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Report of Chairman of Council of the Natural 

 History Society of Montreal, for the Ybab 

 ending 27th May, L895. 



To the President and Officers of the Society: 



The meeting this evening makes the seventh regular 

 monthly meeting of the Society for the present session, at 

 all of which very interesting papers have been contributed. 



The Council has held nine ordinary and two special 

 meetings, all of which have been well attended. 



The Annual Field Day was held at Labelle last year, 

 and although the weather was none too promising, the 

 attendance was larger than usual and the result satisfac- 

 tory to all concerned. 



The SomervUle Course of Lectures for the past winter 

 were upon "The Resources of Canada, as viewed by a 

 Naturalist/ 5 and proved of such great interest to those 

 able to attend, that a wish has been expressed that the 

 lectures should be published in pamphlet form ; a most 

 desirable thing to do if we only had the funds at our dis- 

 posal. We hope the 1 idea will not be lost sight of. 



The conversazione which was in contemplation for last 

 winter had to be postponed. 



The Government Grant which the Society formerly 

 received and spent in the publication of the RECORD OF 

 Science, has not been forthcoming again this year, -never- 

 theless, the Record of Science is still being issued ; the 

 Society's being able to continue this work is entirely due 

 to the efforts of Mr. John S. Shearer, who collected the 

 Deeded funds from the friends of the Society. 



A Dumber of repairs and improvements have been 

 made to t he building and museum, including^ the renovat- 

 ing and re-seating of the Large lecture hall. This the 

 Society could not have done but for the efforts of Mr. 

 John S. Shearer, who collected the required amount. 



The attendance of visitors at the museum shows, on 



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