8 TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [VoL. I. 



value of what remains to be done. One reform demanded is the nota- 

 tion of the hours from i to 24 in place of twice twelve, a practice from 

 which not only inconveniences result, but danger in connection with 

 raihvays from the possible confusion between the hours of morning and 

 the hours of evening. It would not be more difficult to reckon 13 

 o'clock for the hour which follows mid-day than to recommence a new 

 notation. Everybody knows that 13 comes after 12. There is nothing 

 new to learn. If only the administrators of railways have the courage to 

 introduce the new notation in their time tables the public will follow it." 



On motion of Mr. W. H. Merritt, seconded by Dr. Meredith, it was 

 resolved, " That the memorandum now submitted be transmitted to His 

 Excellency the Governor-General with the respectful request that means 

 be taken to bring the subject to the notice of foreign nations and in the 

 hope also that through His Excellency's intervention the advantages of 

 the improvements in time-reckoning introduced with so much practical 

 success in Canada may be extended to the British possessions round the 

 globe. 



On motion of Mr. Browning, seconded by Mr. Chamberlain, it was 

 resolved, " That in order to meet every difficulty which may arise from 

 the introduction of the improvements in time-reckoning, a permissive 

 Act should be passed by the Dominion and Provincial Parliaments, and 

 with this in view it is suggested that petitions to Parliament be signed 

 by members of the Institute and other citizens." 



SIXTH MEETING. 



Sixth Meeting, 7th December, 1889, the Vice-President in the chair. 



Mr. J. W. L. Forster was elected a member. 



The Rev. Edward F. Wilson read a paper on the " Formation of a 

 Society to be called The Canadian Indian Research and Aid Society." 

 He argued that the society should be organized, because it is desirable 

 that Indian relics, traditions, folklore, etc., be- collected and preserved 

 while yet it is possible to gather them ; because the Indians are the 

 " wards of the nation," and it is the duty of the Canadian people to take 

 a kindly interest in their welfare ; because all efforts made hitherto for 

 the benefit of the Indians have been isolated in their character — each 

 Church working on its own lines and the Indian Department on its line 

 and the general public knows but little either of what the Churches or 



