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1855- 



Log^an and Hunt went to Paris. A larg-fe collection of grap- 

 tolites from Levis were taken to Prof. James Hall, at Albany, to 

 be described. 



Murray, with Prof. Hall, visited some of the fossil localities 

 in Ontario. Then he went to Lake Nipissing- by way of Lake 

 Huron and surveyed the west coast from the outlet. 



Hunt reported on iron-ores, cement, plumbago, peat, and 

 the extraction of salt from sea-water. 



Richardson and Billings collected fossils at Levis, Que., and 

 Thetford, Ont. 



1856. 



Logan was knighted January 29th. He stayed most of the 

 summer in Toronto trying- to get another Act passed tor the 

 Survey. 



Murray, with Mr. Brown as assistant, ascended the Sturgeon 

 River from Lake Nipissing for 52 miles, then the Maskinong^ 

 for 30 miles, and crossed to the Wahnapitae River and back to 

 the French River. Another survey was made from the Wahnapitae 

 by the Whitefish River to Lake Huron. 



Hunt continued laboratory work. 



E. Billings was appointed Palaeontologist on August ist. 



Richardson went in June by way of the Mingan islands to 

 Anticosti. At both places examinations were made, but the 

 greater part of his time was spent at the latter place. Logan 

 seems to have made him a short visit and collected fossils. 



Capt. E. D. Ashe was employed on longitude determinations 

 by means of the electric wire. 



R. Barlow, one of the engineers employed on the construc- 

 tion of the Victoria Bridge, was appointed chief draughtsman 

 June 1st. 



S. Barlow was employed to assist his father at mapping, 

 appointed Dec. ist. 



1857- 



Logan was detained in Montreal at the meeting of the,Ameri- 

 can Society for the Advancement of Science. He went to Gren- 



