52 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



The number of members on the roll is eighteen. Since the 31st 

 March, 1887, the section has held eleven meetings. Since December 

 13, 1887, the meetings of the section have taken place at twenty 

 o'clock on the second and fourth Tuesdays in each month of the 

 session of the Institute. 



At tlie meeting of November 14, 1887, it was decided that the 

 Section should take up the study of " Phonetics," and the work of 

 the members has to a great extent been the pursuance of such study. 



At the meeting of January 10, 1887, Mr. George E. Shaw, B A., 

 resigned the position of Secretary of the Section, to which office Mr. 

 A. F. Chamberlain, B.A., was appointed. 



During the year the following })apers have been read befoie the 

 Section, viz. : 



" The Science of Language in Po])ular Educa- 

 tion," by the Pvev. J. F. McCurdy, Ph. D. 



" Umbrian Inscriptions," by the Rev. Di-. 

 McNish. 



" An International Al[)habet with a Sy.stem of 

 Shorthand," by M. L. Rouse. 



" The Organs of 8peech, with Special Refer- 

 ence to the Production of Speech in the 

 Larynx," by Dr. G. R. McDonagh. 



" Throat Sounds," by the Rev. J. F. McCurdy, 

 Ph. D. 



" Portuguese Nasal Sounds," by G. E. Shaw, 

 B.A. 



" A Contribution to the Study of the Fi'anco- 

 Canadian Dialect," by Jno. Squair, B.A. 

 • (^Signed) 



A. F. Chamberlain, 



Secretary Philol. Stct. C 1. 

 Toronto, April 7, 1888. 



