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 MANITOBA 
 
 HISTORICAL AND 
 
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 P ANNUAL MEETING. FEH. Ul. ISSiV 
 
 Kiij. iiin'oi.'T oi' riiK \i;.\i;s orKii/viioNs. 
 
 KLKCTION {)V KX'KCITIVK CorNCIL. 
 AM) OKKICKKS. 
 
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f hp liisiorlcnl and Scientific ^JocictB o)j Manitoba. 
 
 AXy(\lL MEETiyG, FEBlirAHY i:i, \S.L 
 
 Full Rfi'ort nv tiik Ykahs (M'KKations. Elk<ti()N of Kxkci'tive 
 
 ('(trNt'll, AND UKKICKRS, 
 
 The annual mei'iinvc of the Ilistoricjil 
 and St-iiMiti(ii- Socicl v was hiild on Tuwsday 
 afternoon hej^inninj^ at I o'elock, uiien tlie 
 followinj; nieinbeis were present : Mv. A. 
 11. W'hircher, 1st Nice-I'resident; liev. 
 I'rof. Hart, 2nd Vice-I'jvsident; Hev. J'rof. 
 Hryee, (.."orrespondin;;- Secretary; Mr. W. 
 H. llughan, l^ecordhi}:; Secretary and Li- 
 brarian, and .Messrs. \j. ,M. Lewis, K. K. 
 W. GoodritiKe, Wni. I'ea.e, f". N. Hell, 
 Jos. Creenlield. H. L. Hvin)iton..L II. Pan- 
 ton, \V. K. McLellan.' K. Houston, . I. IL 
 I'anton and .lolin Cape. 
 
 (3n motion of Kev. I'rof. Hryee, .Mr. A. IL 
 \ hiteher, Isl Vice-President, was chosen 
 to iccupy the chair iti t lie absence of .Mr. 
 Ak \. McArthur, i'resident. 
 
 Messrs. Allan McDoufiall, C. Iv. .■iiul 
 Maurice W. Hritlon were by ballot elected 
 members of the Society. 
 
 The following report of the Kxecnti\e 
 (Jouneil was read by Hev. Prof. Jiryce, 
 Corresponding Secretary, and adopted by 
 the Society. 
 
 A- ?«IAI. KKI'OH'I-. 
 
 The Kxf'ciitive Council beys leave to prc- 
 aeiii the reiiovt for tlie year. The past .\ ear lias 
 lieenoneof Ki'eal prcsperity in tlie Society, 
 riiere have Imcii no spasmodic eltorts alter 
 public reeoa:nitioii, but the Sai^icty has stcailily 
 [lursucd its work of l>rinu;ini? to lij,'ht I lie facets 
 concerning the widi tielcl or oiir operations— 
 "tlie reKiotis lying north and west of Lake 
 .Superior." 
 
 Mi:.Mni:i<s. 
 During the past year thai fast Iriciulofour 
 .Siciety and of the Nortli- West. Consul Taylor, 
 was ele<'te(l a "life and honorary nicinher" of 
 the Society. 
 
 Consul Taylor's services t.» us were 
 
 recognized in the following letter of our 
 
 Conesjiotiding Secretary : — 
 
 Historical Societv Room.'-, 
 Winnipeg, Oct., 4, 1882. 
 My Dkar Sir, 
 
 As Corresponding Secretary of the 
 Historical and Scientific Society of Mani- 
 toba it is my jileasing dut)' to inform you 
 that at the last meeting of the Society you 
 were elected a Life and Honorary Mem- 
 ber. I am instructed to comiuunicate to 
 you the high ai)preciation in which the 
 Society holds you, as having been from 
 the first one of its staunchest friends. 
 
 V'our labor in collecting and investigating 
 the facts in connection with the soil, and 
 general capabilities of the North West 
 has resulted in much good to the country, 
 and we api)reeiate this all the more that it 
 is the wo'rk of one not bound to give hi.s 
 powers for the general good, as a citizen 
 of the country. We sliall be glad to have 
 yoti accept the Membership proffered and 
 to have you avail yourself of facilities 
 offered liy tlie Society, which, we tru,st 
 may each year become of more value. 
 I have the honour to be, 
 
 V'our obedient Servant, 
 
 (it;OK(JE BllYCE, 
 
 Corri.^. iSecy. 
 i;.S. Consul J. W. Tayf.ok, 
 Winnipeg. 
 
