Viewing page 31 of 76

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

GENERAL PROGRAMME

The work of the Congress will have reference to:
a) The native races of America, their origin, geographical distribution, history, physical characters, languages, civilization, mythology, religions, morals and habits.
b) The indigenous monuments and the archeology of America.
c) The history of the discovery and European occupancy of the New World.
It is requested that the accompanying form, to be addressed to the General Secretary of the Committee of Organization, be adhered to.
Dr. N.E. Dionne,
Librarian, Legislative Assembly,
QUEBEC,CANADA.

The membership fee is 3 Dollars (15 francs, 12 marks). Members shall be entitled to vote in the deliberations of the Congress, to take part in its proceedings and to receive its publications free.
Persons intending to be present at the Congress as Associate Members may do so for a fee of 1 Dollar (5 francs, 4 marks). Such persons may take part in the general proceedings of the Congress, but shall no be entitled to vote, nor to receive the publications free. 
Fees are payable in cash, by Post-Office Money Orders or by Cheques negociable at Quebec, to the order of the Treasurer of the Committee of Organization.
M. Alphonse Gagnon
Legislative Building,
QUEBEC,CANADA.

Cards for members or Associate Members will be sent immediately upon receipt of fees. 
Following previous usage, the accepted languages shall be French, English, German, Spanish and Italian.
Communications, which may be oral or written, shall not exceed 20 minutes, unless exceptions be granted for subjects of general importance. Discussions shall not exceed 5 minutes. All the memoirs, subject to the approval of the Committee, shall be published in the Transactions of the Congress.
Members of the Congress are requested to send the titles of their papers as soon as possible to the General Secretary of the Committee of Organization. The author of each communication on the programme should send before the 1st of July 1906 a résumé of his paper intended to be printed in the daily bulletin of the Congress. 
All correspondence should be addressed to the General Secretary. 
The meetings of the Congress will take place in the Legislative building. The members of different sections will be offered facilities for holding simultaneous meetings in several rooms and a good projection lantern will be at their disposal for illustrating their papers. 
All details pertaining to receptions, entertainments and excursions will be given in a later announcement. It is probable, however, that after the close of the sessions of the Congress, an excursion to Lake St. John, including a visit to a camp of Montagnais Indians of the region, will be organized. Excursions in the neighborhood of Quebec will be made during the week of the Congress.

COMMITTEE OF ORGANIZATION
President:
Dr. Robert Bell, Director of the Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa.
Vice-Presidents:
Mgr. J.C.K. Laflamme, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Laval University, Quebec.
Hon. R.A. Pyne, Minister of Education of the Province of Ontario, Toronto.
Dr. D. Boyle, Department of Education, Toronto.
General Secretary:
Dr. N.E. Dionne, Librarian, Legislative Assembly.
Treasurer:
Mr. Alp. Gagnon, Department of Public Works, Quebec.