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III. MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES.

BAILLARGÉ, C., C.E., Quebec, Q.

BAYNE, HERBERT A., Royal Military College, Kingston. CARPMAEL, C. H., M.A., Supt. Meteorological Service, Toronto, O.

CHAPMAN, E. J., Ph.D., LL.D., Prof. University College, Toronto, O.

CHERRIMAN, PROF. J. B., M.A., Supt. of Insurance, Ottawa, O.

DEVILLE, E., Chief Inspector of Surveys, Ottawa, O. DUPUIS, N.F., M.A., F.R.S.E., Prof. Queen's College, Kingston, O.

FLEMING, SANDFORD, C.M.G., C.E., Ottawa, O. *FORTIN, P., M.D., M.P., Montreal, Q.

GIRDWOOD, G. P., M.D., Professor McGill College, Montreal, Q.

GISBORNE, F. W., M.I.T.E.E., C.E., Ottawa, O.

HAANEL, E., Ph. D., Prof. Victoria College, Cobourg, O. HARRINGTON, B. J., B.A., Ph. D., Prof. McGill College, Montreal, Q.

HOFFMANN, G.C., F. Inst. Chem., Geological Survey, Ottawa, O.

HUNT, T. STERRY, LL.D., Cantab., F.R.S., Montreal, Q. JOHNSON, A., LL.D., Prof. McGill College, Montreal, Q. *LOUDON, J. T., M.A., Professor University College, Toronto, O.

MCFARLANE, T., M.E., Actonvale, Q.

MCGREGOR, J. G., M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.E., Prof. Dalhousie College, Halifax, N.S.

IV. GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.

BAILEY, L. W., M.A., Ph.D., University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B.

*BARNSTON, GEO., Montreal, Q.

BELL, ROBERT, M.D., C.E., F.G.S., Assistant Director Geological Survey, Ottawa, O.

*DAWSON, G. M., D.S.C., A.R.S.M., F.G.S., Asst. Director Geological Survey, Ottawa, O.

DAWSON, J. W., C.M.G., LL.D., F.R.S., Principal of McGill College, Montreal, Q.

GILPIN, EDWIN, M.A., F.G.S., Inspector of Mines, Halifax, N.S.

*GILPIN, J. BERNARD, M.D., M.R.C.S., Halifax, N.S.

GRANT, J.A., M.D., F.G.S., Ottawa, O.

HONEYMAN, REV. D., D.C.L., Museum, Halifax, N.S. *JONES, J. M., F.L.S., Halifax, N.S.

LAFLAMME, REV. PROF. J. C. K., D.D., Laval University, Quebec, Q.

LAWSON, PROF. G., Ph.D., LL.D., Dalhousie College, Halifax, N.S.

MACOUN, J., M.A., F.L.S., Prof. Albert University, Belleville, O.

*MURRAY, ALEXANDER, C.M.G., F.G.S., Director Geological Survey of Newfoundland, St. John's, Nfld. OSLER, W., M.D., Montreal, Q. SAUNDERS, W., London, O.

SELWYN, A. R. C., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., Director of Geological Survey, Ottawa, O.

*ST. CYR, D. N., Quebec.

WHITEAVES, J. F., F.G.S., Geological Survey, Ottawa,0.

WRIGHT, R. RAMSAY, M.A., B.Sc., Prof. University College, Toronto, O.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA.

PROCEEDINGS FOR 1883.

SECOND GENERAL MEETING, MAY, 1883.

The Royal Society of Canada held its second general meeting on the 22nd May, in the Parliament Buildings, Ottawa. The members assembled at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M., in the railway committee room, and the President, Principal Dawson, took the Chair and formally called the meeting to order.

The Honorary Secretary then read the following

REPORT OF COUNCIL.

Since the meeting of May, 1882, the Council has endeavoured to give attention to the several matters committed to it at that meeting and more especially to the following:

1. The memorial to Her Majesty the Queen asking her gracious permission to name the Society the Royal Society of Canada. To this a favourable answer was received, to the following effect, through His Excellency the Governor General:

From the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies:

MY LORD,

DOWNING STREET, 22nd August, 1882.

