244 TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [VoL. IV. 



TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING. 



Twenty-fourth Meeting, 29th April, 1893, the President in the chair. 



Donations and Exchanges, 64. 



Nominations for officers for the ensuing year were made. 



The following gentlemen were elected members : — Messrs. E. B. Osier, 

 Paul Campbell, George Williams, Charles P. Sparling, S. N. Samuelson 

 and Oliver Spanner. 



On motion by Mr. G. G. Pursey, seconded by Mr. C. Armstrong, it 

 was resolved that the Public school teachers be requested to impress on 

 their pupils, when they are gathering wild flowers, to be careful to pluck 

 the flowers only and leave the roots undisturbed, and that the press be 

 requested to give this resolution wide circulation. 



Mr. Arthur Harvey read a paper entitled " The Outlook from Mount 

 McKay," Mount McKay being one of the great hills which meet the 

 view as the traveller enters Thunder Bay, on Lake Superior. The 

 features of the territory overlooked by the mountain, the geography, 

 topography, geology, were described and discussed by Mr, Harvey, and 

 some practical suggestions were thrown out as to the development of the 

 rich resources of the country. 



FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Forty-Fourth Annual Meeting was held on 6th May, 1893, the 

 President in the chair. 



Donations and Exchanges, 60. 



The following were elected members : — Mr. Frederick Wyld, Mr. 

 Thomas McCraken, Mr. John Chambers, Mrs. Alexander Cameron, 

 Miss Bertha M. Shoults, and Miss Lilian C. Harrington. 



President Harvey addressed the Secretary, Mr. Alan Macdougall, as 

 follows : — " Some members of the Canadian Institute who admire the 

 urbanity and tact with which you discharge the duties of the secretary- 

 hip desire to present you with a token of their appreciation of your- 

 services and of their high personal regard. It is my pleasing duty to 

 carry out their wish by handing you, in the name of the Institute, a silver 

 inkstand with a short inscription." Mr. Macdougall replied. 



The Forty-fourth Annual Report was read and adopted. 



