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pamphlets in the library. This work is now completed, and 

 it is the intention of the Council to publish the catalogue as 

 the funds will permit. The Council would recommend, in 

 the meantime, that works printed or purchased should be 

 added to the list as soon as received, in order that when the 

 catalogue is printed it will not be necessary to make a new 

 classification. 



The revision of the by-laws has also taken practical shape 

 during the past session, and the Council at its last meeting 

 appointed Sir William Dawson and Messrs. Geo. Sumner and 

 P. S. Eoss, a committee for this purpose. The committee at 

 once entered upon its work with the utmost zeal, and in 

 February a draft of the revised by-laws was submitted to the 

 Society, and immediately adopted and ordered to be printed. 

 The printed copies can now be obtained by subscribers. 



The Editing Committee is to be congratulated on the effi- 

 cient, prompt and admirable manner in which they have 

 issued the Eecord, and the thanks of the Society are due to 

 them for their arduous labours in the face of many difficulties. 



The Council petitioned the Local Government again this 

 year for a renewal of the grant to the Society, and is not 

 without hope that the Government will soon see its way 

 clear to a favorable consideration of the petition, so that the 

 Editing Committee may be enabled to do its work efficiently. 



The Field Day has always been one of the most enjoyable 

 features of the Society, and this year proved no exception. 

 Owing to the kind invitation of Mr. Chas. Gibb, of Abbotts- 

 ford, Yamaska Mountain was this time selected, and on the 

 fourth of June last, a party, numbering 120 persons, left the 

 city by the South-eastern Eailwayto enjoy the day's outing. 

 On their arrival, Mr. Gibb, who, with his characteristic hos- 

 pitality, had invited the entire party to be his guests for the 

 day, personally received and conducted them to his resi- 

 dence where ample refreshments were provided and partaken 

 of. The party then divided into three portions and started 

 for their respective pursuits. At half-past four they all re- 

 assembled to partake of refreshments again, after which the 

 prizes were awarded. There were eight entries in the botani- 

 cal department, which was divided into two sections, one 



