46 Bulletin of the Natural History Society . 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
HE Council of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick 
present the following report of the work of the Society for 
the year just closed : 
The roll of membership is as follows: 1 Honorary Member; 
6 Life Members; 80 Ordinary Members; 47 Corresponding 
Members, and 35 Associate Members, being an increase for the 
year of 10 Ordinary, 5 Associate, and 15 Corresponding Members. 
During the year just closed, 1 1 regular meetings of the Society 
were held, at which the papers mentioned in the preceding sum- 
mary of meetings were read. 
On 17th April the Society held a conversazione, which was 
well attended, and was very successful. 
A field meeting of the Society was held at Grand Bay, June 
25th, 1883, in conjunction with the Eclectic Reading Club. This, 
too, was well patronized. A more permanent gathering than a 
field meeting was this year held for the first time. This was the 
summer camp at Bocabec, Charlotte Co., where various branches 
of study were pursued by the members assembled. Much that 
was interesting regarding the botany and marine zoology of the 
locality was observed ; and some important discoveries relative 
to the people of the Stone Age, who once lived there, was the 
subject of a paper at the February meeting. 
During later winter and the spring months, a course of four 
free elementary Lectures on Science were delivered in the Society’s 
Rooms, as follows : W. F. Best, “ Glaciers of the Alps ; ” W. F. 
Coleman, M. D., “Respiration;” M. Chamberlain, “Means of 
Flight in Birds ; ” G. U. Hay, “ Morphology of Plants.” 
The Treasurer reports that the total income for the year is 
$287.47, an d the expenditure $248.50, leaving a balance on hand 
of $38.97. The balance of $120, due last year on the cases for 
birds, has been paid. 
The Committee on Geology report a number of additions to 
the Museum, and especially a collection of fossil plants from 
Spring Hill Mine, N. S. 
