508 Canadian Record of Science 



REPORT OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 

 OF MONTREAL. 



Presented by Dr. A. G. Nicholls, Delegate. 



The Natural History Society of Montreal leg to sub- 

 mit this their Annual Report of the year ending May 

 31st, 1913, being the 86th Annual Report of this So- 

 ciety. 



We are pleased to be able to state, notwithstanding 

 some disadvantages, the past year has been one of sub- 

 stantial progress. The various courses of lectures as 

 stated below, including the Somerville Course and the 

 Saturday Afternoon Talks to Children, have been con- 

 tinued and the attendance showed improvement over the 

 previous year. So great indeed was the interest shown 

 that in each of the above courses seven lectures were 

 given instead of six as in former years. 



The papers presented at the Monthly Meetings were 

 of an original character, and of an unusual order of ex- 

 cellence, many of the subjects treating of matters of 

 great economic importance to Canada. 



The following is the list : 



Monday, Nov. 4th, 1912. — "A Biography of the 

 Beaver," Dr. Arthur Willey. 



Monday, Nov. 25th, 1912.— "The Fungi of the Past 

 Season," Rev. Robert Campbell, M.A., D.D. 



Monday, Jan. 27th, 1913.— "The Geology of the Island 

 of Montreal," Prof. John Stansfield. 



Monday, Feb. 24th, 1913.— "Forest Products," Simon 

 Kirsch, M.A:, D.Sc. 



Monday, March 31st, 1913. — "Oyster Development, and 

 Oyster Culture in Canada," Dr. Joseph Stafford. 

 "The Fig Moth," H. Lampard, Esq. 