I have laid before the Queen your Lordship's despatches, No.'s 50 and 202, of the 9th March and 18th July, respectively, together with the memorial which accompanied the latter despatch, and I am commanded to inform you that Her Majesty graciously permits the Society organized for the encouragement of Science and Literature in Canada to be styled The Royal Society of Canada. You will be so good as to communicate Her Majesty's decision to the memorialists.

Governor-General the MARQUIS OF LORNE, G. C. M. G.

(Signed,)

KIMBERLY.

2. A draft of an Act of incorporation was prepared by the Honorary Secretary and has been passed by the Dominion Parliament. A copy accompanies this Report and should be printed with the Regulations of the Society.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA.

WHEREAS the persons hereinafter mentioned have, by their petition, represented that a Society called, with the sanction of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, "The Royal Society of Canada," has been founded in Canada by His Excellency the Right Honorable the Marquis of Lorne, GovernorGeneral of Canada; that the said Society has been maintained for some months by the petitioners and others, and that the objects of the said Society are:-first, to encourage studies and investigations in literature and science; secondly, to publish transactions annually or semi-annually, containing the minutes of proceedings at meetings, records of the work performed, original papers and memoirs of merit, and such other documents as may be deemed worthy of publication; thirdly, to offer prizes or other inducements for valuable papers on subjects relating to Canada, and to aid researches already begun and carried so far as to render their ultimate value probable; fourthly, to assist in the collection of specimens with a view to the formation of a Canadian Museum of archives, ethnology, archæology and natural history: and whereas the said petitioners have prayed that, for the better attainment of the said objects, the Society may be incorporated by Act of the Parliament of Canada, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

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1. J. W. Dawson, C.M.G., LL.D., F.R.S., President; the Honorable P. J. O. Chauveau, LL.D., Docteur ès Lettres, Vice-President; J. M. LeMoine, Esquire, Daniel Wilson, LL.D., F.R.S.E., T. Sterry Hunt, LL.D., F.R.S., A. R. C. Selwyn, LL.D., F.R.S., Presidents of Sections; Faucher de St. Maurice, Esquire, Charles Carpmael, M.A., George Lawson, Ph.D., LL.D., Vice-Presidents of Sections; J. G. Bourinot, F.S.S., Honorary Secretary; J. A. Grant, M.D., F.G.S., Honorary Treasurer ; Goldwin Smith, D.C.L., the Reverend Abbé Bégin, D.D., the Reverend Abbé Bois, Napoleon Bourassa, Esquire, the Reverend Abbé Casgrain, Docteur ès Lettres, Paul DeCazes, Esquire, Oscar Dunn, Esquire, the Honorable Hector Fabre, Louis H. Fréchette, L.L.D., Napoléon LeGendre, Esquire, Pamphile Lemay, Esquire, the Honorable Mr. Justice Routhier, Docteur ès Lettres, Benjamin Sulte, Esquire, the Reverend Abbé Tanguay, Joseph Tassé, Esquire, the Reverend Abbé Verreau, Docteur ès Lettres, R. Maurice Bucke, M.D., the Reverend Æneas McDonell Dawson, Lieutenant-Colonel G. T. Denison, B.C.L., the Very Reverend G. M. Grant, D.D., William Kirby, Esquire, John Lesperance, Esquire, Charles Lindsey, Esquire, the Reverend W. Lyall, LL.D., George Murray, B.A., the Reverend J. Clark Murray, LL.D., Evan McColl, Esquire, John Reade, Esquire, Charles Sangster, Esquire, George Stewart, (the younger), Esquire, Alpheus Todd, C.M.G., LL.D., J. Watson, M.A., LL.D., G. Paxton Young, M.A., C. Baillargé, C.E., Herbert A. Bayne, Esquire, E. J. Chapman, Ph.D., LL.D., J. B. Cherriman, M.A., E. Deville, C.E, N. F. Dupuis, M A., F.R.S.E., Sandford Fleming, C.M.G., C.E., P. Fortin, M.D., G. P. Girdwood, M.D., F. N. Gisborne, M Inst. E., E. Haanel, Ph.D., the Very Reverend T. E. Hamel, M.A., B. J. Harrington, B.A., Ph.D., G. C. Hoffman, F.I.C., A. Johnson, LL.D., J. T. Loudon, M.A., T. Macfarlane, M.E., J. G. McGregor, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.E., L. W. Bailey, M.A., Ph.D., Robert Bell, M.D., C.E., F.G.S., G. M. Dawson, D.S.C., A.R.S.M., F.G.S., Edwin Gilpin, M.A., F.G.S., J. Bernard Gilpin, M.D., M.R.C.S., the Reverend D. Honeyman, D.C.L., J. M. Jones, F.L.S., the Reverend Professor J. C. K. Laflamme, D.D., J. Macoun, M.A., F.L.S., G. F. Matthew, M.A., Alexander Murray, C.M.G., F.G.S., W. Osler, M.D., W. Saunders, Esquire, D. N. St. Cyr, Esquire, J. F. Whiteaves, F.G.S., and R. Ramsay Wright, M.A., B.Sc., together with such other persons as now are or may hereafter become members of the Society to be hereby incorporated, under the provisions of this Act and the by-laws made under the authority thereof, and their successors, shall be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Royal Society of Canada," hereinafter called the Society, and may, by any legal title, acquire, hold and enjoy, for the use of the Society, any property whatever, real or personal, and may alienate, sell and dispose of the same, or any part thereof, from time to time and as occasion may require, and other property, real or pèrsonal, may acquire instead thereof: Provided always, that the annual value of the real estate held at any one time for the actual use of the Society shall not exceed four thousand dollars.