 T\v(^eorrespr)iidinK nienibcrs were added to 
 our list, viz.: Ib'V. A. H. Haiid. M.A.. (il Kd- 
 nioiil'iii, N. \V. 'I'., and .Ml-. N. ||. ( (nxdry of 
 ItcKina. N. W. T. Hoth these Keiitlciiit n lire 
 nu'ii (if education and high eultiu-e. Inleresi- 
 ing papers are e\pc<'led frmii them. 'I'wentv- 
 seveii (iriliuary ineiiilicrs have hcen added to 
 the .'^oeiely during the year. Of these, two were 
 ladies. N our Kxecntive Council would state 
 thai it is nol for the purpose of swelling the 
 
 : nninliersof the .Society, nor yet out of rriere 
 eompliinent that the .Society has decided to ad- 
 mit ladies. It is believtn that there are ladicB 
 of education, literary habits and good jiowers of 
 observation who might he o£ much service in 
 producing papers on I he manners and eiistonis 
 ot the mitive tribes, on matters of North- 
 Western history, or in tliescientidc department 
 of the Society: a.s in botany or Indian remains. 
 
 I .Ml workers will be cordially welcomed 
 
 (iKANTS IN- AID. 
 
 During the year tlie .Society rei'eived 
 grants trom the Provincial Govern- 
 : nient of $-.'00 and from the Citv Council of *.XK) 
 I The Society is glad to have its ettbrts to ad- 
 ! vance the interests cf our couniry, and give 
 j authoritative statements of its history anil re- 
 sources, reeognizefl by the bodies giving these 
 1 KJ-ants. The thanks;.)f the So.iety are due to 
 , the Pro' iiicial and civic autliorities for the as- 
 ' sistancc given. 
 
 l{K<0(;.SrriON AHKOAI). 
 
 Ins extremely gratifying to your Kxeentive 
 Council to observe that our e/iorts have not 
 pas.sea unobserved in the older (enters of pon- 
 ultttion. Several of the learned .Societies of the 
 Kast have given us fa vtnable notices in their 
 proc(!edings, and one. the (Canadian Antiquar- 
 ian. ui itfl.iournal.published oUi- annual report in 
 
 
ftill;llieKoyalrto«;i» ty orCiiniulii.foiintK'diluriiiK 
 iJu" paHt year by Hi» Kxrcllcnry. tlie Gomtiioi- 
 Octierol, U8a mllyiiiK <'i:iili!r fur Mit; culture of 
 literary inclinations of Cauailian.s, hus tlonu 
 our Hoeiety the honor of inaKinK uh one of the 
 fuurti-cn learned HoeietivH attiliated to it. We 
 are called upon in consciiueiK'c of thix connec- 
 tion IX) elect a UepreHentative who .shall attend 
 the UieetinK of the Koyal Society in Ottawa in 
 May next, and prepare for thut body a stale- 
 iiieni of any original work done by our Society 
 during i he year. 
 
 VOHHKHVOSVV SIK. 
 The Swiety received during th(; year a very 
 int<-reHtint; paper from its. correaiMtndiii^ iiioim- 
 her at York Factory. Mr. Jt)seph 
 Korlescue. Mr. Fortesctie <leall in h.'s paper 
 with certain papers of conHiderable length, which 
 appeared in the publico printisof V\'inni|ieK. pur- 
 porting to be founded on certain old and valu- 
 able papers in the poHsesHion of the coiiiiiianil- 
 inj{ "rtlccrof the hort (Mr. Korlescue liiinselfi 
 by a Mr. Holland, who had visited York Kae- 
 tory. Those papers were Himplv from an old 
 copy of the VoyageH of La I'erouse, found 
 about the Fort. Mr. Fortescue at some length 
 stated the xroundlesHnes of the hope so often 
 expressed that documents of value may be 
 found at the Company's posts throughout the 
 countfy ; as, through tne ren«'.wals of these 
 buildings during the mist two centuries, such a 
 thinf^ is most unlikely. An interesting com- 
 munication was re<!eived from our corresiiond- 
 ing member at PMmonlon, the liev. A. H. Mair<l, 
 already mentioned. Mr. Kuird's iH>inmunicu- 
 tion related to the occurrence of coal and iron 
 atl Kdmonton, and described the manner in 
 which these deposits are found. The coal is a 
 lignite, hard and dark, docs not seem so subject 
 to the disinteH[rating influence of the air as that 
 fn>m the Soiiris. It is estinuite<l to contain from 
 tJO t'l 70 i)er cent, of carbon or hfj^ting jtnwcr. 
 The iron was clay ironstone, and was found in 
 nodules in a stratum overlying the coal. There 
 seems practically no limit to its extent. The 
 t'ortesponding Hecretary of the Society for- 
 warded a specimen of this ironstom- to his 
 friend. I'rofessor Chapman, in Toronto, and the 
 following was found to be theamilysisof ore: 
 
 ( 'arbonatc of iron ."it,".'H 
 
 Carbonate of Manganese l.'M 
 
 Carbonate of magnesia 4.'.'"J 
 
 I'arhonatc of lime (>.77 
 
 Tesquioxide of iron 12.:iti 
 
 Phosphoric acid (l.tW 
 
 Sulphuric a<'id 0.41 
 
 i'ombiiied water 2.14 
 
 Hygroscopic water 0.7:i 
 
 insoluble argillaceous matter 17.'-';{ 
 
 Total 'MM 
 
 Metallic iron, :ii>.7l per cent. 
 
