The last issue of the "Record of Science'' took place 

 in October, 1905. It was thought necessary at the time, 

 owing to the financial situation of the Society, to 

 suspend the publication. But there was no expectation 

 that the suspension should be other than temporary. 

 Application has been, year after year, made to the Gov- 

 ernment of the Province of Quebec for a restoration of 

 the grant made in former times to the Society, but 

 hitherto without success; and as the publication of the 

 "Record of Science" was made conditional upon the 

 receipt of the grant, its suspension has continued. But, 

 during the last year, the Society resolved to resume the 

 publication as an, important part of its work, trust- 

 ing that ways and means for meeting the cost should in 

 some way be found. In the present issue, however, and 

 in the two following ones, the purpose is to put on record 

 the more important transactions of the Society, in the 

 interval since the last issue was made. 



