SECOND MEETING. 3 



future occasion. The paper dealt chiefly with the general 

 historical and sociological condition, past and present, of the 

 Scugog Indians. 



In answer to a question of Mr. Browning's, Mr. Cham- 

 berlain gave the following statistics of the Mississaguas from 

 Government returns : 



This table shows an apparent increase, for the figures of eight 

 years, of 22. But, as seen from the returns for the settlement 

 of the New Credit, where the apparent increase is the largest, 

 the death-rate exceeds the birth-rate, and the seeming growth 

 is to be accounted for by adoption and admission b}' marriage. 



1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 



Births 3 



Deaths 15 



Excess of Births . . — 



" Deaths. .12 — — 2 



Natural decrease in 6 years — 12. 



SECOND MEETING. 



Second Meeting, i8th November, 1888, the President in the 

 chair. 



Donations and exchanges since last meeting, 58. 



Prof Ashley was elected a Member. 



