JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS. M7) 
REPORT OF COUNCIL. 
Your Council take pleasure in submitting their report for 
the session 1900-I1gor. 
The session now closed has been a most encouraging one 
for the Association. The papers contributed have been 
mostly of a very superior character and of deep scientific 
interest. During the period referred to, there have been held 
four meetings of the Council and nine of the general Associa- 
tion, at which the following papers were read and discussed : 
1900 
NOVARTIS Lnausanal Address) —bresidentyS: Av) Morgan, 
1B, Ns, JD, Wesel: 
DrEc. 6th—‘‘ Duties of the Speaker of the House of Commons ’’ 
—Hon. Thos. Bain. 
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JAN. 1oth—‘‘ Place Names in Wentworth’’—J. H. Smith, 
Mg Wea): 
JAN. 21st—‘“‘ Light and Color ’’—Prof. Abbott. 
FEB. 14th—‘‘ Great Events in Astronomy ’’—-Rey. Dr. Lucas. 
FEB. 28th—‘‘ Life and Character of Plants ’’—Prof. Jeffrey. 
Marcu 21st—‘‘ Church Architecture in Northern France ’’— 
Prof. Squair. 
APRIL 25th—‘‘ Natural History Notes’’—Wm. Yates, Esq. 
May 3rd—‘‘ X Rays’’—Dr. Cummings. 
May oth—‘“‘ The Relation of Matter to Spirit ’’—Dr. Baugh. 
Prof. Fletcher, of the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 
was appointed to represent this Association at the coming 
meeting of the Royal Society. 
Your Council are pleased to place on record the valuable 
assistance given to the general meetings of the Association by 
the Camera Section, not only in the beautiful display of 
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