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in the latter year in Toronto, took up the question of inviting the Association 

 to visit Canada again. By unanimous consent it was agreed that Winnipeg 

 would be the suitable place for a meeting should the Association decide to come 

 to Canada. A large committee was appointed, of which the writer is chairman, 

 to take steps in the matter. The Committee decided to wait upon the Hon. 

 the Premier of Canada, Sir Wilfred Laurier, to ask for a grant for the purpose 

 of bringing the British Association to Winnipeg. The Premier took a few days 

 to consider it with his colleagues, and then wrote to the chairman, promising a 

 grant of $25,000 to the Committee should their invitation be accepted by the 

 British Association. By the direction of the Committee the chairman then ap- 



PROFESSOR T. H. HUXLEY 

 President B. A. S. (1870). 



plied to the Mayor and Council of the city of Winnipeg, asking that they should 

 invite the British Association to hold its annual meeting here in 1 909 and also 

 requesting a grant of $5,000 for the expenses of the Association. The Mayor 

 and Council cordially extended the invitation, and recommended to their suc- 

 cessors to spend a suitable sum for the purpose proposed. The Historical and 

 Scientific Society of Manitoba co-operated in supporting the request of Win- 

 nipeg. In May 1906 the University of Manitoba also agreed to support the 

 city's invitation and appointed Professors Parker and Vincent to co-operate with 

 the writer in bringing the matter before the officials of the Association. In July 

 the writer met the two leading secretaries of the Association in London, dis- 



