810 WINNIPRHG, 1909. 
The following is an analysis of the tickets issued for the Meeting :— 
Old Life Members . F , A aoe agp ta 
New Life Members 3 5 > : 3 13 
Old Annual Members . : ; i epee tas) 
New Annual Members . : : ; = 162 
Associates : : : A é : - 789 
Ladies : : : : ‘ : 3 90 
Members of American Association, &c. . ‘ 137 
Foreign Representatives : : : - 7 
‘Potal) ‘ A ; ; . 1,468 
Arrangements were made with the Allan, Cunard, Canadian Pacific, and 
White Star-Dominion Steamship Companies, whereby oversea Members, on 
payment of the minimum first-class rate, single or return, were allotted 
superior accommodation on the steamers so far as possible. Arrangements 
were made with the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk Railway Companies 
and other companies working in conjunction therewith, whereby tickets for 
the return journey between Quebec, Montreal, or other East Coast ports and 
Winnipeg were issued by various routes at special rates, usually approxi- 
mating to ordinary single fares, with special privileges as regards stopping 
over en route. Similar privileges were granted for side trips and for travel 
westward from Winnipeg to the Pacific Coast. The special tickets were 
issued on presentation of a ‘transportation certificate,’ signed by the 
Secretary of the Eastern Canadian Passenger Association, countersigned by 
the Assistant Secretary of the British Association, and issued to Members 
with their tickets of membership. Special facilities were also arranged for 
Canadian and American Members. 
On the outward journey a number of Members availed themselves of 
facilities to visit Macdonald College, near Montreal, McGill University, 
and other institutions, and a party of geologists was enabled to visit the 
centres of mining activity at Cobalt and Sudbury. 
The Winnipeg Meeting followed the normal course of annual meetings, 
with the exception that in place of the usual lecture to artisans two popular 
lectures to the citizens were provided. These were on ‘The Chemistry of 
Flame,’ by Professor H. B. Dixon, on Monday, August 30, and ‘The 
Pressure of Light,’ by Professor J. H. Poynting, on Wednesday, Septem- 
ber 1. These lectures, as well as the President’s Address and the usual two 
Evening Discourses (on ‘The Seven Styles of Crystal Architecture,’ by 
Dr. A. E. H. Tutton, and on ‘Our Food from the Waters,’ by Professor 
W. A. Herdman), were delivered in the Walker Theatre. As this building 
has accommodation for upwards of 2,000 persons, it was found possible to 
admit a limited number of the general public to the President’s Address 
and the discourses, and to reserve a limited number of seats for Members 
on the occasion of the popular lectures. Full advantage was taken of these 
opportunities, and the theatre was well filled on every occasion. 
At the Opening Meeting the Chair was taken by Dr. G. Carey Foster, 
in the unavoidable absence of Mr. Francis Darwin, the retiring President, 
from whom a letter was read by Major MacMahon, introducing Professor 
Sir J. J. Thomson as the new President, who then delivered his Inaugural 
Address. A vote of thanks for the Address was moved by his Worship the 
Mayor of Winnipeg, Mr. W. Sanford Evans, and seconded by the Right 
Hon. Lord Strathcona, High Commissioner for Canada. The vote of thanks 
for Dr. Tutton’s discourse was moved by the Rev. George Bryce, D.D., who, 
as President of the Royal Society of Canada, took the opportunity of wel- 
coming the Association in the name of that Society. The vote was seconded 
by Professor Alexander Johnson, F.R.S.C., of McGill University. At 
Professor Herdman’s discourse the Hon. R. P. Roblin, Premier of Mani- 
toba, took the Chair, and the vote of thanks was moved and seconded 
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