ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY 



The annual meeting of the Society was held in its own rooms in Victoria 

 Hall, London, on Wednesday, August 27th, 1890. A Council meeting was held 

 in the morning at 10 o'clock, at which the following members were present : — 

 The President, Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, head master of Trinity College School, Port 

 Hope; Mr. James Fletcher, Ottawa; Mr. J. A. Moffat, Hamilton; Rev. T. W. 

 Fyles, Quebec; Messrs. J. M. Denton, W. E. Saunders and Dr. Woolverton, Lon- 

 don. The annual report of the Council was discussed and adopted, and other 

 routine business was transacted. The Secretary-Treasurer presented his annual 

 financial statement of the receipts and disbursements during the past year. The 

 Council reported the purchase of a large collection of insects from Mr. JohHson 

 Pettit, of Grimsby, which was deposited in the rooms of the Society. The arrange- 

 ments for the formation of sections in different departments of natural science 

 were laid before the Society by the President, and, on motion, duly approved and 

 ratified. A scheme was submitted for the rearrangement of the work of the 

 officers of the Society, in accordance with which Mr. J. A. Moffat, of Hamilton, is 

 to take entire charge of the rooms, library and collections, and be a permanent 

 resident official in London. A number of tenders for printing The Canadian 

 Entomologist were received and considered ; no decision was made at the time, 

 but subsequently it was resolved that the tender of the London Printing and 

 Lithographing Company should be accepted. Certain regulations regarding the 

 library and the use of the rooms were drawn up and adopted. 



In order to benefit members of the Society it was resolved that for a limited 

 time the volumes of The Canadian Entomologist, III. to XXI. inclusive, should 

 be sold at 75 cents each ; the annual reports for the following years : 1674, 1880, 

 1882 to 1889, at 25 cents each ; and the new lists of labels for Coleoptera at 25 

 cents per set, in each case strictly to members only. Applications for these pub- 

 lications at the reduced rates should be made to the Secretary. 



It was resolved to separate the offices of Secretary and Treasurer, which 

 have hitherto been held by one person. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



The following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year : — 



President— Kev. 0. J. S. Bethune, M.A., D.C.L., Port Hope. 



Vice-President— James Fletcher, F.R.S.C., Ottawa. 



Secretary — W, E. Saunders, London. 



Treasurer — J. M. Denton, London. 



Directors— Division 1— W. H, Harrington, Ottawa. 



Division 2— J. D. Evans, Sudbury. 



Division 3 — Gamble Geddes, Toronto. 



Division 4 — A, W. Hanham, Hamilton. 



Division 5— J. A. Moffat, London. 

 Librarian and Curator— J. A. MoflFat, Lcndon. 



Editor of the Canadian Entomolagist — Rev. Dr. Bethune, Port Hope. 



Editing Committee— W. E. Saunders, London ; H. H. Lyman, Montreal ; Rev. T. W. Fyles 

 South Quebec. 



Delegate to the Royal Society of Canada— Rev. T. W. Fyles. 

 Auditors— J. H. Bowman, H. P. Bock, London. 



