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twenty-seventh of May. This will be the first time the 

 Royal Society has held its meetings outside of Ottawa, 

 and a large number of men of science are expected from all 

 parts of Canada and the United States. It would have been a 

 source of pleasure and profit if some of the savants of England 

 and France who were invited, could have met with the Royal 

 Society on this occasion, but, we regret to say, the time 

 between the invitations and the meeting was too short to 

 permit of their making suitable arrangements to be present, 

 The several committees which have been appointed to re- 

 ceive the Royal Society and the Governor General, who is 

 to be present on this occasion, will, we are sure do every- 

 thing in their power to make the meeting one of the most 

 successful ever held by the Society, and we hope it may 

 lead them to select other cities in the Dominion for future 

 meetings. 



The Somerville Lectures were unusually interesting 

 this year, and the attendance large. They were six in 

 number, and delivered in the following order: — 



Thursday, March 12th— " A Popular talk about Birds." By J M. 



Lemoine. Esq., F.R.S.C., Quebec. 

 Thursday, March 19th — " Ants — A Home Study." By Very Rev. 



Dean Carmichael, M.A., D.C.L. 

 Thursday, March 26th-" The Squid and its Relations." By Sir J. 



Wm. Dawson, C.M.G., F.R.S. 

 Thursday, April 2nd—" Coral Animals." By F. D. Adams, M.A.Sc. 

 Thursday, April 9th — "Domestic Pets." By Professor D. McEach- 



ran, D.V.S. 

 Thursday, April 16tb— " Domestic Fowls." By Dr. T. Wesley 



Mills. 



(Then follows an account of the Society's Field Day at 

 Lachute, a report on which will be found on page 199 et seq. 

 of this volume.) 



The thanks of the Society have been tendered to the dis- 

 tinguished gentlemen who gave their valuable time for the 

 advancement of its interests. The next Field Day will be 

 held at Calumet on Saturday May the 30th, leaving Wind- 

 sor St. depot at 9.10 a.m. by special train. It is expected 