 This is a better variety of ii'onstonc than that 
 worked as the Scotch block band and in Staf- 
 fordshire, Kngland. The only (|Ucstion need- 
 ing solution is whether, the amount of phos- 
 phorus in the ore is great enough to make the 
 iron cold-short or of sulphur to make it red- 
 short. Mr. Haird was tendered the thanks of 
 Uic Society for his jiaper and specimens 
 
 I'ltOKFXHOR li.MKn, OK W.VSII I .VCJTON. 
 
 In the Autumn of 1882, Mr. Strong, a resirlciit 
 ot Winnipeg. otTercd to make a collection of 
 tlsh to be sent to the Smithsonian rnstitution. 
 The otter was accepted, and a small appropri- 
 ation made to assist in curing the specimens. 
 The Kxpress Companies carric'l them free to 
 Washington, for which our b -si thanks are due. 
 The contribution was duly acknowle<lged and 
 onr Society was invited to signify what ex- 
 changes It de.sired. The Council asked for 
 specimens in snch of the following flelils as 
 oould be spared: 
 
 1. Insects destructive of vegetation. 
 
 2. Seaside spei-imens. 
 
 3. Fossils of coal measures, of the tertiary 
 period, and specimens of the varieties of coal: 
 
 4. Hemains from the mounds of the Missis- 
 sippi and Ohio. 
 
 Nolicir has been received by the Secfctarjr 
 that a shipmeni of inaiine invertebrate <, all 
 properly classed and labeled will lie forwarded. 
 
 The Council has also sent out its rcjiorts and 
 publications to a long list of corrcsp«)i'diiig 
 societies, and likewise to our honorary anil cnr- 
 res|ioiiding members. 
 
 CONTKllliriONH. 
 
 Holding a first place among those who 1 .-ive 
 been generous to the SiM-iety is the .Smitt'-oii- 
 ian Institution. During the past yeartheic ha^ 
 been received no less than ,'tti piiblication.<- lo be 
 added to ttie l."iO jtrcviously sent by the In-fitii- 
 tion to the Sociciv. To the several Iicpaii- 
 ments of .Slate at \\'iishington the Soci< ;y i.-* 
 indebted for ten \olunies (luiiiig the pas^ \ear. 
 
 The lleimrtmeiit of .Agriculture is csp. ""•ijilly 
 vTortby of notice in this respect. 
 
 The tollowiiigis the list (if pie.seiititlioiis 
 for the year : — 
 
 I'jViilinid. — Fi-diii thr Cohiien Clnh — I'lcns 
 for Protection Exaniiiied ; The A 15 C of 
 Free Trade; The Financial Refoini AU 
 iiiannck for I8s:i. Fnrm Walter D . l'oil.\ 
 J'Jsi/., Nev:caMle-uj)on-Tijue. — Giace iJarliii;^. 
 Vnited t^taks Government. — Decrease of 
 Watei in Springs, Creeks and Rivers, and 
 increase in Cultivated Cciuntiies ; I{ejM<rt 
 of Agriculture for ISHi ; Silos and En.-il- 
 aae ; No. 4U, SjieciaJ Re.poTt, Com. iJic., 
 CUiniate. Soil and Agricultural CapaUilities 
 of South Carolina and Georgia ; Rcjtort 
 (4()) Condition of Corn, Ac, Freight Rates; 
 No. 50, The Di.sscniinatiun of Texas 
 Fever of Cattle and How to conlnil it ; 
 Special Report, No. Til. Vield and i|ua"iity 
 
 I ot Small Grain, &c.; Sjiccial Repott, No. 
 02, V'ield per acre of Cotton, (Join, and 
 
 ' Potatoes; Report of Agricultute fur IS81 
 and IW_'; Special R»q.oit, No. Th. Tlirt 
 Sorghum Sugar Industry. Total — 11 
 Puwications. 
 
