1899] ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 113 



A letter from Mr. 0. W. Peterson Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture, Regina, 

 was then read, in which he remarked among other things upon the importance of inves- 

 tigations into the insect life of the country, and mentioned an estimate of damage done 

 by insects to crops of the United States at $300,000,000 per annum, and concluded with 

 expressions of the Commissioner's appreciation of the President's efforts to create an 

 interest in Entomological and Botanical matters in Alberta and the Territories. 



A letter from Dr. L. O. Howard was also read, in which, after wishing success to the 

 President's work, Dr. Howard remarked that though the actual value of this class of 

 work could not fairly be reckoned in dollars and cents, yet that there was no doubt that 

 hundreds of thousands of dollars were saved to the farmers of the United States every year 

 by the carrying out of the recommendations of the State Entomologists. Dr. Howard 

 also, in approving of the encouragement of nature study in the local schools, advised the 

 display of insects characteristic to the locality. 



The Chairman then read the Report of Council. 



The election of fresh members then took place ; and the election of officers for the 

 ensuing year ; Percy B. Gregson remaining President of the Society. 



The Rev. Matthew White, of Lacombp, was elected Vice-President : Arthur D. 

 Gregson, J. P., of Waghorn, the Librarian- Curator ; Percy B. Gregson, the Secretary- 

 Treasurer ; and the Rev. J. Hinchliffe of Red Deer, Alta.; William Wenman of Red 

 Deer ; T. N. Willing of Olds ; and F. H. Wolley-Dod of Calgary, as Members of 

 Council. 



Before conclusion of proceedings, Mr. C. T. Daykin announced to the meeting that 

 the President had already arranged to give every month at the Waghorn School-house a 

 short sketch on the life of some insect, or of some other phase of nature, and its econo- 

 mic value, and the date would be published in newspapers in time for every one to 

 attend, and the sketches would interest not only the young folk but " grown ups." 



The Chairman then read a letter just received by the President from Mr. Arthur 

 G. Wolley-Dod (Vice-President of the Calgary, and Secretary of the Pish Creek, Agricul- 

 tural Societies), r« questing the President to prepare a short treatise on insects and their 

 value as regards agriculture, which he could read at the forthcoming Agricultural Socie- 

 ties' annual meetings in December, 



The Secretary of the Lacombe Agricultural Society also requested a paper by the 

 President for reading at the December annual meeting of the Lacombe Agricultural 

 Society. 



After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the proceedings terminated. 



Report op Council. 



In submitting its First Annual Report, the Council take the opportunity of record- 

 ing their sincere expressions of gratitude to the many gentlemen high in the Entomolo- 

 gical and Agricultural worlds for their sympathy — their actual co-operation — with the 

 work of the North-west (Oanac Entomological Society. The Society has embarked in 

 an enterprise in a distant and comparatively unknown land, whose settlers are pioneers 

 and f i om many parts of the globe, and untutored ; and the advantage to the Council in 

 having advice from such men as the Founders of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 

 Dr. James Fletcher, Dr. L. O. Howard, and Mr. C. W. Peterson, cannot be overvalued. 



The Society's Collection of insects has been greatly augmented by gifts from Dr. 

 Sanson, of Banff; Dr. Herman Streeker, of Reading, Pa. ; and Dr. Henry Skinner ; and 

 other gentlemen, including Messrs. W. Wenman, E. F. Heath, T. N. Willing, H. 

 Hutchinson, A. W. Hanham, and A. J. Dennis have kindly promised examples represent- 

 ative of their respective districts. The Society's Collections are always on view to the 

 public. 



Mr. E. Baynes Reed, the Rev. Dr. Bethune and Prof. James have presented to the 

 President the entire set of Reports of the Entomological Society of Ontario. Dr. James 

 Fletcher, a full set of his Reports since the establishment of the Ottawa Experimental 



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