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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Thursday, 17th January, 1889. ANNUAL GENEEAL MEETING. SAMUEL KEEPER, President, in the Chair. MORNING SESSION. The notice convening the meeting having been read, it was moved by Mr. H. F. Perlcy, seconded by Mr. E. Foray th and resolved, That Messrs. A. Brittain, G. A. Mountain and F. Chadwickbe requested to act as scrutineers for the election of the President, Vice- Presidents, Treasurer, Librarian, Secretary, and other Members of Council for the year 1889. It was moved by Mr. W. J. Sproule, seconded by Prof. McLeod, That the scrutineers be instructed to make a return of all the names receiving votes, together with the number of votes cast in each case, and that such return be published in the minutes of the annual meeting. It was moved in amendment by Mr. P. A. Peterson, seconded by Mr. H. A. F. MacLeod, That the returns shew only the names of the officers elected. The amendment, on being put to the meeting, was carried. It was moved by Mr. St. G. Boswell, seconded by Mr. G. H. Garden and resolved, That Messrs. W. McL. Walbauk, T. W. Lesage and P. L. Naismith be requested to act as scrutineers of the ballot for the proposed Amendments to the By-Laws. The minutes of the last annual meeting having been read, it was moved by Mr. W. J. Sproule, seconded by Prof. McLeod, That the minutes be amended in accordance with the resolution requiring the scrutineers to make a return of all the names receiving votes, together with the number of votes cast in each case. It was moved in amendment by Mr. J. Kennedy, seconded by Mr. H. Wallis, That the minutes as read be adopted. The amendment was carried. The Secretary next read the Annual Report of the Council, which was as follows: ? ANNUAL REPORT- ROLL OF THE SOCIETY. ...