44: TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [VoL. II. 



Curator — David Boyle, Ph.B. 

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

 Members of Council — A. B. Macallum, Ph.D. 

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



B. E. Walker, Esq. 



C. Carpmael, M.A. 

 William Brodie, Esq. 



FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Council of the Canadian Institute has the honor to lay before its 

 members its Forty-first Annual Report. 



The work of the Institute has been well maintained during the year. 

 An increased interest and impetus to original research have been 

 imparted through the visit of the American Association for the Advance- 

 rr ent of Science. 



The Council takes much pleasure in reporting that the visit of 

 the above-named society to this city, between the' 27th August 

 and the 3rd September, 1889, was most successful ; there was a large 

 attendance of members, 421 being present, and it was remarked as a rare 

 occurrence, that there were so many ex-presidents present. Out of 62 

 new Canadian members, 35 were members of the Institute. The number 

 of papers contributed by Canadians was large, the members of the Insti- 

 tute contributing their full proportion. 



The Council desires to express its hearty thanks to the several bodies 

 who gave up the use of their buildings, to the Press for the close atten- 

 tion given to the meetings and the very extensive reports of them, and 

 to the ladies and gentlemen, who, through their kind hospitality, aided so 

 much in the social part of the meetings. 



The interest in the movement for the introduction of cosmic time is 

 well-maintained, and is increasing. The American Society of Civil 

 Engineers has issued several valuable reports detailing its extension on 

 this continent and in other countries ; over 230 railway companies in 

 North America use this system ; the Kingdom of Prussia has adopted it, 

 and it is being introduced into Austria. Dr. Robert Schram, of Vienna,, 

 and Prof Pasquier, of Louvain, have been directly instrumental to much 

 of its extension in Europe. Petitions from the Institute have been pre- 

 sented to His Excellency the Governor-General, the House of Commons,, 



