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2. Every person desirous of bef|ueathiiig to the Institute any manuscripts, 

 books, maps, plans, drawings, instruments, geological, botanical, or other 

 specimens, natural curiosities, works of art or manufacture, or personal pro- 

 perty, is requested to make use of the following form in his wiU, viz.: — "I 

 give and bequeath to the Canadian Institute, incorporated by Royal 

 Charter, isovember 4th, 1851 (here enumerate and particularize the effects or 

 property intended to be bequeathed), and I hereby declare that the receipt of 

 the Treasurer of the said Institute for the time being shall be an effectual dis- 

 charge to my executors for the said legacy." 



BY-LAW. 



At the ordinarj' meetings of the Institute, the following order of business 

 shall be observed as closely as circumstances will admit : — 



1. The minutes of the pre^'ious meeting shall be read and confirmed, and 

 signed by the Chairman ; and no entry shall be considered valid until this is 

 done. 



2. Nomination of candidates for admission. 



3. Business arising out of the minutes. 



4. Communications received since last meeting. 



5. Donations received. 



6. Communications from the Council. 



7. Xew business. 



S. Election of Candidates. A ballot shall be taken for the entire body of 

 candidates proposed for admission ; if one-fourth or more black balls appear, 

 the ballot shall be taken for each individually ; and any candidate shall be re- 

 jected against whom appear a number of black balls equal to one-fourth of the 

 number of members voting. 



9. The reading of papers. 



Dr. Joseph Workman read a paper by Dr. Giuseppe 

 Seppilli of Imola, Italy, on " Hypnotism." This paper has 

 appeared in "The Alienist" for July, i886. 



Mr. VanderSmissen related various instances of hypnotism 

 that had come under his observation, several of which were 

 identical with those mentioned in the paper. The patients 

 imagined themselves in the state suggested by the operator, 

 and acted in character just as if the ideas were brought by 

 the senses from without. Of the reality of the states thus 

 induced there could be no doubt. He enquired whether it 

 would cause death if it were suggested to the mind of the 

 patient that prussic acid had been administered to him. 



