Report of Natural History Society, 1908-1909 449 



REPORT OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 

 OF MONTREAL. 



1908-1909'. 



Presented by Alfred Griffin. 



On behalf of the Natural History Society of Montreal, 

 the following report is submitted for the consideration 

 of the Royal Society of Canada. 



It was earnestly hoped that the society would have 

 been in its new quarters as announced in our report 

 of last year, but owing to the commercial depression 

 that has prevailed for some time, the necessary funds 

 have not been forthcoming to warrant us in commencing 

 building operations. However, our work, though some- 

 what hampered by the cramped quarters we at present 

 occupy, has been attended with a greater measure of 

 success, than far several years past. The subjects 

 treated at the Monthly Meetings were, as usual, original 

 communications, and the attendance on several occasions 

 was such that many were turned away. This, though 

 very gratifying as showing an increased interest in the 

 study of Natural Science, is a condition of things much 

 to be deplored, and, it is hoped, remedied in the very 

 near future. The following is a list of the papers read 

 at the Monthly Meetings: — 



Monday, Nov. 2nd, 1908— The Possibilities of Oyster 

 Culture in the Maritime Provinces of Canada — E. W. 

 MacBride, M.A., D.Sc. 



Monday, Nov. 30th, 1908 — Man as an Animal — Dr. 

 F. Slater Jackson. 



Monday, Jan. 25th, 1909 — The Scot in Canada and 

 an Old Time New Year-^T. S. Buchan, K.C. 



Monday, Feb. 22nd, 1909 — A vain quest in Zoology — 

 Rev. I. J. Kavanagh, S.J. ; Some aspects of the Forestry 

 Problem — Dr. D. P. Penhallow. 



Monday, Mar. 29th, 1909— The possibilities of the 



