PROCEEDINGS FOE 1891. LV 



Mexico, West Indies and S. America .. . 73 Si:)ain 27 



Great Britain and Ireland 473 Sweden 24 



Austria-Hungary 145 Switzerland 24 



Belgium 18 British India 68 



Denmark 5 Java 28 



France 572 Ciiina 4 



Germany 901 Japan 24 



Italy 177 Cochin China 2 



Netherhmds 36 Africa 5 



Norway 16 Australasia 20 



Total exchanges, 3,700. 



Officers of Canadian Institute, 1890-91. 



President— C. Carpmael, M.A., F.E S.C. 



Vice-President — James H. Pearce. 



Secretary— Alan Macdougall, M. Inst., C.E. 



Treasurer — James Bain, jr. 



Librarian — A. F. Chamberlain, M.A.. succeeded by D. R. Keys, M.A. 



Curator — David Boyle. 



Editor — Greorge Kennedy, M.A., LL.D. 



Members of Council. 



"W. E. Middleton, Secretary, biological section. 



W. H. Merritt, F.G.S., Ciiairman, geological and mining section. 



J. C. Hamilton, LL.B., Chairman, historical section. 



"W. H. Vander Smissen, M.A. 



W. H. Ellis, M.A., M.B. 



Arthur Harvey. 



Maurice Hutton, M,A. 



XVI — From The Society of Canadian Literature, of Montreal, through Messrs. George Martin 



and A. Weir. 



This society was established in 1889, with John Eeade, Esq., M.A,, P.E.S.C, as president, the 

 late lamented John Talon-Lesperance, Esq., F.R.S.C., vice-president, and Arthur Weir, Esq., B.A.Sc, 

 secretary ; and its purpose, as set forth in its first circular, is " an examination of our national litera- 

 ture, English and French, the acquirement and diffusion of a knowledge of our best poetry, romance, 

 historic works and other writings, the provision of a centre for local literary life and for the introduc- 

 tion of visiting littérateurs, and the encouragement of all pi-oper literary works and movements 

 tTiroughout the country." 



Forty-two members were enrolled on the evening of the first meeting, and the number has not 

 decreased since that date. 



On November 30th of the same year it was decided to hold meetings conjointly with the Society 

 for Historical Studies, our work being similar and overlapping in some instances, and the arrange- 

 ment has resulted very satisfactorily. 



During the season of 1889-90 ten papers were on the published programme, and many new facts 

 concoi'ning early Canadian literature were made known. 



