PROCEEDINGS FOR 1883, XXXIX. 
one in the history of the Society. Six papers of merit were road before the Society and published 
for the use of members, These were : 
I, The Rising in the Red River Settlement in 1869-70, by the President, Alex. McArthur, Esq, 
II, The Arctic Regions and the Hudson’s Bay Route, by Dr, John Rae, of London, 
III. The Geology of the Red River Valley, by J. H, Panton, Esq., M.A. 
IV. The Winnipeg Country : its discovery and the great consequences resulting, by the Rev. Prof, 
Bryce, Corresponding Secretary. 
V, The Sioux Language, by the Rev. W. A. Burman, 
VI. Sources of North-western History, by Mr. William Dennis. 
These six, along with the annual report of the Society, have been bound up in a serviceable form 
and a copy is forwarded to your honourable Society in the hope that it not be found unworthy of a 
place in the archives of the Society. Our Society regrets very much its inability to have present, 
according to the very kind invitation of the Royal Society, a delegate at the approaching meeting on 
the 22nd inst. Our Society regrets very much its inability to have present, according to the very 
kind invitation of the Royal Society, a delegate at the approaching meeting on the 22nd inst. The 
appointment of such a delegate was delayed in the hope that some member of the Society might be 
found able to be present. This hope has not been realized, but this Society trusts that the absence 
of a delegate will not be looked on as showing any want of interest in the approaching meeting 
of the Royal Society, but rather as arising from our great distance from Ottawa, and the length 
of time taken to make the journey. Our Society trusts the approaching meeting will be 
thoroughly successful, 
I have the honor to be, 
Your obedient servant, 
GEORGE Bryce, 
Corresponding Secretary, H. & S. 8. 
J. G. Bourinot, Esq. 
Dr. Sterry Hunt, and Professor Alpheus Hyatt then presented their credentials and the latter 
addressed a few remarks to the Society expressive of his gratification at being present on an occasion 
which gave him an opportunity of meeting so many of the representative scientific and literary men 
of Canada, 
The Secretary then read over the list of Canadian Literary and Scientific Societies to whom 
invitations had been sent, 
The following gentlemen responded as delegates and made written reports of the work of the 
Societies they severally represented : 
From the Canadian Institute of Toronto, through Mr. W. Hopason ELLis :— 
In accordance with your invitation I have had the honor of being deputed by the Canadian Insti- 
tute of Toronto, to lay before you the following report of the work done by that body during the past 
year. The Canadian Institute has just completed its thirty-third year, and is incorporated under a 
Royal Charter granted in 1851. During the past year there has been a gratifying increase in the 
membership, which has risen from 139 to 225. The list of papers read before the Institute (sent 
herewith), shows that the members of the Institute, and among them it is encouraging to note many 
of the younger members, have been doing and still are doing a gratifying amount of work, 
