XXVIII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



1891 — Sept. 2-1. Microbes: Their Life and Work, an address by Professor Ramsay Wright, of 

 the University of Toronto. 



Oct. 8. Notes on Fossil Silurian Plants, Hamilton, by Col. C. C. Grant. 



Oct. 22. How we Measure, by W. H. Ballard, M.A. 



Nov. 10. The Study of Biology, inaugural address by the President, A. Alexander, 

 F.S.Sc, Lon., Eng. 



Nov. 26. A Criticism of our School System, by Eev. A. Burns, D.D. 



Dec. 9. Canada : its Canals and Waterways, by H. B. Witton. 



1892— Jan. 14. Memory, by S. B. Sinclair, M.A. 



Jan. 28. Man Scientifically Considei'ed, by J. Alston Moffat. 



Feb. 11. The Chemical Reactions of the Bleaching Processes, by J. B. Turner, B.A. 



Feb. 25. Messengers from the Skies, by H. B. Small, of Ottawa. 



Mar. 10. Fungi Affecting Fiuits, by L. Woolverton, M.A., of Grimsby. 



Mar. 24. Spelling Reform, by C. R. MuCullough. 



Apr. 14. The Jews and the Persecutions in Russia, by W. H. Schofield, B.A. 



Apr. 28. Notes on the Genus Rhus, by T. J. W. Burgess, M. B., F.R.S.C, of Montreal. 



May 12. The Origin and Development of the Horse, by Wm. Mole, M.R.C.V.S. 



The Geological section has held nine meetings, at eight of which papers have been read by Col. 

 C. C. Grant, as follows : — 



1891 — June 26. Notes on the Niagara P'alls. 



Sept. 25. Geological Notes on the Marl Lake, Anticosti. 



Oct. 23. Fossil Plants at Hamilton, 



Nov. 27. Fossils of the Ci-etaceous and Eocene Formations, I. 



Dec. 25. Fossils of the Cretaceous and Eocene Foi'mations, II. 



1892 — Feb. 26. Fragments of Palœozoic Sea Floors. 



Apr. 22. Mesozoic Reptiles ; have they any living representatives ? 



The Biological section has met monthly during the past season. At these meetings sub- 

 jects bearing on the flora and fauna of the locality have been discussed. No plants not hitherto 

 recorded have been added to the list of our local flora, but additions have been made to the herbarium. 

 In ;id(lition to those found in the vicinity of Uamilion, a collection of West India ferns, numbering 

 one hundred and fifty species, has been received from Mr. Adani Brown. From Dorset and Wilts, in 

 England, several hundred species of British ])lants have been received ; Mr. William Hussey, of Salis- 

 bury, and Mr. William Rcndell, of Whiichuich, Dorset, being the donors. These have l)een compared 

 with their Canadian i-epresentatives, and exhibited to the members of the section, as wtU as a 

 collection of filty species from the Austrian Alps, near Cortina. Notes on the absence of birds and 

 flowers from certain localities in the west of Ontario were contributed by Mr. William Yates, of 

 Hatchley, and were of much interest. Mr. Wilkins, of Beamsville, contributed some valuable notes 

 on the first and last appearances of plants and birds in the district, for 1891, which are hereto 

 appended. Dr. Mole read a valuable paper on the origin and development of the horse. The section 

 endoi-sed ihe scheme of Lady Blake, of Jamaica, to establish a Marine Biological Station in that Island. 



The Philological Section has held eight meetings, at seven of which papers have been read as 

 follows : — 



May 28. Peculiarities in Hebrew Grammar, by J. F. McLaughlin, B.A. 



Sept. 17. Metaphysical Theories on the Origin and Development of Language, by S. A. 



Morgan, B.A. 

 Nov. 19. Phonetic Spelling, by C. R. McCuUough. 



Dec. 17. The Versification of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, by Charles Robertson, M.A. 

 Feb. 18. The Supposed Etymological Value of Silent Letters, by A. W. Stratton, B.A. 



