ABSTRACT OF MINUTES 



gave an outline of the spiritual, social and political progress 

 of the colony during British occupation. The mau}^ approv- 

 ing remarks which followed showed how highly his work was 

 valued by his fellow members. 



FRIDAY, MAY 22nd, 1908 



SPKCIAI, MEETING. 

 President R. J. Hill in the chair. J. W. Tyrrell, C.B., 

 in his lecture entitled " The Hudson Bay Route," carried his 

 audience in his own inimitable way alon^ the prospective 

 line of future commercial development, which will soon give 

 the Great West direct all-water access to the markets of the 

 Mother Country. 



THURSDAY, HAY 14th, 1908 



ANNUAI, MEETING. 



President R. J. Hill in the chair. 



Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. 



Report of the Council, by J. F. Ballard. 



Report of the Treasurer, by P. L. Scriven. 



Report of the Camera Section, by James Gadsby. 



Report of the Astronomical Section, by G. Parry Jenkins. 



Report of the Curator. 



Report of the Geological Section. 



Report of the Biological Section. 

 The following officers were elected for the ensuing year. 



Honorary President — Adam Brown. 



President — A. Alexander, F. Sc. S. 



First Vice-President— H. B. Witton. 



Second Vice-President — Matthew I^eggatt. 



Corresponding Secretary — G. Parry Jenkins, F.R.A.S. 



Recording Secretary — J. F. Ballard. 



Curator—Col. C. C. Grant. 



Treasurer — P. L. Scriven. 



Auditors — E. H. Darling, F. H. Wingham. 



Council — J. M. Williams, Lyman Lee, B.A., James 

 Gadsby, A. H. Baker, W. Delos Smith, 



