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THE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 



necessity for the people of the townships say- 

 ing that while salmon are caught " in nets 

 and pounds '" in the Lower St. Lawrence, we, 

 the people of " the townships seldom or ever 

 get a taste." "The fifteen days granted to 

 catch a few salmon by the only means they 

 can be taken in the St. Francis shows that the 

 overseer has been allowed by some one in the 

 Department to give parties liberty to catch 

 salmon on the two rivers during this space of 

 time, therefore, considering every word so far 

 published on the subject> the charge of the 

 complaining party has some foundation in 

 fact; as the overseer acknowledges that 

 the fish are allowed to be caught by nets of 

 some kind during the space of fifteen days. 

 Can any one give us additional information 

 regarding the locality in which the netting 

 of salmon occur in the St. Francis? When 

 the facts are given us then the subject matter 

 will be properly sifted. — C. 



THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF 

 ONTARIO. 



ITS AJratJAl MEETING IB MONTREAL. 



A meeting of the Council of this Society 

 Was held at the residence of Mr. G. J. Bowles, 

 Vice-President, on Thursday, August 24th, at 

 11 o'clock a.m. The following officers were 

 present : — William Saunders, President, Lon- 

 don, Ont. ; G. J. Bowles, Vice-President, 

 Montreal: Rev. C. J. S. Beihune, M.A., Port 

 Hope, Out. ; E. Baynes Beed, Secretary- 

 Treasurer, London, Ont. ; James Fletcher, 

 Ottawa, Ont. ; J. M. Denton, London, Ont. ; 

 William Couper, Montreal ; W. H. Harring- 

 ton, Ottawa. 



The Secretary-Treasurer read the annual 

 reports, which were found satisfactory. After 

 discussing several subjects relative to the 

 welfare of the parent society and its branches, 

 the members examined Mr. Bowles' fine col- 

 lection of insects, many of which were 

 greatly admired. The Council then adjourned 

 until three o'clock p.m., to hold the annual 

 general meeting in the rooms of the Natural 

 History Society. There was a good attend- 

 ance, including rnanv ladies. After Mr. 

 Saunders called the members to order, the 

 Secretary read the annual report of the 



Council, which gave the reasons for holding 

 the meeting outside of Ontario. It had been 

 felt that the selection of Montreal for the 

 : meeting of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science and the consequent 

 gathering of distinguished entomologists from 

 the other side of the line, together with the 

 1 members of the Montreal Branch, would 

 I afford an opportunity not to be missed, and 

 | accordingly the Hon. S. C. Woods, Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture for the Province of 

 Ontario, had been applied to for permission to 

 hold the annual meeting in Montreal, to which 

 he gladly consented. It was therefore a poiut 

 of no small importance in the history of the 

 Society, and they heartily welcomed all their 

 foreign brethren. The report referred to the 

 endeavor made in the Dominion Parliament 

 last session to get scientific books for libraries 

 on the free list, which was unsuccessful, but 

 they were hopeful that in the next session 

 they would meet with better success, for the 

 imposition of this duty did no good to any 

 one, as our Canadian publishers did nothing 

 in that line. It expressed regret that the 

 Entomological Section of the American Asso- 

 ciation had been merged in Section F (Biology) 

 which might prevent the adequate discussion 

 of their particular branch of natural history, 

 and hoped that members would endeavor to 

 form a club for the more frequent discussion 

 of their beautiful science. 



The annual report of the Montreal branch 

 was considered in every way satisfactory. 



The election of officers was then proceeded 

 with, resulting as follows : Mr. Wm. Saunders, 

 London, Ont., President ; Mr. J. G. Bowles, 

 Montreal, Vice-President; Mr. E. Baynes 

 Reed, London, Ont., Secretary-Treasurer; 

 Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, Port Hope ; Messrs. 

 J. A. Moffat. Hamilton ; James Fletcher, 

 Ottawa ; Rev. F. W. Fyles, Cowansville, P. Q.; 

 Messrs. J. M. Denton, London, Out. ; W. H. 

 Harrington, Ottawa, and W. Couper, Montreal, 

 composing the Council. The auditors chosen 

 were Messrs. Chas. Chapman and H. Bock, 

 and the President was reappointed editor of 

 the Canadian Entomologist. 



The following embraces the substance of 



THE PRESIDENT'S AUDREY. 



Mr. Saunders, on rising to deliver hi9 

 annual address, was loudly applauded. He 

 said that he felt it was no common period in 

 the Society's career ; it was the first time they 

 had met outside of Ontario, and in the name 

 of the Societv he offered his felicitations to all 



