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he laid the Society under obligations by generously pro- 

 viding for the comfort and pleasure of the guests of the 

 Society in its annual scientific excursions; and in re- 

 cently electing him to the highest distinction in its gift, 

 that of Honorary President, it sought to make acknow- 

 ledgment of the valued favours and services which he 

 had rendered to it in the past, while hoping that he 

 might yet be spared for many years to reflect honour 

 upon it and promote its usefulness. It has seemed good 

 to the Lord of Life that it should be otherwise, and the 

 Society bows to the Divine will. 



But while making mention of its own sorrow and 

 sense of loss in Sir William's decease, the Society would 

 express its special and profound sympathy with Lady 

 Van Home, and Miss Van Home and the other members 

 of his family, in the great sorrow with which they have 

 been visited, praying God to abundantly sustain them in 

 their grief. 



The Secretary is instructed to communicate to Lady 

 Van Home a copy of the foregoing resolution. 



Yours very sincerely, 



Hon. Corresponding Secretary. 



LIEUTENANT-COL. JEFFREY BURLAND. 



The Natural History Society of Montreal is called 

 upon to mourn the sudden death of one of its most 

 prominent members, the late Lieutenant-Colonel Jeffrey 

 Hale Burland, which took place on October 9th, 1914. 

 This Society was one of the numerous activities, com- 

 mercial, benevolent, social and scientific, to which Lieu- 

 tenant-Oolonel Burland 's public spirit and versatile 

 talents were directed. He was specially interested in 

 the question of the proper housing of the Society, with 

 its library and museum. Being an honour man in 



