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34 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 
FIFTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
The Fifth Ordinary Meeting of Session 1883-84 was held 
on Saturday, December Ist, 1883, the President in the chair. 
The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 
The following exchanges were announced : 
. Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, Vol 14, 1882-83. 
. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 
Botany, Vol. 19, No. 122. 
ee Vol. 20, Nos. 123 to 129. 
Zoology, Vol. 16. Nos. 95 and 96. 
iG Vol. 17, Nos. 97, 98, 99, 100. 
Proceedings of the Linnean Society from November, 1880, to June, 1882. 
Lists of the Linnean Society for October, 1881, and October, 1882. 
8. Science, Vol. 2, No. 42, for November 23, 1883. 
4. Catalogue of Canadian Plants, Part 1, Polypetale, by John Macoun, M.A. 
5. Minutes and Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. 57, 
Session 1878-79. 
6. Science Record, Vol. 2, No. 1, Nov. 15, 1883. 
7. Mémoires et Compte Rendu des Travaux de la Société des Ingénieurs 
Civils, September, 1883. 
8. Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Vol. 17, No. 3. 
9. Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1881. 
10. Schriften der Physikalisch—ékonomischen Gesellschaft, zu Kénigsberg, 
for 1852, first and second parts. 
Mr. J. Herbert Mason then read a paper on “Transfer of 
Land.” The object of the paper was to call attention to the 
cumbrous and expensive character of the present method of 
land transfer,and tourge the adoption of the so-called “Torrens 
System.” The following members took part in the extended 
discussion which followed: Mr. Geo. E. Shaw, Mr. J. C. 
Hamilton, Mr. Geo. Murray, Mr. W. A. Douglas, Mr. D. Blain, 
Mr. J. A. Patterson, Mr. Jas. Bain, jun., and Mr. Oliver How- 
land. 
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THE SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
The Sixth Ordinary Meeting of the Session, 1883-84 was 
held on Saturday, December 8th, 1883. The First Vice- 
President, Mr. George Murray in the chair. 
The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Mr. M. McLaughlin was elected a member. 
