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THE CANADIAN JOUENAL 



NEW SERIES. 



No. XX.— MAECH, 1859. 



THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



AY THE HON. G. W. ALLAN, M.L.C. 



Read before the Canadian Institute, January 8th, 1859. 



fjENTLEMEN OP THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE, — After an absence of 

 more than two years from Canada, I find myself again placed, by your 

 kindness, in the office which I had the honor of filling when last 

 among you. In resuming the Chair as your President, permit me to 

 express the very great gratification which I feel at being thus assured, 

 by your choice, of your continued confidence in the earnestness and 

 sincerity of my desires for the advancement and prosperity of the 

 Institute. 



I rejoice to have it in my power to congratulate my brother Members 

 on the continued success which has marked the Society's career, and 

 the increasing support which it attracts year by year, as evinced by 

 the large accession of new Members, and the many valuable additions 

 to the Ijibrary and Museum. 



I kad indeed hoped, that on my return to Canada I should have 

 found the Institute installed in a permanent home of its own, in a 

 building worthy of the high objects of the Society, with suitable ac- 

 commodation for its library and increasing collections in natural his- 

 tory, geology, and other departments of science. 



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