 Smithgonmn liisfitntioii — I., II. and III. 
 Volumes, Pioeeding.s of National Mu- 
 .seiiiu, S to !/ (inclusive) and 11 to 21 
 (inclu.^ive) ; Miscellaneous ('idleciinns ; 
 334, Humming Birds ; ;$;{.'), List of Lih- 
 raries. Museums and Societies ; 343, 
 Annual Reports, ISC).') to 1877; 348, Fi.shes 
 of the New .Jersey Coast ; 353, Tahles of 
 
 1 Rain Fall ; '^^^>^\ Moniorial of Joseph 
 Henry : 3()0, Palafittes or Lacustrian Con- 
 struction ; ;i67, Flora of Alaska ; 372, 
 Drilling in Stone without Metal ; 367, 
 Chemistry of ilie Earth ; 284, Circular of 
 Shipping" Fresh Fish ; 394, Stoiu' Age in 
 New .lersey ; 415, Savage Weapons ; 437, 
 Check List of Publications ; Suiithsonian 
 
 ^ Report, 1879, Do., 1880, Do., 1879, Do., 
 
 ' 1880 (.second cO])ies) ; Euology on Alex. 
 I) Bache ; First Annual Reiiort Bureau 
 
 I Ethntdogy (2 copies). Total— 37 Publi- 
 
 ! cations' 
 
 Boston. — Willianii*' Lecture Magazine, 
 1882 to 1883. 
 
 Mitsovri Historical Society, St, Louis. — 
 Amended Charter and By-Laws ; Cam- 
 paign in Mis80iui and the Battle of Wil- 
 .son'i Creek, 1861 ; Recollections of x 
 
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 V.dil 
 
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"c-ci-t.lHrjr 
 
 Sfptuagenarian ; Air.lia.'t>li»j'ical Exitloia- 
 fioiis in Cole Co., M", ; Sainunl Gafy ; 
 Anhfuology of Missouri. Total, 7. 
 
 Pepnrtvimt of State, Minnemtii — Exeiu- 
 tive Documents. Total — 10 Vohinjes. 
 
 Ciinnda. — Dejmrtment of Stnti., Ottiiva. — 
 I)i'Mri]»tive Catalogue of Economic Min- 
 t'laU of Canada ; Do., Compilwl liy tlu- 
 (Jcological Corps of Canada. Total — "J 
 V'olumes. 
 
 (ifohufiail Hurvei) of i'aiiiuhi . — I'li-liminary 
 Note, Bow and Beflv Rivcr'> Districts. 
 
 Nm\t Scotia. — Collections of tlu; Histori- 
 cal Society. 
 
 Till' Royal Swiety «/ i'anmhi .Minutes 
 
 of Proceedings, 18h:i. 
 
 Montreal. — The N nviiiiniiitic uml .Aiiti- 
 i/nariaii Society — .Journal for .lanuary, 
 A]>ril and July. Total — 3 VoIuhks. S. 
 Weil', Esq., I, 3, 4 and 6tli lle]»orts, .Mon- 
 treal Horticultural Society. 
 
 Toronto. — Proceedings of the (.'anadian 
 Institute, Vol. 1. Nidudas Flood Davin, 
 Esq.. Album verses and other Poeuis ; 
 Remarks suggested liy President (lar- 
 tield's Death ; On the Secretary of the 
 Iltiyal Society of Canada. Total — 'A. 
 
 11 'mniftij. — Provincial IliYrirn nietit — Con- 
 salidated Statutes of Manilolta, 1N80 ; 
 Statutes of Manitoba (44th year of the 
 Reign of Queen Viitoria) ; I>e]iorts, 
 Minister of Agriculture and Statistio (two 
 copies I88(» and Do., ISM). Tutal— 
 H Viilumes. 
 
 IVInnifeq. — MUcelUineoux — Baker. Esq., 
 C.r.R.,_A Coijper Arrow Hea.i. R. H. 
 H tinter, Esq., — Statistics of Railroads, iScc. ; 
 Life History of Birds (2 cojiies). Mr. 
 .Fame> Henderson. — Manitoba and North- 
 Westein Directoiy ; Directtny of City of 
 Winnijieg, July, ISh-i. Provincial 
 l-ibrury Books returned by A. H. Whit- 
 1 her, Esq. — Land Laws, Regulations f,nd 
 Decisions, No. 1 and No.!'. Mr. R. E. W. 
 
 (ioodridge 12 Nos. Popular Science 
 
 Monthly; Binding i'unch Vtdunie. Mr. 
 \Vm. Battye.— Reprint, 'Times." Oct. :5, 
 17'.»:}. R. Gerald R. Eden, Es(i.— Loan 
 of One Year'.s Scientitic American as ]iub- 
 lislied. Mr. Beattie — Esquamault Kayak. 
 A. F. Inkson. — 10 old coin.s. 
 
