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J. H. E. Molson, Rev. E. Campbell, Edward Murphy and Dr. 

 Osier. | 



Corresponding Secretary, Dr. J. Baker Edwards. 



Recording Secretary, Geo. Sumner. 



Treasurer, G. L. Marler. 



Cabinet-keeper and Librarian, Wm. Muir. 



Council, J. S. Shearer, J. Benirose, M. H. Brissette, W. T. 

 Costigan, J. S. Brown, P. S. Eoss, J. T. Donald, E. W. 

 McLachlan. 



Library Committee, Dr. Wanless, H. Graham, E. T. Chambers 

 Dr. McLaren, J. S. Brown. 



Editing Committee, I >r. Hunt, Dr. Harrington, J. T. Donald, 

 D. P. Penhallow, Dr. Wanless. 



Mr. G. L. Marler gave notice of a motion to the effect that 

 young men under eighteen years of age be allowed to become 

 associate members upon payment of a yearly fee of one dollar. 



A vote of thanks being tendered to the retiring officers the 

 meeting adjourned. 



Report of Council, May 2Qth, 1884. 



Your Council have to report that during the season now 

 closing the society has elected twelve members. 



The number of persons who have visited the Museum during 

 the year is about 3,300, The lectures of the Sommerville 

 course were delivered as follows: February 14th, Prof. 

 Penhallow, On Tea; February 21st, Prof. Bovey, on Conser- 

 vation of Force; February 28th, Dr. Major, on The Voice; 

 March 6th, A. T. Taylor, Esq., on Health in our Homes; 

 March 13th, Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, on The Food of Plants ; 

 March 20th, Dr. W. George Beers, on A Child's Teeth. 



These lectures were well attended, and well received, and the 

 thanks of the Society are due to the gentlemen who delivered 

 them. 



It is now a settled fact that the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science are to meet in Montreal on the 27th of 

 August next, and this Society will do all in its power (as they 

 did when the American Association visited Montreal in August, 

 1882) to make the meeting of the British Association successful. 

 The use of our building has been placed at the disposal of the 



