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Mr. D. Boyle's report just issued is of highest importance, besides 

 which the (as yet unpublished, but most valuable) material of 

 Mr. A. F. Hunter and Dr. Tache is to be mentioned. The Man- 

 itoban region has received attention at the hands of Rev. Prof. 

 Bryce, Mr. Chas. N. Bell, and Lieut.-Gov. Schultz. Dr. Geo. M. 

 Dawson's valuable contributions relating to the Indians of Queen 

 Charlotte's Islands, his paj)ers on Jade in the North-West of 

 British North America are the most important of the articles dealing 

 with the archaeology of the British Columbian region ; besides these 

 we find much in the works of Grant, Mayne, Scouler, Wilson, Bogge, 

 Sproat, etc., and the recent investigations of Krause, Deans, Boas, 

 and others. The compiler of the bibliography will be especially 

 grateful for i-eferences to the archaeological articles in local papers. 



Mr. H. R. Wood, B.A., presented a paper on " The Silver 

 Belt of The Kaministiquia." 



TWENTY-THIRD MEETING. 



Twenty-third Meeting, 28th April, 1889, the President in 

 the chair. 



Exchanges since last meeting, 48. 



Mr. D. B. Dick having declined to act as auditor, Mr. J. 

 B. Williams was appointed in his place. 



Mr. J. C. Hamilton, M.A., LL.B., read a paper on " The 

 Mound Builders of America." 



He first described a site of a mound builders' old city, now a 

 beautiful park, in Richfield township, Ohio, visited by him. Having 

 fortunately remained in the ])ossession of owners of means and taste 

 many of the old landmarks yet remain. He then discussed the 

 subject at length, taking first the remains found in Ohio, which was 

 the central home of the race and had not less than 10,000 places 

 where these people left traces of their former occuj^ancy, of which 



