XLYI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



Eoumania 2 



Eussiu T(; 



Spain , 17 



Sweden 29 



Switzerland •. 20 



British India 33 



Java 14 



Jajian 15 



China 4 



Afi'iea 20 



Austrahisia 33 



Total exchanges 2,408 



Donations and purchases 807 



3,305 

 Books and periodicals borrowed by nienibers from April 



1st, 18»5, to April 1st, 189G .*. 1,273 



Papers Eead During the Sesseon, 1895-96. 

 1895. 

 [N'ov. 2 — Inausjjural Address by the President. Prof. A. B. Macallum, 

 M.D., Ph.D. 

 Yarious matters connected with the interests of the Institute 

 referred to, and the visit of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science ; afterwards a paper on "The 

 Origin of Certain Structures in the Cell," illustrated by 

 photographs and diagrams. 

 Xov, 9 — •• A lîoot-Tubercle Fungus in the Prothalliuni of Botrychium 

 Virginianum," with lantern illustrations, E. C. Jeffrey, B. A. 

 Nov. K) — •' The Socialism of To-day." nani])den Burnham, M.A., of 



Peterborough. 

 Nov. 23 — " Some Views and Theories as to the Nature and Objects of 



Government," I'Mward Meek. Barrister. 

 Nov. 3() — •• I[ow can Legislatures best encourage the tine Arts, and to 

 what extent should they do so ?" T. Mower Martin, R.C.A. 

 Dec. 7 — '• Applied Science in Metal Founding," T. Doherty, of Sarnia. 

 Dec. 14 — '• A Page from English IIistr)r3^," Eov. H. II. Woude. 

 Dec. 21—" The Ice x\.ge and Lake Levels at Toronto," Prof. A. P. 

 Coleman. Ph.D. 

 1896. 

 Jan. 11 — '• The Action of Light on Bacteria," J. J, Mackenzie, B.A. 

 Jan. 11 — •■ The Origin of the Earth's Atmosphere," Prof. A. B. Macal- 

 lum, Ph.D. 



