3 



Disbursements. 



By Postage % 16 93 



" Petty expenses, freight, delegate to St. Louis, etc 61 67 



" Salaries 150 00 



" Engraving 107 95 



" Printing Entomologist 383 39 



" Mailing " 36 40 



" Paper for 67 20 ^ , 



" Insurance 10 63 



" Rent for 1877 and 1878 160 00 



" Library 15 44 



" Expenses, Annual Report 49 50 



Balance in hand 191 08 



$1,250 19 

 J. Williams 



We certify the above to be correct. Secy.-Treas. 



Chas. Chapman, \ a 

 Sept. 14th, 1878. Ab. Puddicombe, / 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1878. 



It is with great pleasure that we submit our Report, at this the close of the eighth 

 year of our existence, because it speaks only of progress in the study in which we are so 

 much interested and of prosperity in all the undertakings of the Society. It is pleasing 

 tons to see the number of working Etitomologists increasing, and to observe the advance- 

 ment of the science through their efforts. 



We think it especially gratifying, that our journal The Canadian Entomologist has not 

 only continued to hold its own, but that it has increased in interest and usefuhiess. and 

 is being more generally recognized by the public as a medium for the^issemination of im- 

 portant facts on all points connected with the study of insect life, especially of those which 

 influence our agricultural productions. 



As the future of our country is so bound up in our agricultural interests, it cannot 

 be too strongly urged that there is a great necessity for energetic Entomologists to aid in 

 carrying on the work which has so effieiently been done by the Society. 



Our contributing staff has increased, and we take this opportunity of thanking those 

 who have so ably helped to sustain our journal up to the present time, and request that 

 they continue to enrich its pages with the results of their future investigations. 



We feel our influence extending as we daily see our subscription list enlarging. Our 

 journal is also being recognized by eminent Entomologists as a valuable means for the 

 diffusion of scientific knowledge and is among the first to report any advancement in our 

 special department, and always abounds in original research. 



At the Annual Meeting of the " Entomological Club " of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science," held recently at St. Louis, our Society was represented 

 by Mr. E. B. Reed, one of the editing staff of the Entomologist ; many fresh and interest- 

 ing facts were elicited which will have their due influence on entomology. 



The branches of the Society in London and Montreal have been working constantly 

 and much good has resulted from their labours. Frequent meetings have been held 

 during the year, and many interesting evenings spent in discussions on entomological 

 work ; numerous papers have been read, some of which have been publislied in the Ento- 

 mologist. These branches have displayed great activity as will be seen from their reports. 



Submitted on behalf of the Council by 



Joseph Williams, 

 Sec.-Treas. 



The President then read his Annual Address. 



