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mittees, and to communicate the same to the family of the 

 deceased. 



The following is the resolution adopted : 



" In recording its sorrow at the sudden death of 

 Mr. Walter Drake, one of the Yice-Presidents of the 

 ISTatural History Society of Montreal, and Chairman of its 

 Membership Committee, the Society would express its 

 appreciation of his high and noble qualities as a citizen. 

 Every good cause found in him an earnest advocate. 

 Himself possessed of a cultured mind and varied stores of 

 information, he was keenly alive to the valuable service 

 wliich the ISTatural History Society, through its Museum, 

 its lectures and its library, is rendering to the citizens of 

 Montreal as a means of promoting especially a knowledge 

 of the wonderful w^orks of God, and he was always ready 

 to aid it both by contributions and personal endeavors on 

 its behalf. Among the last of his acts before finally 

 leaving the city was to address a communication to the 

 Quebec G-overnment in its interests. For these reasons 

 the Natural History Society begs to assure his stricken 

 family that it sincerely shares in their sorrow over his 

 decease." 



Tlie attention of the Society having been also drawn to 

 the loss wliich the Hon. Justice AVurtele, one of the Vice- 

 Presidents of the Natural History Society, had sustained 

 in the death of his son, the Society agreed to record its 

 sympathy with him in his bereavement, and the same 

 Committee was appointed to frame a suitable minute and 

 forward it to him in the name of the Society. 



Member elected. — The rules having been suspended, 

 the following gentleman was unanimously elected an 

 <jrdinary member : — Dr. Louis Laberge. 



The Rev. Dr. Campbell then read his paper on " Cap-a- 

 I'Aigle Plants not previously reported," whicli proved 

 very interesting. 



