TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [VoL. I. 



FIRST MEETING. 



First Meeting, 2nd November, 1889, the President in the chair. 



The report of Mr. J. T. B. Ives, F.G.S., delegate of the Geological 

 and Mining Section to the meeting of the American Institute of Mining 

 Engineers at Ottawa, was read, and the thanks of the Institute tendered 

 to him. 



Donations since last meeting, iii ; exchanges, 1,140; purchases, 387 ; 

 total, 1,638 ; new exchanges, 47. 



A letter from Mr. Boyle respecting the Archaelogical Collection was 

 read and referred to a Special Committee, and the Council was instructed 

 to take measures for issuing a larger edition of the next Report. 



Joseph Dilworth, A. W. Dingman and George Pattinson were elected 

 members, and Charles Pearson, John Edmunds and L. M. Cockerell 

 associates. 



Mr. Arthur Harvey read a paper on " Pelotechthen Balanoides," and 

 presented some specimens to the Museum. 



Dr. A. M. Rosebrugh read a paper on " Prison Reform in the United 

 States." 



Mr. Marling inquired whether Dr. Rosebrugh could give any informa- 

 tion as to the comparative increase of crime in European countries and 

 the United States, and how the native American compares with the 

 immigrant in regard to the commission of criminal offences. 



Dr. Rosebrugh was not prepared to give any statistics in the matter. 



Mr. G. M. Rae stated that in the greater offences the native American 

 outnumbers the immigrant. 



Mr. Chamberlain referred to the influence of the low state of the 

 morals of public men in regard to politics and the extent of all the forms 

 of mercantile dishonesty. 



Mr. Macdougall thought that the system of complete isolation had 

 been done away with years ago. He was quite surprised to hear the 

 statements regarding the advantages resulting from the cellular system. 



Dr. Rosebrugh — In the solitary system employed in Philadelphia the 

 criminals were kept in complete isolation for three or four years. They 

 saw no one but the keepers and the chaplain. In the same system in 

 Belgium and England nine months were considered sufficient. After 



