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student's ability to do better work and the extent to which both library 

 and museum could be utilized would be greatly increased. The tendency 

 in England, Ontario and the United States is towards combining 

 libraries and museums in the same building. 



In conclusion, when the colleges come to see that good work in 

 science in the high school gives, to say the least, as valuable mental, 

 discipline as classics, aud vastly more of useful knowledge ; when the 

 education department provides adequate professional training for the 

 higher teachers, and subjects them to tests in the laboratory which will 

 demonstrate their fitness for teaching science, and when the government 

 will supply us with a well-equipped museum and science library in one 

 building, then but not before we will make satisfactory progress in 

 science. 



The thanks of the Institute were presented to MR. McKAY for his 

 services as President. 



The TREASURER'S report was presented, and having been audited and 

 found correct, was received and adopted. The following is an analytical 

 statement of the expenditure for 1898-99 : 

 PUBLICATION OF TRANSACTIONS: 

 Vol. IX, Part 4 (1897-98) : 



Printing- and binding: $171 40 



Less received for authors' separates and two 



copies sold 8 oo 



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Printing $ 8 oo 



Photographs for Portrait i oo 



Engraving's 14 13 



Expressag-e 75 



23 88 

 Vol. X, Part 2, 3 or 4 : 



Photograph for Portrait 25 



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Addressing- 15 oo 



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44 89 



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