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Ojijatekhah. — In some places it worked very well. He thoug-ht there 

 were some good points in it. It was working well among the Mississa- 

 guas. Some of the older people were opposed to it. 



Mr. Chamberlain thought, on account of the national character of the 

 society much could be done in regard to science that could not be done 

 by the Canadian Institute nor by the Government. By means of this 

 scheme they would come into direct contact with the Indians. Another 

 point in its favour was the broad platform on which it was founded. 



From these considerations he thought the Institute should give it its 

 support. 



Mr. Harvey, while he considered the scheme very good in its general 

 aim, thought the details were very faulty. He thought that science and 

 religion were too much mixed up in it. He thought it was necessary to 

 consult the Indians themselves. He spoke favorably of the work done 

 at the Shingwauk Home. He had come across some Indians from that 

 institution. They were fine bright lads, who were quite able to take 

 their places alongside the white children. 



SEVENTH MEETING. 



Seventh Meeting, 14th December, 1889, the President in the chair. 



Donations and exchanges since last meeting, 95. 



Rev. E. F. Wilson, G. K. Powell and R. Haslitt were elected 

 members. 



A letter was read from Dr. A. M. Rosebrugh announcing that the 

 question of priority of invention of a system of duplexing metallic tele- 

 phone trunk lines had been decided by the United States Patent Office in 

 his favor ; also a letter from Professor Schram of Vienna, with papers, 

 giving an account of the steps taken to introduce the hour-zone system 

 of time-reckoning on the German and Hungarian railways. 



On motion of Mr. Marling, seconded by Mr. Merritt, it was resolved, 

 " That petitions to the House of Commons, the Senate and the Gover- 

 nor-General relating to the introduction and adoption of Standard Time 

 be sent to Hamilton, Ottawa and Kingston for signature ; that those for 

 Ottawa and Kingston be sent to Dr. Fleming, and those for Hamilton 

 to the Hamilton Association with the request that they take charge of 

 the petition and endeavor to obtain signatures. 



