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Mr. Marling would like to learn the locality of the ossuaries. 



Mr. Hunter had been able to give only the number of them. He would 

 give the localities in another paper. 



Mr. Boyle thought that the Institute was much indebted to Mr. Hunter 

 for his paper. Only those engaged in that sort of work can appreciate 

 the amount of labour that Mr. Hunter had bestowed on its preparation. 

 The localizing of the ossuaries was of considerable importance. A map 

 should be constructed and the localities marked on the map. He had 

 succeeded in locating twenty-two villages. Every village has not an 

 ossuary attached to it. There appeared to be an ossuary attached to 

 every second village. This difference between the number of villages 

 and ossuaries may be accounted for. Some ossuaries may have been 

 covered in the act of ploughing ; this could not happen in the case of 

 villages, which were generally laid bare by the plough. He had no 

 doubt that many ossuaries yet remained undiscovered. If they were all 

 known the number would nearly correspond to that of the village sites. 



THIRD MEETING. 



Third Meeting, i6th November, 1889, the President in the chair. 



Donations and exchanges since last meeting, 59. 



On motion by Mr. Boyle, seconded by Mr. Chamberlain, it was re- 

 solved, " That it would conduce materially to the interests of science and 

 the influence of the Canadian Institute to hold one or more meetings 

 during the year in other cities and towns of this Province, and that a 

 Committee of three members be appointed by the President to make 

 enquiries for the holding of such a meeting in whatever place may be 

 deemed most suitable and report to the Council before the close of the 

 present session." 



The President named as a Committee Messrs. Boyle, Chamberlain and 

 Macdougall. 



On motion by Mr. Chamberlain, seconded by Mr. VanderSmissen, Sir 

 Daniel Wilson was requested to convey to the American Philosophxal 

 Society of Philadelphia the congatulations of the Canadian Institute on 

 the celebration of its centenary. 



Mr. F. S. Spence was elected a member. 



