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the Senate, His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor, and the Legislative 

 Assembly of the Province of Ontario, praying for the legalizing of this 

 mode of time reckoning. A bill has been read for the first time in the 

 Senate, entitled " An Act respecting the Reckoning of Time." 



The thanks of the Institute are due to Dr. Fleming for his unremitting 

 interest in this subject. 



The Council deplores the destruction of our Provincial University by 

 fire ; a resolution of sympathy has been sent to the Senate and College 

 Council. 



The meetings continue to be well attended ; there were 21 ordinary 

 meetings, at which 30 papers were read, and 36 meetings of the several 

 sections, at which 32 papers were read. 



The Council again acknowledges its thankfulness to the generosity of 

 the Provincial Government, for once more placing the sum of $1,000 at 

 the disposal of the Institute for archaeological research. Many of the 

 cases have been re-arranged to facilitate the study of the specimens, and 

 the history thereby imparted. A very full descriptive catalogue has 

 been compiled and appended to the valuable report prepared by the 

 Curator and published as an appendix to the report of the Honorable 

 the Minister of Education. 



The museum was visited by a large number of leading American 

 archaeologists, who were very much pleased with the collection, and sur- 

 prised at the result arrived at by such a moderate expenditure of money.' 



The Institute has received invitations from the Towns of Orillia, Barrie, 

 and Niagara, and the Chautauqua Company of Niagara, to hold a sum- 

 mer convention in each town. The Council has accepted that of the 

 Town of Niagara, and preparations are being made for holding a meeting 

 there. 



Increased shelving is being put up in the library ; this will permit the 

 books to be better arranged and classified, and more readily accessible to 

 members. There is urgent need of a fund for binding purposes. Valu- 

 able additions are being made constantly, and the destruction of the 

 university library makes ours of greater increasing value as a library of 

 reference. 



The Treasurer's statement shows a satisfactory balance at the credit of 

 the Institute. 



The membership has been increased during the year by 26 elections, 

 of whom 18 have fulfilled the conditions and become active members. 

 The policy entered upon last year of enforcing the regulations regarding 