 PROVINtlAI, NIOWSI-.M-KKS. 
 
 'I'lie reading ro^l!l has b«'en well sui)plied 
 Willi newspapers and the t)tsl niaga/incs. 'I'be 
 newspapers are carefully filed, and dnririK tlie 
 past year, thougli the ardiives of this depart- 
 ment only extend back tlirce years, tlieap- 
 plieations for leave to consul! the tiles hv tlie 
 iKiirts, by lawyers, reporters and others have 
 lieen continuous. The Society desi'-es to 
 iieknowledKe its sense of the generous ron- 
 ir'hution free of eharge of tlie Provincial news- 
 jiapero from tbeirpubllshers. Tliese papers iiavc 
 been received, a number of them since their 
 tirst issue, and are carefully filed away, and 
 form most valuable niateriul for history and 
 evidence. 
 
 The following is the list : — 
 
 Tln> Hrandon Mail Daily. 
 
 ISranJon Sun, WftMy. 
 
 Edmonton Bvlletiii, ,. 
 
 Emeimn Ivtirnational,... , „ 
 
 Herald (H'iiniipeii), „ 
 
 Le Manitoba (St. lioni/ace) „ 
 
 Manitoba (Jazette, ,, 
 
 Manitohi Mountaineer,.... „ 
 
 Ma rqvette lieview, Sem i- li 'eekhj. 
 
 Morri.i Herald, Weekly. 
 
 I 'rngre.i.i (Ra t Fait age) „ 
 
 Kajiid City Standard ,, 
 
 Jfock f Mice Herald, , 
 
 Saitkatchevan Herald, „ 
 
 Selkirk Herald. , 
 
 Stonenvll News, , 
 
 H'est Lynne and Sout' .rn 
 
 Manifolxi Tiniea, „ 
 
 U'innijieii Free I're.ta, Daily. 
 
 Do., WeAty. 
 
 // '/ /' 11 ifiiy Sun, Daily. 
 
 Il'iniiiyeij Times, ,, 
 
 I'.^l'KHS UK.AO. 
 
 'riiere have been nine original papers read 
 during the year, several of them of irnporianue. 
 being fresh InveHtigalions and liavinga per- 
 manent value. The Society is glad to r(>eeive 
 from it.-i members well prepared papers on any 
 stibjeel. even though they may be outsidt; the 
 scope of the Society. Such pa^lOl•s stimulate 
 tlioilghl anil keep up interest ni Mie Society. 
 The name.x are given first of the papers on 
 general topics witli their dates of delivery. 
 
 OKNKIt.\l. I'ACKKS. 
 
 I. Oh Knergy. bv ,1. II. Kowan. Ks(|.. on Keb. 
 jrird. IS,*.'. 
 
 ■_'. <'riti(|tie on Caroline Ko.x's "Memoirs of 
 Old Kfiends." by A. Maearthur. Ksq., on March 
 •.>:<rd. 
 
 X Synop.sis of Taine's "Knglish Literature," 
 by tlie late Mr. I)a\ id Cowan, April fifth. 
 
 1. On Free I'ublic l.ilirarics, bv T. C. I,. 
 .Vrmstroiig, M.A., li.li.lf.. on October l!Mh. 
 
 IIISTOHKAI. A.M) SIIIC.NTII'IC. 
 
 During tile past .\eur the tl\ e i)apers r>n the 
 special work of the Soiiely ha\ e iieen of a bigji 
 order of merit. Those read after the restiiiip- 
 fion of work succeeding the Summer vacation 
 have all been pnlilisheil at the exi»ense of the 
 Society. Three hundred coiiies of each are oh- 
 laiiKMl. As lias licen stated, a numi)er laboiit 
 eighty! are sent to our exi'lianges. The re- 
 mainder are (lisiio-ed of at a small iirice. The 
 following are the papers : 
 
 1. .lournal of Ifobcrl Campbell, Ks«(.. reail by 
 Consul Tayhn-, .Aiirll .Uh, 1H><2. Mr. Campbell is 
 a retired Chief Kact.nr <if the Hudson's Hay 
 Comimny and has been half a centurT in the 
 rCorth-W'est. 'liuse extracts are of the 
 dale of is;!*.'-:). Mr. Campbell is an honorary 
 member of this Society, is a Fellow of the 
 Hoyal (Jeographical Society. and the discoverer 
 of the source of the Yukon Hiver in Kusaian 
 America. 
 
