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The Government grant of $400 has been received and 

 used for the publication of our journal. 



The Council has passed a new by-law, so that proposals 

 for membership to the Society are submitted to the Council 

 and balloted for at the following general meeting, thus 

 avoiding delays and yet leaving the names of candidates 

 posted a sufficient length of time. 



Our delegate to the Royal Society of Canada has been 

 instructed to ask that Society to hold its meeting of 1891 in 

 Montreal. It is to be hoped that there will be no serious 

 objection to that project. 



The field day was held on the 8th of June, atSt.Eustache, 

 and was enjoyed by a large number of members and their 

 friends. There was only one collection entered for prizes 

 — a collection of 34 specimens of named plants by Dr. 

 Blackader. 



In closing I may mention the attentive assistance your 

 superintendent cheerfully renders to all the officers of the 

 Society. 



The whole respectfully submitted, 



J. A. U. Beaudry, 



Pres. of Council. 



curator's report, 1889-90. 



The past year has been one of marked activity in the 

 museum, owing chiefly to the extra work required in carry- 

 ing out the alterations and reforms referred to in the last 

 annual report. 



It was found necessary to repaint the wall-cases on the 

 main floor, and in consequence the animals and birds had 

 all to be removed while that was being done. Specimens 

 could not be displayed to advantage in the upper portions 

 of these cases ; it was, therefore, deemed advisable to frost 

 the top row of glass and shelve off that part, thus affording 

 space for duplicate specimens. 



New cases have been ordered for the centre of this floor. 

 They are now being made, and within the next month it is 

 expected they will be placed in position, and the objects 

 intended to occupy them arranged. 



