26 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 
2. That two of these were distance from the equator and moistness: 
of the air. 
3. That there were other causes which have not been discovered. 
4. That the colour characteristics of existing races change very 
slowly, if at all, under the influence of new climatic conditions. 
5. That the agreement of two races in colour is no proof of com- 
munity of origin. 
6. That the chief, perhaps the only point of origin of the blonde 
race was in Northern Europe. 
7. That the Indo-Europeans were largely blonde, and that their 
original home was near the Baltic Sea. 
After the address, Prof. Ramsay Wright, of University Col- 
lege, exhibited some new microscope objectives, by Gundlach, 
of Rochester, U. S., and by Zeuss, of Jena. 
SECOND ORDINARY MEETING. 
The Second Ordinary Meeting of the Session 1883-1884, 
was held on Saturday, November roth, in the lecture-room, 
the President in the chair. 
The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 
The following gentlemen were balloted for, and duly elected’ 
members. 
Alan Macdougall, C. E., F. R. S. E.; Messrs. John McAree, Harry 
Walker, Frederick T. Butler, James Jardine, G. H. Robinson, M.A., J. M. 
Clark, B.A., A. S. Johnston, B.A., T. G. Campbell, B.A., John Squair, B.A.,. 
H. R. Fairclough, B. A., J. Warren Reid, B. A., J. C. Robertson, B. A., Capt.. 
Gamble Geddes, A. D. C. 
The following donations and exchanges received since last 
meeting, were announced : 
1. Minutes and Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers, London,. 
Vol. 74. Series 1882-’83, part 4. Brief Subject Index to Minutes and 
Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers, vols. 59 to 74. Series 
1879-80 to 1882-83. ’ 
2. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute for 1868, 1872,, 
1873, 1874. Vols. 1, 5, 6, and 7. 
3. The Canadian Entomologist, vol. xx. No. 9 for September, 1883. 