 •i. (I'ubli.shedl. On " The Causes of the Uis- 
 ingiiitbe Red Itiver .Settlement l!<(i9-70, by 
 Alexander McArthur. F.sq-. President of the 
 Society, read ffctober j'lth, ISW. This pai>cr is 
 written by one who passed through the Hed 
 Itiver troubles. .\t the c. ose of flic pajier an 
 animated discussion took place as to the; atti- 
 tude taken by the various classes of the Hed 
 lliver commi'inity. 
 
 .'1. tF^tiblisbedi. I.ecturi! on "Arctic Uegions 
 and Hudson's Hay." by Dr. Rae, London, Eng., 
 delivered October Uth. The lecturer gave an 
 account of his personal experiences in search- 
 ing for Sir .John Franklin. For his success in 
 
tIndiiiK III'**! ti'iii'i's iif l''niiikliii In- iiiiil hin coiii- 
 puiiioiis rt'<'i'ivc'<i till! rcwiinl oHitimI liy llii' Ail- 
 iiiinilty (if i:ll).(NlU. Mis iixpuiliiiDii wun ovur- 
 limit. Ih' |{iio WHS nut suiiKHlni' iis to tluiMiK'- 
 cfHKl'iil navigation ot' llixlson's Ka.s. 
 
 I. (I'libii-ilirili. "(ilratiinKM from tlictJi'ol- 
 OKj- of llic Itcd Itivir Valloy. ' l)y J. II. I'anton. 
 M. .\.. I't'ad Di^i'cinbiT '.'Sth. Mf. I'anton was 
 fonniM'ly I'l'ofrRsor of .'^cifncc in (iiicliili 
 AKi'ii'Ollni'a' ('o1i'k<'. TIk' pajHT dralt 
 with Ki'oii'ffii'al foriniitions of Itcil Uiv- 
 «;r Valli'y llie siMirian. lie also 
 
 ilcsci'ilii'd at IriiKtli tlic fi'atui'i'H of llir drift d<!- 
 iiiHiiH. .\t tht' cloHi' of till! iiapui' an intercst- 
 Inx disiMission tooli (liin'c as III tln' luitiii'i' and 
 «iuality of till' water of tin- Ki-daiid .\s.sinilioine 
 rtivi'i'sand III)' wi'IIh olitaini'd in this drift di'- 
 posit. 
 
 .1. (Published tOn"Tlie \Vinnipigl'ouiilry;Its 
 Discovery and tlie (ireat ('oiHeiiiieiiccs Uesidt- , 
 iiiK. ' l>.\ Kev. I'rof. Hi'yce, ( 'orrcspoiiilin« ."^ee- j 
 retary, .liiniiary J'llli. The obieei of this pupur | 
 was loshiiw llie part taken Tiy N'erandrie in 
 diseo\ciiiiK ihe l.aWe Winnipeg rcKion and the 
 iiilliienee iliis nail in stirring <>P KnK'i'^li iner- 
 I'haiiis, the Ihnlsoiis Hay < onipany, the .Mon- 
 treal rnerehants and the Norwesiirs lo ai livil) 
 in exploration. The ilo.^e of Ihe paper Kave a 
 nuinhcr of dediiilions as to the lonrse of trade, 
 favoriiiK the city of W'innipetj asllie probable 
 Kri'at business center of the .\'ort ii-\S'i st. 
 
 Ill)': i.iiiic.MCY. 
 
 The Library has been hirKel.\ made use of 
 dnriKK the past year. .Many lioolis of the cir- 
 eillaling lil'i'ary are in conslant use, while the 
 refereiiee librar.\ of Hu' .-'ocieiy is contiiiinilly 
 liein« consulted. Tne honks taken out by read- 
 ers were •-'. Kki volumes diiriiiK Ihe year, aKaiiisI 
 '2..'i2't for the |ii'e\ ioiis year. The KNcciitive 
 Council have lia^l a very earnest desiri' lo in- 
 crease tlie Library by the addilioii of 
 new books and ihe impnrianl worksof refer- 
 <!nee. The subscripi innslo the Library ha\ i' been 
 seriously interfered with by Iheconsidcralioii 
 of the tret- public library sciiiine. Tne puliiie, 
 having; the, prospect of the larger enterprise, 
 liave not conlinned iheii' annual subscriptions 
 to tlif circulating library. The .Society ap- 
 ;ioi"t.ed a small committee to wait, upon ibu 
 'ouncil, for the jiurpose of iiiaucinx that : 
 li> undertake a tree ibrary in NVinnipeR. 
 .•ommittee was c,.rdially received by the 
 «,^v, :..cil, anil the I'ity Kiiiaiice ('ommittee was 
 aiipointeri ti; confer with 1 he committee of ihe 
 tSoeiety. Tliis conference took place, and tlie 
 Kinaiico CommiHee recommended (lie matter 
 t^i llic I'ouncil The end of the civic year hav- 
 ing come, tli-j matter v\as left over for ihe new 
 City Council to deal with. 'I'niM-onfu.sion cuii- 
 iiec'ted with tucir entry to ottiee, und the alteii 
 lion since necessary t > ilic tinancial all'airsof 
 the city, have presented the completion of the 
 scheme for the library. It is to be bopeti that 
 the matter may soon lake dellniti! form, and 
 that by Ihe midille of the year su much needed 
 and Useful an a^jency may be in active oiiera- 
 tion in our city. .No more useful ihinx for our- 
 selves than a collei'tion of lO.IKK) kooiI hooks 
 i-ould be undertaken, and the elfeet of such an 
 instil ution m drawing attention to our ad van 
 lages as a city for intelliitent and cultivated 
 iiersons to lintl a home in uiu.st he great indeed. 
 The .Society oU'ered the Council the use of its 
 (Jeneral and Heierence Ldirary, of some ;t,(i()0 
 volumes, under certain conditions, thus form- 
 inga good nucleu.4 for the colleetion. ihe 
 K.\eeutive Council recomiiiuiids that the new 
 Kxeeutive Council continue to keep the nutter 
 before the Ah! ■rmeii and citizens, as a thing 
 most deserving of present attention. 
 
