PROCEEDINGS FOR 1884. Xl' 



Dec. 15, 1883.— England's Oldest Colony, by T. B. Browning M.A. 



22, 1883.— Abattoii-s, by Alan Macdongall, C.B. 



Jan. 12, 1884.— The Nervous System of the Cat-fish, by Prof. R. Ramsay Wright. 



19, 1884. — The History of Musical Instruments, with special reference to the Orchestra, 



the Piano, Violin and Organ, by W. Waugh Lauder. 

 26, 1884. — The Antiquity of the Negro Race, by Frederick Phillips. 

 Feb. 2, 1884. — The Real Correspondents of Imaginary Points, by Prof. G. P. Young. 



0, 1884. — The Rhitan Languages,— the Aztec and its relations, by Prof Campbell, Montreal. 

 The Celtic Topography of Wales and the Isle of Man, by Dr. McNish, Corn- 

 wall, Ont. 

 16, 1884.— The Skeleton of the Cat-fish, by J. P. McMurrich, M.A. 



23, 1884. — Canadian Local Climates, by J. Gordon Mowat. 



March 1, 1884.— Some Factors in the Malaria Problem, by P. H. Bryce, M.A., M.D. 

 8, 1884. — Old J]nglish Spelling and Pronunciation, by W. Houston, M.A. 

 15, 1884. — Photography and the Chemical Action of Light, by J. P. Hall, B.A. 

 22, 1884.— The Radiometer, by W. J. Loudon, B.A. 

 29, 1884.— The Upper Niagara River, by Henry Brock. 

 April 5, 1884.- The Myology of the Cat-fish, by J. P. McMurrich, M.A. 



The Alimentary System of the Cat-fish, by A. B. McCallum, B.A. 

 The Vascular System and Glands of the Cat-fish, by T. McKenzie, B.A. 

 12, 1884. — Compulsoiy Education in Crime, by Dr. E. A. Meredith. 

 19, 1884. — An Entomological Trip in the Rockies, by Capt. Gamble Geddes, A.D.C. 

 2C, 1884.— The Art of Etching, by H. S. Howland, jun. 



Report submitted, through Mr. C. Carpjiael, by 



R. W. Young, Assistant-Secretary. 



Oral statements were also made on behalf of the following Societies : — 

 V. Fi'om the Historical Society of Montreal, through Abbé Verreatt. 

 VI. From the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, through Professor Bryce. 

 VII. From the Institut Canadien de Québec, through Abbé Bruchési. 

 VIII. From the Natural History Society of Montreal, (in the absence of Mr. W. F. Ferrier), 



through Dr. T. Sterrt Hunt. 



The American Association. 



Dr. Persifor Frazer, delegate from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 then presented his credentials and addressed the meeting, on the invitation of the President: — 



Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Royal Society : — I am fully sensible of the double honour 

 which I enjoy at this moment, — that of aj^pearing for the representative scientific body of my 

 countiy ; and that of being received by this distinguished body and invited to address it. It is 

 not my jjurpose, however, to occupy any j)art of your valuable time with purely subjective feelings, 

 for, to my understanding, the occasion of my presence has a vastly deeper significance than any 

 that can be attached to the actor in it. The year 1884 is destined to be memorable in the annals of 

 science. The scientific representatives of that mighty nation which we of the United States, equally 

 ■with you of Canada, are proud to call the Mother Country, after many attempts, have decided to 

 consecrate the metropolis of their imperial Dominion of the West as the seat of one of their annual 

 gatherings. Your own influential national society has held out its hand to its democratic sister across 

 the southern border, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, inviting hei- to your 

 annual conference of to-day, and she cordially accepts your courteous invitation and speaks her 



