LIV EOTAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 1 



7. Objects of the study of ornithology, W. Brodie. 



8. Ornithological report, G. Atkinson. j 



9. Habits of native birds in captivity, G. Atkinson. \ 



10. Bone-caves of Europe in relation to pre-historic man, A. Harvey. : 



11. Art of taxidermy, W. Cross. 



12. Ginseng, its medicinal properties and commercial value, J. H. Pearce. | 



13. Lower forms of life, A. Elvins. 



14. Technical etymology, J. H Pearce. 



15. Herpestes griseus in Jamaica, A. Harvey. j 



Geological and Mining Section. , 



Chairman, W. Hamilton Merritt, F.G.S. — Secretary, G. Mickle, B.A. . ' 



1. Notes on production of iron and steel in Ontai-io, W. H. Merritt, F.G.S. 



2. Progress of mining legislation in Ontario, W. H. Merritt, F.G.S. 



3. History and occurrence of nickel, G. Mickle, B. A. 



4. Nickel assaying, G. Mickle, B.A. 



Historical Section. i 



Chairman, J. C. Hamilton, LL.B. — Secretary, A. Harvey. | 



1. An account of his captivity among the Shawnees in 1788, written by the late Hon. Thos. i 



Eidout, Surveyor General of Canada, J. G. Ridout. 



2. On the development of legislative autonomy in Canada, Wm. Houston, M.A. 



3. On Afro-Canadian incidents and the career of John Brown in Canada, J. C. Hamilton, LL.B. 



4. Incidents in the life of General Brock, D. B. Read, Q.C. 



5. On the campaign of 1815 (Waterloo), J. G. Ridout. ' 



6. A transcrivît, with illustrative maps and comments, from the diary of Mr. Alex. Macdonell j 



who had accompanied Governor Simcoe in an expedition from the Humber Bay to the ' 



Georgian Bay by way of Lake Simcoe, in 1793, W. Houston, M.A, 



Report of the Librarian : 



Purchases.. 834 



Donations 390 



Exchanges 3700 



Of the above donations 151 were presented by Mrs. Seidler and 61 by the late Hugh "Wilson, ; 



Esq., D.L.S. 



Distribution. ! 



I. Number of societies, individuals and periodicals to which the publications of the Institute | 



are sent, 516. ■ . 



II. Reading Room. Periodicals subscribed for, 36. 



III. Total of separate numbers received by purchase, 834. 



IV. Number of books and periodicals taken out, 1551. ] 



Exchanges. 



Canada 200 Portugal 16 



United States 800 Russia 42 ^ 



