PEOCEEDINGS FOE 1889. IX 



Section III. 



"The uiidorsignod inciiiliers of Section HI of the Eoj-al Society of Canada recomniond W. il. 

 P>ilis, M.D., as a fit and proper person to fill the vacancy in this Section. 



" Dr. Ellis was Professor of Chemistry in the Toronto Medical School from 1871 to 1879. Ho 

 acted as Assistant Professor in the School of Practical Science, Toronto, from 1879 to 1882; and he 

 has been Professor of Applied Chemistry in that institution from 1882 to the present time. He has 

 also been the Public Analyst for Toronto since 1878. 



" Dr. Ellis is well known throughout the Dominion as an eminent toxicological chemist. He lus 

 published in the 'Canadian .lournal,' the 'Analj'ist,' and other soui-ccs, valuable papeis on Canadian 

 waters, on the Occui'rence "f Tellurium in Canada, Determination of Tanniu in Sj)ices, Tea Anal^-sis 

 etc., etc.; and he has lately issued an elaborate icpoi't on the water supply of Toronto. A communi- 

 cation ou Milk Analysis was also read by him at the recent meeting of the Eoyal Society of Canada 

 (May, 1887). 



Edwd. J. Chapman. 

 Thomas Macfarlane. 

 E. Deville." 

 July 27th, 1887. 



Ottawa, January 25th, 1889. 

 J. G. BouEiNOT, Esq., LL.D., Secretary of the Eoyal Society of Canada. 



"Dear Sir, — There being a vacancy- in the membership of Section III of the Eoyal Society of 

 Canada, in consequence of the death of the Hon. Di-. Fortin, of Montreal, we, the undersigned mem- 

 bers of sa d Section, do hereby recommend for nomination as a candidate for membership Mr. Thomas 

 C. Kecfer, C.M.G., an eminent Engineer and Essayist, whose life is closely interwoven with the inter- 

 nal history of Canada, as will be recognized in the accompanying record. 



F. K GisBORxXE, F.E.S.C. 

 Henrv T. Bovey F.E.S.C. 

 B. J. Harringto-v, F.RS.C." 

 [T. C. Keeper, Esq., C.M.G.] 



1838 45 — Employed on the Krie and Welhmd Canals. 



1885-88— Chief Engineer Ottawa Eiver works. 



1849 — Gained Lord Elgin's prize for best essay on " The Influence of Canals of Canada on her Agri- 

 culture." Published " Philosophy of Eaihvays." 



1850 — Emploj-ed upon surveys for the navigation of the rapids of the St. Lawrence, etc., and was sent 

 by the Canadian Government to assist the L^^.S. Consul to report upon Canadian trade with the 

 United States ; and in the year 1852 went to Xew York at request of same Consul to assist in 

 a second report on same subject. These two reports led to the Peciprocity Treaty of 1854. 



1851 — Made preliminary survej-s for the Grand Trunk Eailway and for the I'ailway bridge over the 

 St. Lawrence at Montreal. In same j-ear was appointed one of the Canadian Commissioners 

 for the International Exhibition at London. 



1853 — Engineer to Montreal Harbour Commissioners. 



1862 — Commissioner to International Exhibition at London. 



1869-70 — Published a series of letters advocating the Canadian Pacific Eailway, which was commenced 

 in 1871. 



Proc. 1889. B. 