The Society shall not hold any property except as aforesaid and such as shall be derived from the following sources, that is to say: the life, annual and other subscriptions of members, donations, bequests or legacies made to the Society, and such other moneys or property as may be acquired by and from the ordinary transactions of the Society, or may now belong to the existing Society, and the moneys arising from fines and forfeitures lawfully imposed by their by-laws: Provided always, that the Society shall sell and convey any real estate acquired by them under the provisions of this section within ten years after they shall have acquired the same, unless the same be required for the actual use of the Society, under the provisions of the next preceding section.

3. The affairs and business of the Society shall be managed by such officers and committees, and under such restrictions, touching the powers and duties of such officers and committees, as by by-law in that behalf the Society may from time to time ordain; and the Society may assign to any of such officers such remuneration as they deem requisite.

4. The Society may make such by-laws, not contrary to law, as they shall deem expedient for the administration and government of the Society, and may repeal, amend or re-enact the same from time to time, observing always, however, such formalities as by such by-laws, or by the by-laws now in force, may be prescribed to that end, and generally shall have all the corporate powers necessary for the purposes of this Act.

5. The present by-laws of the existing Society, not being contrary to law, shall be the by-laws of the Society hereby constituted, until they shall be repealed or altered as aforesaid.

6. Until others shall be elected according to the by-laws of the Society, the present officers of the existing Society shall be those of the Society.

7. All subscriptions and all penalties due to the Society under any by-law, may be recovered by suit in the name of the Society; but any member may withdraw therefrom at any time, on payment of all amounts by him due to the Society, inclusive of his subscription for the year then current, and shall, upon such withdrawal and payment of amounts due, cease to be a member of the Society. 8. No person otherwise competent to be a witness in any suit or prosecution in which the Society may be engaged, shall be deemed incompetent to be such witness by reason of his being or having been a member or officer of the Society.

9. The Society shall make annual reports to the Governor-General and to both Houses of Parliament, containing a general statement of the affairs of the Society, which said reports shall be presented within the first twenty days of every Session of Parliament.

3. A memorial was also addressed to the Governor in Council on the subject of a grant of money, more especially for publication, and a deputation of the Council called on the Right Honorable the Premier on the subject and gave such explanations as seemed necessary. We have pleasure in stating that a grant of $5,000 has been placed at the disposal of the Society.

