THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The thirty-sixth annual meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario was held 

 in the rooms of the Society, Wellington Street, London, on Wednesday and Thursday, 

 October 11th and 12th. The Council met on Wednesday at 11 a.m. for the purpose of 

 preparing its annual report and transacting the ordinary business of the Society. At the 

 request of the President, Mr. Henry H. Lyman, of Montreal, the chair was occupied by 

 the Rev. Dr. Bethune, of London The following additional members were also present: 

 Rev. Dr. Fyles, South Quebec; Dr. James Fletcher, Entomologist and Botanist, and Mr. 

 Arthur Gibson Assistant Entomologist, Experimental Farms, Ottawa ; Professor Loch- 

 head, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph ; Messrs. W. E. Saunders, J. A. Balkwill, 

 R. W- Rennie and J. Alston Moffat, London. Letters expressing regret at their inability 

 to attend the meeting were received from Mr. W. H. Harrington, Ottawa ; Mr. J. D. 

 Evans, Trenton; Mr. G. M. Stewart, Secretary of the Toronto Branch ; and Mr. Dwight 

 Brainerd, Montreal. 



The President brought up the subject of members' subscriptions that are in arrears 

 and gave a tabulated statement of those in this position. After some discussion a by-law 

 was adopted in which instructions are given to the Secretary for dealing with all such 

 cases, and if necessary, discontinuing the sending of the Magazine and Report. 



Dr. Bethune drew the attention of the Council to the fact that the membership of 

 the Society had so largely increased during the last few years that the number of surplus 

 copies of the Canadian Entomologist had become alarmingly small. He presented a tender 

 from the London Printing and Lithographing Company, and ib was decided to increase the 

 monthly issue by one hundred copies, beginning T*ith the number for January, 1900. 



The report of the Council was then prepared, and after the transaction of some farther 

 details of business, the meeting adjourned. 



Conference on the San Jose Scale. 



The Society met at 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, October 11th, for the purpose 

 of holding a conference on the all -important subject of San Jose Scale. The following 

 members were present, in addition to those already mentioned : Prof. C. 0. James, Deputy 

 Minister of Agriculture for Ontario, Toronto ; Inspector G. E. Fisher, Freeman, Onfc. ; 

 Prof. F, M. Webster, Wooster, Obio ; Messrs. J. Dearness, H. Gould, J. Law, J. S. 

 Pearce, W. Pereival, H. S. Saundere, Spencer, Dr. W. J. Stevenson and others. The 

 chair was taken by the President, Mr. Henry H. Lyman, Montreal. 



The Chairman : I have much pleasure in welcoming you to this 36th annual 

 meeting of the Entomological Society oi Ontario. We are particularly fortunate this year 

 in having a number of distinguished entomologists with us. We had hoped to have the 

 pleasure of welcoming the Hon. Mr. Diyden, Minister of Agriculture for Ontario, but 

 unfortunately he has been unable to attend, but he has sent his Deputy, Prof. James, 

 whom we are all very glad to see. We also have Prof. Webster, who has taken the 

 trouble to come from Wooster 5 Ohio, to be present, as well as Mr. Fisher, Inspector of 

 San J ose Scale for Ontario ; Prof. Lochhead, of the Agricultural College, Guelph, and 

 others, so that our meeting ought to be a particularly important and useful one, but as I 

 unfortunately labor under the infirmity of deafness, I will call upon our Vice President, 

 Rev. Dr. Fyles, of Quebec, to take the chair and preside over the meeting 



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