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of the leakage was minutely described, and the conclusion drawn by him 
was that from 84 to 140 gallons per minute of bay water was finding its 
way into our water supply. The quantity varies with the location, being 
greater the nearer the pumping station is approached. He illustrated 
his paper by drawings on the blackboard, and referred to several scientific 
truths relating to the flow of water in pipes, which were exemplified in 
the course of the investigations. He thinks that the only leak of any 
consequence has now been discovered at the crib at Hanlan’s Point, and 
that there will be no difficulty in stopping it, when the long-standing 
charge of our city water being polluted by bay water or sewage may be 
wiped from the slate. 
EIGHTH MEETING. 
Eighth Meeting, 9th January, 1892, the President in the chair. 
Donations and exchanges since last meeting, 289. 
The Rev. Philip Tocque, A.M., read a paper on “ The Aborigines or 
Beeothicks of Baccalaos.” 
The report of Mr. A. F. Chamberlain, delegate from the Canadian 
Institute to the annual meeting of the American Folk-Lore Society, held 
in the city of Washington, December 29th and 30th, 1891, was read. It 
stated that the meeting was very successfu], each day’s attendance being 
large and appreciative. The Society ended its third annual gathering 
with the confidence that the study of folk-lore in America was now being 
carried on in true scientific spirit, and the fields of investigation, hitherto 
almost untouched, bid fair before long to yield rich harvests. Seventeen 
papers were read, dealing largely with the lore of the aborigines, although 
the study of the folk-lore of the European immigrants was duly repre- 
sented. Due recognition of the Canadian members of the society was 
made in the election of Horatio Hale, of Clinton, Ont.,and James Deans, 
of Victoria, B.C., as members of the Council. It was gratifying to know 
that not only at the meeting of the Folk-Lore Society, but also at those 
of the Modern Language Association of America, the American Dialect 
Society, the American Historical Society, and the Society of Church His- 
tory, all of which met in Washington contemporaneously, the programmes 
show that Canada was well represented in the papers which were read. 
NINTH MEETING 
Ninth Meeting, 16th January, 1892, the President in the chair. 
Donations and Exchanges since last meeting, 50. 
