting. 
Tue Seventy-ninth Annual Meeting of the British Association for the 
Advancement of Science was held at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on the 
invitation of the city of Winnipeg, with the support of the Royal Society 
of Canada, the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, and the 
Faculty of Science of the University of Manitoba. 
The work of organisation at home was entrusted to a special Committee 
of the Council, consisting of Mr. Francis Darwin (President), Professor 
_ Sir J. J. Thomson (President-Elect), Major P. A. MacMahon and Pro- 
fessor W. A. Herdman (General Secretaries), Professor J. Perry (General 
Treasurer), Professor H. A. Miers, Professor A. C. Seward, and Dr. H. T. 
Brown. At Winnipeg a Local Executive Committee was formed, of which 
the Mayor of the city acted ex officio as Chairman. Mr. J. H. Ashdown 
gecupied this position until the close of the year 1908, when Mr. W. Sanford 
Evans took office. The details of organisation were carried out under the 
direction of two of the Honorary Local Secretaries, Professors M. A. Parker 
and Swale Vincent; the other Honorary Local Secretaries (his Worship 
Mayor Evans and Mr. C. N. Bell) acted in an advisory capacity. 
The Dominion Government contributed $25,000 towards the expenses 
of the Meeting, the province of Manitoba $10,000, the city of Winnipeg 
$7,800, the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan 
$5,000 each, and smaller grants by other public bodies made up a total 
contribution of about $60,000. A sum of $15,565 was contributed out of the 
local funds towards the travelling expenses of the Officers of the Association 
and of the Sections, distinguished Foreign Guests, Members of the General 
Committee, and Members selected by the General Officers, principally on the 
nomination of the Sectional Committees. 
The number of oversea members to whom tickets were issued for the 
Meeting was 475. 
By a special arrangement with the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science, the President, Vice-Presidents, and Officers of that 
Association were invited to attend the Meeting of the British Association 
as Honorary Members for the year, and all Fellows and Members of the 
American Association were admitted Members of the British Association 
on the same terms as Old Annual Members, 
