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Feb. 12. "Dick's Dive in a Duck Pond," by C. T. Williams. 



Feb. 19. " Life among the Esquimaux," by A. W. 

 Buckland. 



Feb. 26. " Frogs and Snakes," by J. A. Williams, F.Z.S. 



Mar. 5. " Humanity to Animals," by Eowley James. 

 '■' 12. " Fossils," by E. T. Chambers. 

 " 19. " Volcanoes," by T. Denis. 

 " 26. " The Ferns of Montreal," by Rev. Robert 

 Campbell, D.D. 



The attendance at the Museum has increased consider- 

 ably during the year. On the pay days the total 

 admissions have been 429, nearly a hundred more than 

 last year ; on Saturdays, the free day, the attendance has 

 varied from about 50 to 150, though it was much larger 

 on the Saturday-Lecture afternoons. Since the beginning 

 of this year the Museum has also been open free on 

 Wednesday afternoons, and the number of visitors is 

 increasing very much on that day. Altogether there must 

 have been about 4,000 visitors to the Museum during the 

 past year. 



The " Canadian Record of Science " has been issued, 

 as usual, though we have failed to obtain a renewal of the 

 grant from the Quebec Government, which in former days 

 used to defray the cost of publication. 



An appeal has been issued to members and friends 

 asking for financial aid. The sum of about $10,000 is 

 required as an endowment fund to replace the loss of the 

 Government grant. 



It is impossible to provide for the publication of the 

 " Record of Science," the care and maintenance of the 

 Library and Museum, and the annual courses of public 

 Lectures, without some such addition to our income. 



In each of these departments the Society is doing useful 

 and valuable work, and it would be a great pity for any of 

 it to be curtailed or abolished for lack of means to properly 

 carry it on. 



