466 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Dec. 



Second monthly meeting, November 29th, 1869 ; Principal 

 Dawson presiding. 



DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



A Chinese bank-note ; from A. S. Hutchison. 



TO THE LIBRARY. 



Statutes of Canada, 1869 ; from the Dominion Govcrnuiout. 



Manuscripts relating to the early history of Canada, Quebec ; 

 from the Literary and Historical Society. 



Physical Culture in Harvard College, by Nathan Allen, M.D., 

 Lowell, Mass. ; from the Author. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Col. Wolselcy, Q.M.G., Dr. Griffith Evans, and A. Selwyn, 

 F.G.S., Director of the Geological Survey of Canada, were 

 elected members of the Society. 



Mr. E. Billings read a paper " On the Genus Scolithus and 

 some Allied Fossils," which will shortly appear in our pages. 



Dr. P. P. Carpenter made a communication " On Different 

 Modes of Computing Sanitary Statistics, with special reference 

 to the opinions lately published by Mr. Andrew A. Watt." 



Considerable discussion ensued on this subject, and Dr. 

 Trenholme moved a vote of thanks to Dr. C. for the labour he 

 had devoted to the subject, which was seconded by Mr. Drummond, 

 and carried unanimously. 



Mr. Joseph acknowledged that the Sanitary Association had 

 done great good, but took exception to some of the figures. 



Mr. D. P. Watt said we could not get over the facts of the 

 excessive proportion of deaths under one year ; nor of the fatal 

 miasma of July and August. 



Principal Dawson said that two things were establi.^hed 

 conclusions: 1st. We ought to have more accurate data;, if the 

 Council will not conduct registration as in other cities, they 

 should let us know why they cannot; if only ten infants die 

 prematurely, we ought to find out and remedy the evil. 2nd. 

 Even in the healthy parts of the city, the summer months are 

 usually unhealthy, in consequence of the prevalence of diseases 

 difficult to cure. All should unite in seeking to remove those 

 evils. 



The third monthly meeting, which should have been held on 



