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The Canadian Entomologist is drawing to the close of its fifth annual volume and its 

 general reputation and position as a scientific journal are well sustained ; owing, however, to its 

 necessarily limited circulation, the Society obviously can derive but little pecuniary addition 

 to their funds from its publication. 



In preparing the Annual Report the Directors strongly feel the necessity of obtaining 

 a larger supply of woodcuts and electrotypes in order the better to illustrate its pages, and 

 thus the more clearly and faithfully to lay before their readers a correct knowledge of the 

 various insects treated of. 



I have the honour to remain. Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



Joseph Williams. 

 Secretary-Treasurer Entomological Society of Ontario 



London, Ont , Nov., 1873. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



The Third Annual General meeting of the Society was held at their rooms, on Dundas 

 Street, London, Ontario, on Thursday afternoon, September 25th, 1873. 



The President, the Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M. A., in the chair. The Minutes of the 

 previous meeting were read and confirmed. The address of the President, the Report of the 

 Council and the financial statement of the Secretary-Treasurer were then read and on motion 

 duly received and adopted. 



Election of Officers for 1874. 

 The following officers were then elected : 



President. — Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A., Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ont. 

 Vice-President. — Edmund Baynes Reed, Esq., London, Ont. 

 Secretary-Treasurer. — Joseph Williams, Esq., London, Ont. 



Council. — Wm. Saunders, Esq., London ; R. Y. Rogers, Jr., Esq., Kingston ; Rev. Canon 

 lanes, London ; G. J. Bowles, Esq., Montreal ; J. M. Denton, Esq., London. 

 Auditors. — Messrs. C. Chapman and J. H Griffiths, London. 



The Secretary read a letter from Mr. Caulfield, of Montreal, on behalf of the Entomolo- 

 gists resident there, submitting their by-laws and requesting permission to found a branch 

 of the Society in that city. This was most cordially given, and the Seer* tary was instructed 

 to convey to Mr. Caulfield the best wishes of the parent Society for the future success of the 

 Montreal Branch. 



The President having intimated that owing to his residence at Port Hope, he felt great 

 inconvenience in editing the Entomologist at London, and that he would prefer to resign 

 the position of Editor-in-chief. 



Mr. Wm. Saunders, of London, was unanimously appointed Editor, and Messrs, Rev. 

 C. J. S. Bethune, E. B Reed, and J. Williams an Editing Committee. 



Several Honorary and Ordinary members were elected. 



A communication was read by the President in regard to the following resolutions, passed 

 at the late meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science : — 



" We, the undersigned Entomologists, assembled at the 22nd meeting of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Portland, hereby respectfully petition 

 the American Entomological Society of Philadelphia, and the Entomological Society of Cana- 

 da, to appoint yearly meetings to be held at the same times and places with the annual meet- 

 ings of the American Association. The undersigned are moved to this memorial from the 

 considerations, that such prospective action of the Societies would ensure the annual assem- 

 blage of a large number of Entomologists resident over a wide extent of territory, and also 

 practically enlarge the sphere, and increase the usefulness of these Societies. 



" Resolved — That the American Association for the Advancement of Science hereby en- 

 dorses the accompanying memorial, and invites the Entomological Societies to call yearly meet- 

 ngs of their members in accordance with the request therein contained." 



