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The Committee recommended in their final report which was presented 
on the 20th January, 1892, the adoption of the new notation of time on 
all railways in America “on the 12th October, 1892; that date being 
suggested in compliment to the fatherland of Columbus.” The report 
states that “From the latest information received, it is evident that 
Europe is now making the first great step in time reform which 
America made in 1883, in introducing Standard Time into general use. 
In the second important step, the adoption of the 24-hour notation, this 
country issomewhat anticipated by India, and we need not be greatly 
astonished to hear of a rapid development of .the reform in Europe, 
when once the first step is fully taken.” 
The Council noted with much pleasure the formation of a Royal Com- 
mission to enquire into the protection of fish and game. 
A Royal Commission has been issued to enquire into and report upon 
the preservation of the forests and the formation of a National Park. 
A paper of very great interest to the fruit-growing industry was pre- 
sented by Dr. W. R. Shaw, the subject being the disease known as 
“Peach Yellows.” This paper created a deep interest in the great 
peach-growing district, the Niagara peninsula. Resolutions were passed 
by the Lincoln Farmers’ Institute, and the Fruit Growers’ Association, 
the Council of the Township of Niagara, and other bodies, requesting 
the Institute to bring the subject under the notice of the Local Legisla- 
ture during its last session. An influential deputation from the bodies 
named, accompanied by a Committee from the Institute, waited on the 
Government, by whom they were courteously received. Owing to the 
late period of the session it was not practicable to introduce the legisla- 
tion asked for; there is no doubt, however, that at the next session 
important legislation will be obtained intended to prevent the spread 
of peach yellows, black knot, and other dreaded diseases among our 
orchards, and that this valuable and extensive industry will have 
proper protection accorded to it. 
A paper on Electoral Representation and the Rectification of Parlia- 
ment, by Dr. Sandford Fleming, has created great interest. A friend 
of the Institute, who has declined to make known his name, has 
generously placed at the disposal of the Council the sum of $1,000, to 
be awarded in whole or in part, for the best measure which if made law 
would give to the whole Canadian people equal representation in Parlia- 
ment and each elector due weight in the Government through Parliament. 
The conditions of the competition have received the most careful atten- 
tion of the Council, and will be made public in a few days. 
