3 



Disbursements. 



Canadian Entomologist ; printing, paper, stationery, etc $476 55 



Library and apparatus 551 82 



Expenses of Report for 1880, including engraving, electrotypes and 



woodcuts 265 90 



Annual vote to Editor and Secretary 150 00 



Rent 80 00 



Insurance 6 35 



Expenses of delegation to A. A. A. S 32 00 



Bookcase for Library 60 00 



Sundries : postage, etc 65 34 



Balance 73 92 



81,761 88 



We have examined the above with books and vouchers, and found the same correct. 

 Balance in hand, seventy-three dollars and ninety-two cents ($73.92). 



London, Ontario. 



September 24th, 1881. 



REPORT OF THE COUJS^CIL FOR THE YEAR 1881. 



Once again, at the close of another year, it becomes the duty of your Council to 

 report on the state and condition of the Entomological Society of Ontario. It is mth 

 pleasure that we feel ourselves able to bear witness to the continued activity, progress, 

 and usefulness of our Society. Our roll of membership is still being constantly aug- 

 mented by new and valued additions, and the interest in the special work of the Society 

 is more and more widely diffused, not only in our own Province and Dominion, but in 

 the wider circles of the adjoining Republic, as well as in the various countries of the 

 European continent. The publication of the Canadian Entomologist is maintained as of 

 yore, and under the able management of its Editor, our worthy President, and with the 

 assistance of its numerous contributors, our periodical continues its useful work of add- 

 ing to our store of entomological knowledge, and distributing far and wide the results 

 obtained from much hard work and patient observation. 



The Annual Report receives the approval of those for whose benefit it is written, 

 and adds an additional proof of the Society's vitality. We are therefore able to state 

 that the work of the Society has been productive of much good, and by its quiet, unob- 

 trusive way has aroused the attention of many whose interests can be materially affected 

 by an acquaintance with the practical results of entomological science. We commend 

 this study to the thoughtful consideration of every farmer, gardener, and fruit-grower, 

 and we feel convinced that the day is not far distant when some knowledge of Entomo- 

 logy will be a necessary part of the education of every tiller of the soil. During the 

 year a large addition has been made to the Library, which now numbers some 550 

 volumes. Arrangements have been made for a catalogue, and we hope that each suc- 

 ceeding year will add greatly to the number and value of this important property of the 

 Society. 



Your Council also availed themselves of an excellent opportunity to procure a valu- 

 able microscope, which will be found a most useful adjunct to the Society's rooms, and 

 be of inestimable service in our entomological work. 



The Montreal Branch is still flourishing, and their Annual Report will, as usual, be 

 submitted to you. 



Charles Chapman, \ ,7., 

 . > Auditors. 



Abraham Puddicombe, j 



