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to Mr. Bain’s statement that the Jesuits had planted a hem- 
lock as a memorial of the burial of Brébeuf, he questioned 
whether a hemlock will last 200 years. 
The President, alluding to the statement that some of the 
Hurons had fled to Manitoulin from the invasion of the Iro- 
quois, said that Manitoulin was not mentioned in the Rela- 
tions, and suggested that probably Beausoleil Island was 
meant, where he had seen ruins, which he briefly described. 
TWENTY-SECOND ORDINARY MEETING. 
The Twenty-Second Ordinary Meeting was held on 11th 
April, 1885, Dr. G. Kennedy, 2nd Vice-President, in the 
Chair. 
The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 
A communication was read from the Governor-General’s 
Secretary, enclosing a despatch from the Earl of Derby, 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, expressing the high 
appreciation of Her Majesty’s Government of the services 
rendered by Mr. Sandford Fleming, C.M.G., in connection 
with the Prime Meridian Conference at Washington. 
The following list of donations and exchanges was read : 
1. Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Vol. XV., Nos. 10-12, Oct., Nov., and 
Dec., 1883. 
2. Science, Vol. V., No. 113, April 3rd, 1885. 
3. Journal of the Franklin Institute, April, 1885. 
4, Elephant Pipes in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 
Davenport, lowa, by Charles E. Putnam, Esq. 
. The Osteology of Amia Calva, by Dr. R. W. Shuffeldt, U. S. Army. 
. Records of the Geological Survey of India, Vol. XVIII., Part 1, 1885. 
. Bulletin de la Société d’ Anthropologie de Paris, Tome Septiéme (III.e 
Série,) 4e Fascicule, Juillet 4 Décembre, 1884. 
8. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 3e Série, Tome X1II., No. 2, 
1885. 
9. Mémoires et Compte Rendu des Travaux de la Société des Ingéniéurs 
Civils, Janvier, 1885, 4e Sérié, 38e Année, ler Cahier. 
10. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cérdoba (Republica 
Argentina) Tomo VII., Entrega 3a. 
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