56 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



The balance shewn on our balance sheet is already expended. It 

 theiefore urges upon the members the necessity of supporting the 

 present efforts of the Committee of Ways and Means by every means 

 in their power, by contributions, by pi-esenting the claims of the 

 Institute to the public in every possible way, and by endeavoring to 

 obtain new members. 



During the past year the Institute has lost by death one of its 

 most distinguished honorary members. Prof Balfour Stewart, of 

 Owen's College, Manchester. Balfour Stewart's name was first pro- 

 minently brought before the public by his researches on radiant heat, 

 published in 1858. In 1859 he was appointed Director of Kew 

 Observatory, and held this post until 1870, when he was appointed 

 Professor of Physics at the Owen's College, Manchester. He died of 

 apoplexy on December 18, 1887. 



Charles Carpmael, 



President. 



On motion of Mr. Browning, seconded by Mr. Noble, the 

 report was received and adopted. 



The election of officers for the ensuing- year resulted as 

 follows : 



President, Charles Carpmael, M.A. ; Vice-President, T. B. Brown- 

 ing, M.A. ; Secietary, Alan MacDougall, M. Inst. C.E. ; Treasurer, 

 James Bain, Jr , Esq. ; Editor, George Kennedy M.A., LL.D. ; 

 Librarian, George E. Shaw, B.A. ; Curator, David Boyle, Ph. B. ; 

 Membe-.s of Council, Alex, Marling, LL.B,, W. H. Ellis, M.A., 

 M.B., W. H. VanderSmissen, M.A. 



On motion by Mr. Browning, seconded by Dr. Kennedy, it 

 was resolved, "That the thanks of this Institute are due to 

 the newspapers of the City of Toronto for the space which 

 they have so freely given to proceedings of the Institute 

 during the year, and especially to the Mail newspaper, for the 

 extended notices of tlie meetings which have so regularly 

 appeared in its cokimns." 



On motion bv Mr, Pearce, seconded by Mr. Pursey, it was 



