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



The Institute announces with much regret the death of several valued 

 members. 



Sir Daniel Wilson, LL.D., F.R.S.E., etc., President of Toronto Univer- 

 sity, an honorary member, during his long and valuable life, rendered 

 marked assistance to the Institute, and occupied the Presidential chair in 

 1859-60, 1S60-61, and 1878-80. 



Nelson G. Bigelow, O.C., LL.D., M.P.P., a life member, did not take a 

 great interest in the work of the Institute in later \'ears ; his death was 

 sudden at the end. 



His Honour Sir Alexander Campbell, K.C.M.G., Lieutenant-Governor 

 of the Province, was prevented by his official position and duties from 

 taking a very active part in our work. 



D. A. O'Sullivan, LL.D., was a frequent contributor to our meetings ; 

 his health of late years prevented his attending very regularly. 



The re-arrangement of the rooms in the building, which has recently 

 been effected, has proved very successful. The library, which was. 

 formerly hardly ever used, is now the general reading room ; the 

 spacious apartment affords ample accommodation for the comfort of the 

 members. The acquisition of the reading room on the ground floor has 

 enabled the natural history section to bring its collections together in a 

 very convenient form for reference and study. 



The conditions for the competition for papers on Electoral Represen- 

 tation and the Rectification of Parliament have been widely distributed. 

 The competition closes on the ist of July. 



The centennial celebration of the formation of the Province of Upper 

 Canada, and the institution of parliamentary government, was celebrated 

 with great enthusiasm at Niagara on the i6th of July. This was 

 followed by fitting ceremonies in Toronto on the 17th September, the 

 centennial anniversary of the meeting of the first parliament, and the 

 hundredth parliament was opened on the 5th of April with the state and 

 ceremony which befitted the important occasion. The Institute was well 

 represented on both occasions. 



The report of the Provincial Commission on the Algonquin Park for 

 the preservation of wild animals and the forest has been issued, and a 

 bill to establish the park has been introduced into the Legislature by the 

 Hon. Commissioner of Crown Lands. It is gratifying to find in this 

 report the completed design \vhich emanated from the Institute, and in 

 which the Institute has never failed to take a deep interest. 



