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cussed with them the matter fully, and left his views in writing, to be presented 

 to the General Committee of the Association. Professors Parker and Vincent 

 were present at the meeting in York in August and supported the invitation of 

 the city. After discussing the matter fully the Association agreed to accept the 

 invitation to Winnipeg for 1909, and the result was at once cabled by the 

 Associated Press to Winnipeg and published in the Winnipeg papers of the 

 next morning. 



ACCOMMODATION. 



As soon as the Committee of the Royal Society takes action steps will be 

 taken to form a large representative Committee, chosen by such bodies as the 

 City Council, School Board, Board of Trade, University, University Faculty, 

 Colleges, Learned Societies and other important bodies, to undertake the large 

 work of accommodating the visitors from Great Britain, arranging for the rate 

 of fares, providing suitable meeting places for the large gatherings, evening lec- 

 tures, and section meetings of the Association, as well as for securing general 

 offices for the officials of the Society and Sections. As the Association meeting 

 will probably be in August, 1 909, it is likely that the work of preparation will 

 be begun in 1907, giving ample time for making complete arrangements. 



THE WESTERN TRIP. 



A most important matter connected with the Winnipeg meeting will be 

 the question of whether arrangements can be made for taking a selected body 

 of the Association to visit the Pacific Coast and intermediate points of interest 

 in the Western Provinces. Probably six or seven hundred members from Great 

 Britain, the Continent and the United States may be expected at the Winnipeg 

 meeting. It has been suggested that say two hundred of the most prominent 

 of the scientists, who may be able, should go to the West and see Western 

 Canada. A railway train could be placed at their disposal, as in the case of 

 the manufacturers' expedition, when different places in the West were visited. 

 There is a desire in the Western Provinces to see the world's leaders of science, 

 and it would be of great value if at a number of leading places in these Pro- 

 vinces meetings could be held and addresses given by men of note. A suggestion 

 has been made that the Western Canadian Provinces should contribute a sum 

 sufficient, with grants from the leading cities for entertainment, to meet the ex- 

 penses of this expedition. The cost of the whole, from Winnipeg west and re- 

 turn, would be probably from twelve to fourteen thousand dollars. A few weeks 

 ago the writer had the opportunity of meeting Governor Dunsmuir and Premier 

 McBride of British Columbia, and Messrs. Morley and Buscombe, Mayors of 



