CONTENTS. 



Paqr. 



Prefatory Note iii 



iloyal Charter . ix 



Presidents of The Canadian Institute xiii 



Officers, 1889-90 xv 



Transactions, Session 1889-90 1 



Forty-first Annual Meeting 38 



Proceedings of The Ornithological Sub-section of The Biological Section 40 



Canadian Ornithological Bibliography 60 



Summer Session at Niagara 65 



Archaeological Remains a Factor in the Study of History 67 



David Boyle, Ph. B. 



Newark in 1792 72 



D. B. Read, Q.C. 



Legislative Work of the First Parliament of Upper Canada 77 



William Houston, M.A. 



I. Administration of Justice 80 



II. Municipal Affairs 81 



III. Militia and Defence 83 



IV. Status of Special Classes of Persons 83 



V. Legislation and Administration 84 



The Hurons 86 



D. B. Read, Q C. 



Settlement and Original Survey of Niagara Township 96 



William Canniff, M.D., M.R.C.S., Eng. 



Slavery in Canada 102 



J. C. Hamilton, LL.B. 



British Legislation touching Colonial Slavery 103 



Slavery in Upper Canada 104 



Negro Slaves on Ogden Island 106 



References 108 



Two Frontier Churches 109 



Janet Carnochan. 



Fort George's Lonely Sycamore 124 



Janet Carnochan. 