 OHITUARY. 
 
 During the year we liave had the misfortune 
 to lose two of our members, viz, Hi.s Lordship, 
 Chief Justice Wood, and Mr. David Cowan. 
 We .join in the universal sorrow, which was so 
 generally expressed when C!hief Justice Wood 
 was removeo from our midst. His Lordship 
 
 look an acli\e |iarl in Ihe formalion nii<i incor- 
 atiiin of our .Smici > . We had the hono.- of hav- 
 ing him as our ti'-i rresident. Previi us to his 
 election as ('resident, he was CbaM'iiian over 
 Ihe preliminary meetings, which esentuatcd 
 in the organization anil establishmi'iit of our 
 Siiiicl>. Ills Lordship also faMired u^ wiih 
 several papers; his Inaugural address as rres- 
 ident. ill which he sketched the growth of Irii" 
 histiii'>. am! ileliiicaied the rise of intellectual 
 aclivii \ and ilbi rty of thought among the chief 
 nalion.s of l lie earlh. This is the aiini\ev-ary of 
 Ihe ilav. on whicli lie dclivei'i'd that address 
 
 i:tth h' b., l.SM). I TheCliic' .luslicc also read 
 bcfoie the .Sociely a iiapcr mi ( 'iisniogoiiy and 
 Chronology. 
 
 .Ml of which is respcrl I'lilly submitted. 
 
 .\. II. Wiiiiiiii'.i!, (ii;i)ii(;i: Mi:\i i;. 
 
 Vice President. (.'or.-Secretarv. 
 
 ■ri{|-;Astui;Ks .staticmkvt. 
 
 Tlie follow iii)4 sliiteiueiit l)y tiie Treas- 
 urer, Air. H. II. Hunter, of tlie receipts 
 iiiid expeinlil tires for llie year, was rend by 
 .Vfr. L. .\L Lewis; -balance to credit in 
 Itnperial Uaiik Tel). 1st, IS.s-J, .S|:iL22; in- 
 surance coiiipatiy for losses liy lire, 8i<i:i; 
 iiiuiiicipal }i;r;ui!, .srilHl; (ioveriitiient jirtiiit, 
 !c!.")(Hl; jiroceedsof Dr. I{ le's lecture, .s'.);{.."il»; 
 n.einliers dues, historical liWrary. .•:? l."i! ).!».") ; 
 total, -sl.TKt.iiT. I'.xpeiiditure -I'aid (leo. 
 Winks ten uiotillis rent to Fell. Isl, !S:i(H); 
 Mr. IIukIiiiii i wehc iiioiilhs salary, .S(i0(); 
 draft oil .\ew_ York, le lilu'f;ry titliii^s .-ukI 
 liook-liiiidinji* .'iSliT.ri.S; tire itistiram-e. S'litl; 
 ]iriiitiii)j; aiiiuial report, .Si I; ma^raziiios 
 uud papers for lilirary, .':?l()."). IS; printing 
 
 Mc.Vrl hnr's lectures, 
 •s.-i^.^."); Iiook-biniliiiji;, 
 .■md s'.indry i)ritiliiijj;, 
 r)(i:tialanee tit haiik- 
 
 I)r. Uaes and .Mr. 
 .S4I; fuel and UjxUi. 
 posl,i<ie, s'.it ioiiery 
 ijSH.OS; advert isiiijrJ 
 ers, .StTl.tls. 
 