4. The Committee appointed to prepare a circular to the officers of the Hudson's Bay Company has completed its work and through the kindness of Mr. Grahame of the H. B. Co., the circular has been forwarded to all the posts of the Company. It is to be observed however that the practical effect of this circular must greatly depend on the ability of the Society to contribute to the expense of making collections and of transmitting them to Ottawa.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA.

Circular to Officers of the Hudson's Bay Company, in relation to the collection of Specimens in
Geology, Natural History, Ethnology, etc.

It is the earnest wish of the Royal Society of Canada to obtain and preserve objects of interest from all parts of British North America, with the purpose of establishing a National Museum of Natural History and Ethnology in which the various Provinces and Territories may eventually be adequately represented.

It is further extremely desirable that all observations bearing on these subjects should be systematically recorded and investigated. For the purpose of attaining these ends the Society is extremely desirous of enlisting the assistance and active co-operation of persons residing in or travelling through those parts of the country which are as yet little known and thinly inhabited, and which have in consequence not been adequately explored or scientifically investigated; and, in view of the favorable opportunities of many of the officers of The Hudson's Bay Company for rendering assistance in this work, it has been decided to make a special appeal to these gentlemen.

Objects of an exceptional character are frequently discovered, which, though exciting some interest at the time, are subsequently lost sight of from the want of some central institution in which they might be deposited; and many specimens can be procured which, though common in certain localities, may be of great interest from a scientific point of view. The collection of specimens and facts bearing on the native tribes is especially important, as no time will recur so favorable as the present, and much that can now be easily procured may in a few years be lost beyond recall.

The Royal Society of Canada, founded under the auspices of His Excellency the GovernorGeneral, and in co-operation with the Geological and Natural History Survey of the Dominion, is now in a position to assume the care of any objects and material which may be entrusted to it, and will be pleased to furnish to the collectors and donors of such specimens any information which may be possible as to their character and value, and to notice in the publications of the Society all specimens. and facts that may be of interest, with due mention of those by whom they may have been collected or discovered.

It is impossible in this circular to enter at length into an enumeration of the objects which would be of interest, but from the more remote parts of the North-West and North-East Territories and British Columbia, scarcely any local collections could be made which would not be possessed of scientific value. The following notes are therefore added for the purpose merely of drawing attention to the departments in which important assistance might be most easily rendered. The value of specimens is in all cases greatly enhanced by precise details as to the geographical position of the places from which they have been obtained.

Zoology.-Skins of Animals, particularly the smaller mammals and birds, so prepared as to be suitable for mounting. Skeletons, and particularly skulls of animals. Eggs, especially those of the eagles, hawks, owls and aquatic birds. Snakes, lizards, frogs and small mammals, in alcohol or other preservative. Collections of freshwater or marine shells and crustaceans. Insects, dried or preserved in a mixture of sawdust and alcohol.

Observations with regard to the limits of territory occupied by certain species, migration, breeding and hibernation, and dates of arrival and departure of migratory birds, would be specially interesting.

Botany. Local collections of dried plants, particularly those from elevations or high northern latitudes. In addition to the ordinary flowering plants, collections of dried mosses, lichens and seaweeds would be of considerable importance. The locality and date of collection should, if possible, be attached to each specimen.

Notes on the extent of the country inhabited by the different species, and dates of the flowering and seeding, limits and size of timber trees, possess, in regard to climatic and other similar enquiries, special importance.

Geology.-Fossils and petrifactions of all kinds, rocks of unusual character found in place, minerals and ores, with the locality of each distinctly stated, are desirable. In the case of the supposed discovery of minerals of economic importance, a note as to their character and value could, if desired, be returned. Any fossils obtained from the rocks of the Mackenzie River district, with shells or bones of extinct animals found imbedded in clay banks or superficial deposits, would possess special scientific interest.

Notes on the localities of occurrence of coal seams, petroleum, salt, &c., and of spots yielding

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