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Parliament in March and April called together such members as could 

 be reached, viz. : — 



Dr. George Bryce, Chairman. 



British Association : Dr. Benjamin Suiter, Director Brock, Dr. P. 

 H. Bryce, and Dr. Bobert Bell. 



Archaeological Institute: Principal Peterson and Professor 

 McNaughton, of Montreal; Chief Justice Fitzpatrick, Ottawa; Mr. J. 

 Learmont, Montreal; and Professor Johnson, of Toronto. 



Royal Society: Sir Sandford Fleming, Dr. W. D. Le Sueur, and 

 Dr. Benjamin Suiter. 



The Committee waited, by appointment, on Sir Wilfrid Laurier and 

 Hon. W. Templeman, Minister of Inland Revenue. 



Sir Wilfrid Laurier graciously received the Committee, and after 

 a full interview promised to give favourable consideration to the request. 

 The Chairman watched over the matter further, and co-operated with 

 the Director of the Geological Survey. 



It was finally decided to establish a Department of Ethnology under 

 the Geological Survey. 



Two sums for the year were added to the Supplementary Estimates 

 of the House of Commons — viz., one of 420Z. sterling, and the other of 

 400L sterling, the former to pay the salary of an Ethnologist, the latter 

 for the working of the department. The Geological Department has 

 had already packed away 3.000Z. sterling worth of most valuable ethno- 

 logical material, chiefly from British Columbia. 



During the coming autumn it is expected that the large National 

 Museum Building in Ottawa, which has been under erection for several 

 years, and is now virtually completed, will be opened, and the Ethno- 

 logical Department will be installed there and be in operation during 

 the coming winter. 



It will be satisfactory to the British Association to know that an 

 appointment has virtually been made of a competent, well-trained 

 ethnologist, who is thoroughly acquainted with American ethnology 

 and archaeology, and who will take charge in October. The appointee 

 is a young man and full of zeal. 



All Canadians feel grateful for the action of initiative taken in this 

 matter by the British Association at its meeting in Winnipeg. 



Notes and Queries in Anthropology. — Report of the Committee, consist- 

 ing of Dr. C. H. Read (Chairman), Professor J. L. Myres (Secre- 

 tary), Mr. E. N. Fallaize, Dr. A. C. Haddon, Mr. T. A. Joyce, 

 and Drs. C. S. Myers, W. H. R. Rivers, C. G. Seligmann, and 

 F. C. Shrubsall, appointed to prepare a New Edition of Notes and 

 Queries in Anthropology. 



The Committee report that the preparation of the new edition of 

 ' Anthropological Notes and Queries ' is nearly completed, and that the 

 volume may be expected to appear in the course of the coming winter. 

 The Committee nsk to be reappointed, with the balance in hand. 



