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The building of the Society is in good order, and a new 
furnace was put in last winter at a cost of $200. 
The hall has again been rented to the congregation wor- 
shiping there, at the same rental as last year, the agreement 
being signed by Mr. T. M. Taylor. 
The Provincial Government granted the Society last year 
$400, in place of $800, the amount which was expected. 
This reduction in the amount promised us, (and upon which 
we depended) greatly interfered with the efforts of the edit- 
ing committee, who are, however, deserving of praise, for 
the manner in which they have issued the RecorD or 
SOIENCE. 
At the last meeting of Council, a committee was appointed 
by of the Society, to draw up a petition, and forward 
the same to the Hon. Honoré Mercier, Premier of the Pro- 
vince of Quebec, asking the Government for the amount of 
the original grant to the Society of $1,000. The petition was 
duly completed and forwarded on the 18th of this month, 
An answer has been received by the Recording Secretary, 
acknowledging its receipt by the Premier, and stating, that 
it had been handed to the Rev. Curé Labelle, Assistant 
Minister of Agriculture and Colonization, for his considera- 
tion and attention. 
The Annual “ Field Day” was held on the 4th of June last, 
the enterprising village of St. Jeréme having been selected 
for the occasion. About 100 ladies and gentlemen, started by 
train from Dalhousie Square Station, C. P. R., to enjoy the 
day’s outing. It is not necessary to go into details here, 
tails, as a very graphic description of the day has alrecdy 
appeared in the Reoorp or Screnoz, On our arrival at the 
Montreal station a resolution was passed, thanking Mr. 
Tuttle, and other officers of the C. P. R., for the courtesies 
and hospitable treatment, receceived at their hands. In 
connection with the above, at a meeting of Council held on 
the 9th day of June 1887, a resolution was unanimously 
adopted, and sent to W, C. Van Horne, Esq., Vice-President 
of the C.P.R., tendering to him the cordial thanks of the 
Society, for haying contributed in so large a manner to 
