194 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 
FOURTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
The Fourteenth Ordinary Meeting of the Session 1883-84, 
was held on Saturday, February 16th, 1884. In the absence 
of the President and Vice-Presidents, the chair was taken by 
Dr. Jos. Workman, who, later in the evening, retired on the 
entrance of the President. 
The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Mr. Henry E. Morphy, B.A., was elected a member. 
The following list of donations and exchanges received 
since last meeting was read :— 
1. Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, to complete a set. 
Vols. 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, bound, and Part 3, Vol. 15; Part 3, Vol. 16. 
2. Science, Vol. 3, No. 53, Feb. 8th, 1884. 
3. Transactions of the Manchester Geological Society, Part 12, Vol. 17, Sess. 
1883-84. 
4, Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, N. 8., Vol. 3, Part 1. 
5. Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali, residente in Pisa, Processi 
Verbali, Vol. 4, title-pages to do., Vols. 1 and 3. 
6. Catalogue of Canadian Plants, Part 1. Polypetale, by John Macoun, 
F.R.S.C. 
7. Report of Progress for 1880-81-82, of the Geological and Natural Hist. Sur- 
vey of Canada. Maps to accompany the above Report. 
8. Records of the Geological Survey of India, Vol. 16, Part 4, 1883. 
Prof. J. Playfair McMurrich then read a paper on “ The 
Skeleton of the Catfish,” which will appear in the next fasci- 
culus of the Proceedings of the Institute. 
FIFTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
The fifteenth Ordinary Meeting of the Session 1883-84 was 
held on Saturday, February 23rd, 1884, the President in the 
chair. 
The minutes of last meeting were read and*confirmed. 
The following list of donations and exchanges was read : 
1. Science, Vol. 3, No. 54, February 15, 1884. 
2. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoédlogy at Harvard College. 
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2. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 4. 
