PROCEEDINGS 
OF 
THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE, 
SESSION 1884-’85. 
NINTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
‘The Ninth Ordinary meeting of the Session 1884-’85, was 
held on Saturday, January toth, 1885, the President in the 
Chair. 
The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 
The following gentlemen were elected members of the 
Institute : 
George Ritchie, B.A., B.Sc.; Charles Ridout, Esq.; Alexander Macfarlane, 
M.A. D. Se., F.R.S.E. 
The following list of donations and exchanges received since 
last meeting was read : 
I.—CANADA. 
1. Report of Progress, 1874-75. From the Geological Survey of Canada. 
2. Figures and Descriptions of Canadian Organic Remains. Decade II. 
Graptolites of the Quebec Group, by James Hall, 1865. 
3. Atlas of Maps and Sections to Report of Progress from the Commence- 
ment to 1863. 
4. Geology of Canada, Palaeozoic Fossils, Vol. I., by E. Billings. 
5. Palaeozoic Fossils, Vol. II., Part I., by E. Billings. 
6. Palaeozic Fossils, Vol. III., Part I., by J. F. Whiteaves. 
7. Mesozoic Fossils, Vol. I., Part I. 
Mesozoic Fossils, Vol. I., Part III. 
8. Report on the Polyzoa of the Queen Charlotte Islands, by Rev. Thomas 
Hincks, 
9. The Fossil Plants of the Devonian and Upper Silurian Formations of 
Canada, by Sir J. W. Dawson. 
10. Report of the Fossil Plants of the Lower Carboniferous and Millstone 
Grit Formation of Canada, by Sir J. W. Dawson. 
