GREAT GATHERINGS. 



The great value of science to all classes of the community has during the 

 last fifty years been thoroughly recognized, and the effort of the Association, 

 while not lowering its high standard and character, yet to take hold of all 

 portions of the community, has resulted in vast gatherings at its annual meet- 

 ings. The plan followed is not to visit any city until a formal invitation from 

 the Mayor and Council of the city has been sent to the Association. The pre- 



LORD MILTON 



Western Explorer (1862-3), Son of Earl Fitzwilliam, First President 



B. A. S. (1831). 



sent City Council of Winnipeg, at the request of the Royal Society of Canada, 

 sent its formal invitation this year asking the Association to visit Winnipeg 



