PEOCEEDINGS FOE 1892. XXIIl 



1891 — October 20. The Bacillus of Diphtheria ; illustrated with apparatus for investigation 



and culture, by J. B. IMcConncll, Esq., M.D. 

 November 9. The Duty of Science. (Annual Presidential Address.) By .1. Stevenson 



Brown, Esq. 

 December 14. The Use of the Microscope in the Study of Fossils, by Sir William Dawson, 



LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c. 

 1892 — January 11. Polarized Light, its Usefulness in Indicating Structure, with lantern 



illustrations, by Prof .John Cox, M.A. 

 Februar}' 8. Ciystalline Forms Modified by Impurity, by .Tos. Bemrose, Esq., F.C.S. 

 March 14. The House Spider, by Eev. W. J. Smyth, M.A., B.Sc, Ph.D. 

 April 11. The American Tent-Caterpillar, by A. F. Winn, Esq. 



May 9. Use of the Microscoi^e in the Identification of Burnt Documents, by G. P. 



Girdwood, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S. (Eng.) 



VI. — From The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal, through Mr. R. W. McLachlan. 



On behalf of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal, I have to report ten meetings 

 held during the past year, at which the following papers have been read : — 



1. Extrficts from Newspapers Relating to the Bank Tokens of 1837, by Henry Mott. 



2. Some Recent Frauds in Canadian Coins, by R. W. McLachlan. 



3. The Brunswickei's in Canada, by Henry Mott. 



4. The Mactavish Residence (The Haunted House), by P. S. Murphy. 



5. Burials in Woollen, by Henry Mott. 



6. Review of Hi&toire Monétaire des Colonies françaises, by R. W. McLachlan. 



7. The Thiee King's Inn, by Henry Mott. 



8. Coins and Medals bearing the Names of Canadian Numismatists, by R, W. McLachlan. 



9. Wisconsin Fur Traders, by Henry Mott. 



All of these papers have been published in the 'Canadian Antiquarian,' which the society has 

 arranged shall now be issued promptly. 



During the year a committee of the society has been engaged in preparing and erecting, through- 

 out the older parts of the city, tablets commemorative of great events or points of historic interest 

 in Montreal. About thirty of these tablets have already been put up, leaving about fifteen to be yet 

 placed. Great care has been exercised in arriving at coriect d^ita, both as to place and time of the 

 events recorded. Care too has been given to putting the words in the most clear and concise 

 language. Such places and sites as the following are thus pointed out to strangers : — The spot where 

 Maisonneuve is believed to have landed, the site of Champlain's first building in 1611, the Château 

 de Ramezay (the old government house), La Friponne, General Montgomery's headquarters, Eécollet 

 and Quebec Gates, residences of James McGill, DoUier de Cassen and Du Lhut, scene of the first 

 conflict with the Iroquois and so on. A complete and correct list will appear in a work by W. D. 

 Lighthali, now in press. 



At the suggestion of the society the original name. La Place Royale, has been restoi-ed to the 

 public ground long known as Custom House Square. 



During the present summer it is the intention of the society to hold a field-day, when some place 

 of historic interest in the vicinity will be visited and explored in an antiquarian sense. In this 

 manner we expect to continue the good woi'k so long carried on by our society. 



