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the Flora of the Island of Montreal," by Rev. R. Camp- 

 bell, D.D. 



March 25th. — " Ancient Engineering," by Prof. J. T. 

 Nicholson, B.Sc. 



April 29th. — "Canada's Timber Resources and Lumber 

 Industry, with some Reminiscences of those Connected 

 with the Trade," by the Hon. J. K, Ward. 



On the last mentioned date, Mr. J. B. Williams was to 

 have read a paper on " Birds : What are they ? Where 

 are they ? and whence are they ?" but time did not allow 

 it to be done ; he will, however, favor the Society by 

 reading it at the next Monthly Meeting. 



The course of the Somerville lectures this year was on 

 " The Resources of Canada, as viewed by a Naturalist." 

 The lectures were delivered on the Thursdays from the 

 7th February to the 21st March, inclusively ; they were 

 free to the public and were well attended. The Museum 

 was open to the public for one hour previously to each 

 lecture. 



The lectures were as follows : 



1. — " The General Geographical Relations of Canada," 

 by Sir J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S. 



2. — " The Useful Minerals of Canada," by Captain R, C. 

 Adams. 



3. — " Some of the Agricultural Products of Canada," by 

 Prof. Wm. Saunders, Director of Dominion Experimental 

 Farms. 



4. — " Wheat, and Canada's Relation to the Wheat Supply 

 of the World," by Edgar Judge, Esq. 



5. — " The Remedy for the Scarcity of Wood in the Old 

 Settlements, and the Care of Growing Trees," by the Hon. 

 H. G. Joly de Lotbiniere. 



6. — " Our Native Mammals of Economic Value," by Dr. 

 Robert Bell, of the Geological Survey. 



7. — " Canada's Fish and Fisheries," by Prof. E. E. 

 Prince, of the Department of Fisheries, etc, 



