Proceedings. 10*7 



As Mr. Joseph had to leave, Mr. Shearer was called to 

 the chair. 



A paper by Mr. G. F. Matthew on " Ancient Myriapods" 

 was read by the Eev. Dr. Campbell. 



It was moved by Dr. Campbell, seconded by George 

 Sumner, that the thanks of the Society be given to Mr. 

 Matthew for his valuable paper, and that he be requested 

 to furnish specimens of some of these Myriapods for the 

 Society's museum. 



Montlieal, 28 th May, 1894. 



The annual meeting of the Society was held on Monday, 

 the 28th of May, Dr. Wesley Mills in the chair. 

 The following reports were read and adopted : — 



Report of the Council. 



Gentlemen, — The Chairman of Council begs to report that for the 

 session 1893-94 eleven meetings of Council were held, all of which 

 were well attended. 



The Society held six ordinary meetings and one special meeting. 

 At the six regular meetings, interesting papers were contributed by 

 Sir Wm. Dawson, Dr. Wesley Mills, Nevil Norton Evans, Dr. 

 Frank D. Adams, Prof. J. T. Nicolson, and F. B. Matthew. 



The Somerville Course of Lectures for the past season proved 

 of unusual interest, and the Society is indebted to the lecture com- 

 mittee for arranging the course and particularly to our President, 

 Dr. Wesley Mills, for his untiring efforts in watching over the 

 course so faithfully and giving so much of his valuable time to make 

 the course such a complete success. A well deserved vote of thanks 

 was tendered by the Society to the several gentlemen who delivered 

 the lectures. Those attending were so deeply impressed with the 

 importance of some of the subjects brought before them, that at two 

 of the meetings committees were named to wait upon the Health 

 Committee of this city and urge that a proper inspection should be 

 made of all dairies supplying milk to the city as also of all animals 

 sold for food, with a view of stamping out the disease tuberculosis ; 

 joint committees of the Natural History Society and Board of Trade 

 accordingly waited upon the Health Committee of this city and 

 urged very strongly the importance of having duly qualified in- 

 spectors appointed. The health committee received the deputation 

 very kindly and after the subject had been well discussed, requested 



