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President of the Canadian National Railways. They were conveyed 
by cars to Jasper Park Lodge, the mountain hostel of the C.N.R. in 
Jasper National Park, Alta., and by car, on foot, or on horseback the 
majority proceeded thence to Maligne Canyon. Proceeding, the trains 
stopped at the view-point for Mount Robson. The weather here, and for 
the rest of the day, was unfavourable, but it subsequently cleared, and 
during the visit to Vancouver, and for the rest of the journey through the 
mountains, it was perfect. 
Monday, August 25.—VaNcouveR (2854 m., 16 ft.) was reached in 
the morning. A civic reception took place at the C.N.R. station, and 
members enjoyed a short tour of the city and Stanley Park as guests of 
the Automobile Club of British Columbia. The party then divided, some 
members proceeding immediately to Victoria, B.C., while others deferred 
their departure until the night boat. 
The members remaining in Vancouver were entertained to a civic 
luncheon at the Hotel Vancouver, when they were welcomed by the 
Mayor (Mr. W. R. Owen), and short addresses were delivered by Prof. 
J. W. Gregory and Prof. J.G. Smith. Inthe afternoon members interested 
in lumber industries were offered a visit to the Fraser Lumber Mills, con- 
ducted by Prof. H. R. Christie. A geological party, led by Prof. 8. J. 
Schofield, visited the Capilano Canyon, a waterfall gorge cut back during 
post-glacial times through granite rocks. Those interested in anthropology 
and archeology visited the settlement of Squamish Indians on the north 
side of the harbour, under the guidance of Mr. Harlan I. Smith, of the 
Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa. Botanists, agriculturists, and others 
inspected the new University site and buildings and were entertained to 
tea at the Botanical Gardens. Visiting ladies were received by the 
Women’s Canadian Club at the Hotel Vancouver, and Dr. F. C. and Mrs. 
Shrubsall spoke on Physical and Mental Welfare. In the evening two 
public meetings were held :— 
(a) At Wesley Church. Chairman: Mr. R. E. McKecunte, Chancellor 
of the University of British Columbia ; Speakers : Prof. G. W. O. Howe, 
on Recent Developments in Radio-telegraphy ; Dr. A. W. BorTHwick, on 
Recent Progress in Forestry. 
(6) In the Physics Lecture Room, University of British Columbia. 
Chairman: Dean R. W. Brock, University of British Columbia ; 
Speakers: Prof. W. T. Gorpon, on Physical Features which characterise 
Gem Stones ; Prof. W. W. Warts, on A Buried Landscape. 
- The members who had left by the morning boat for Vicroria, the 
capital of British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, reached that port about 
3 p.m. They were entertained to tea in the exquisite gardens of Govern- 
ment House by the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, Mr. Walter 
C. Nicholl, and at a civic dinner in the Empress Hotel, when the Mayor 
(Mr. R. Hayward) and Dr. Plaskett welcomed the Association party, and 
the President (Sir David Bruce), Mr. F. E. Smith (General Secretary), and 
Prof. F. C. Donnan replied. 
A party of botanists had been met on arrival at Victoria by Mr. C. C. Pemberton, 
who conducted them by motor-car to various points of botanical interest. On the 
sea-beach were found stranded specimens of the giant brown seaweed Neurocystis. 
This grows attached to rocks or stones by a branched holdfast from which extends 
a long stipe expanding into a bulbous end bearing streaming leaf-like fronds. An 
average plant measured by a member of the party was 24 ft. in length, exclusive of 
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