8 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



pass without placing on record the expression of their deep regret 

 at the loss which the Society has sustained in his removal from 

 amongst them, in the prime of life, and when, apparently, he had 

 before him many years of honorable and useful work. Tliev gi'ate- 

 fully remember the marked progress which the Institute made during 

 the two years of his Presidency, the earnest and active interest 

 which he took in all its proceedings, and the kindliness and sympa- 

 thy which characterized all his relations with his fellow-workers in 

 the Institute. They desire also to express their sincere and heartfelt 

 sympathy with Mr. Buchan's widow and family, in their great and 

 sudden bereavement." 



The President, in declaring the motion carried, expressed 

 his deep sense of the loss which had befallen the Institute, 

 and his personal sympathy with the words of the resolution. 



The following list of donations and exchanges received 

 since the annual meeting was read : 



I.— CANADIAN. 



1. Valuation Tables at Compound Interest, by Walter S. Andrews. (From 



the author.) 



2. Monthly Weather Review, Dominion of Canada, April, May, June, July, 



August, September and October, 1885 — 7 Nos. 



3. Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotia Institute of Natural 



Science, Vol. VI., Part II., 1883-84. 



4. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Vol. II., 



1884. 



5. The Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XVII., Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10—7 Nos. 



6. The Canadian Practitioner, Vol. X., Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, June— Nov., 



1885—6 Nos. 



7. Monthly Health Bulletin of Ontario, for March and April, May, July, 



1885—3 Nos. 



8. Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada : 



(1) Report of Progress for 1882-83-84. 



(2) Maps to accompany the above Report — 4. 



(3) Ten Sheets Geological Map of New Brunswick, Quebec and 



Prince Edward Island. 



(4) Twenty-four Sheets Geological Map of Cape Breton. 



9. The Extinct Outtle-Fish of the Canadian North- West, by A. McCharles. 



10. Statutes of Ontario, 48th Victoria, 1885. 



11. In Memoriam — George Etienne Cartier. Presented by the author. G. 



W. Wicksteed, Esq., through Dr. E. A. Meredith. 



12. Number and Nature of the Vowel Sounds, by M. L. Rouse, Esq. 



13. The Canadian Record of Science, Vol. I., Nos. 3 and 4. 