 Tlie statetiietil was cerlitied lo by Mr. 
 IL K. W. (Joodridfjie, .'vnililor, and was 
 adopted. 
 
 i;i.i:(rto.\ ot-' cof.Nrii,. 
 
 The following tlfteen ^'cntleinen were 
 elected nienilitrs of the iOxeeiitive C'omieil 
 for the eiisuiiijj; \ear: Itiv. ProL Jlryce, 
 Messrs. X. M. Wliiulier, Alex. McArtliiir, 
 R. K. W. (!oodrid-e. L. .M. Lewis, Aid. 
 (Ifor^ie H. Ham, W. H. lIuKhau, Iiev. 
 I'roL Hart, .1. H. Paiitoii, 1'. I". J.. Aini- 
 stl•on^^ I)r. Cow.in, (". N. Hell, H. -M. 
 Howell. IL H. Hunter, and H. liotisloii. 
 
 i;i.i:iTIO.N OK (IKKICICKS. 
 
 Tlie ollicers of last year were all le-elect- 
 ed, as follows; President. Mr. Alox. 
 MeArtliur; 1st Viie-Presideiit, Mr. A. H. 
 Whitc'her; lid Vice-President, Kev. Prof. 
 Hart; Corresponding Secretary, Kev. Prof. 
 ISryee; Kecording Seeretiiry, Mr. W. H. 
 Hnghaii; Treasurer, Mr. R. H. Hunter. 
 
 On motion of Mr. McDongall, seconded 
 liy Mr. Panton, a vote of thanks was 
 tendered the President and officers and 
 llie members of the retiring Council for 
 llieir services during the pasl yetir. 
 
 On motion of Capt. Lewis, seconded by 
 
 Mr. Bell, it was resolved to refer to the 
 
 j E.xecutive Council the appointment of a 
 
 I delegate to the Royal Society, which is to 
 
 meet in May ne.xt. 
 
 Mr. Goodridge was, on motion of Capt. 
 Lewis, seconded by Prof. Bryce, appointed 
 Auditor for the ensuing year. 
 
 The meeting then adjourned. 
 
iiiiiiiuii mm iiicoi'. 
 
 till! hlUlO,' ui' iiuv- 
 
 I'ri'x ii lis III iii^ 
 ' f'liii'niKin over 
 ,ljii'li I'veiiliiiir.Ml 
 i>lHliiiu'iit III (iiir 
 
 fllNdlcd II, Willi 
 
 mldresH a.-> I'icm- 
 (• >,'i'(nvrli of li-i|.. 
 H'of iiif('||(.(.|im| 
 iilnoiiK till' ilii,.!" 
 n' aiiiiiv fi-.iiry of 
 '<I dial aiidrcss 
 iislii-c aUo I'l'iid 
 ( 'o.siiio^foiiy iiiul 
 
 iiliiiiilleil. 
 Kf'lKiK Hi;v( K. 
 t'Dr.-.Sccrotai'v. 
 
 vMK.VT. 
 
 •).v till- Tieas- 
 lli" ri'cciotM 
 tr, w iis read hy 
 fo civdit ill 
 l >^m.-22; in- 
 ''.V lire, ffUKi; 
 rniiifiii ^'r,•lIlt, 
 ctiiro, s !);{..")( I; 
 rary. .':^ 1.")! ).!).-) • 
 I'e -I'.iid (Jfo. 
 
 i''). Isl, .'?:)()(); 
 
 salary. s(m; 
 y fittings and 
 isunuice. !:!()■(»; 
 I: iiKifrazinc's 
 •■).I«; in-iiitiiig 
 ir'.s lectures, 
 look-biiidiujr, 
 li'y priiiiiiiu;, 
 iiue at baiik- 
 
 i'<l to l)y Mr. 
 tor, and was 
 
 tlemen wvny 
 itive C'ouneil 
 'rof. Jlryce, 
 . AleArthiir, 
 J^f'vvis, Aid. 
 UKhan, I{ev. 
 C". L. Ariii- 
 Bi'll, H. .M. 
 Houston. 
 
 ■{s. 
 
 ■all ri'-elect- 
 :Mr. Alex. 
 , Mr. A. M. 
 Ht'v. Prof. 
 ', Kev. Prof. 
 Mr. W. II. 
 Hunter. 
 11, .seconded 
 thanks was 
 officers aiid 
 Council for 
 .ear. 
 
 ecoiuled by 
 •efer to the 
 itment of a 
 whicii is to 
 
 on of Capt. 
 , appointed