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AUDITORS' REPORT, 1858. 



The undersigned Auditors have to Report that they have examined the 

 Vouchers with the Cash Book, and find them correct. Balance in the hands of 

 the Treasurer, £420 16s. ; and the sum of £1,425 invested on Securities, shewn 

 to us. 



Samuel Sprkull, } . ■,.. 



Toronto, Dec. 9th, 1868. Robert Spratt, \ tumors. 



Referring to the details above given, the Council believe that they may report 

 satisfactoi'ily upon the general progress and condition of the Institute. The 

 accession of new Members has kept pace with that which has formed a subject of 

 congratulation in former years ; and with it the means at the disposal of the Insti. 

 tute have received a corresponding increase, although not equal to the loss which 

 has been sustained by the withdrawal of the Government Grant formerly made to 

 the Toronto Atheneeum, which we have enjoyed since the amalgamation of the 

 two Institutions. The Library is annually becoming a more important feature of 

 the Institute, numbering at present upwards of 2,000 volumes, which since the 

 publication of the Catalogue have become more generally accessible. The Jour- 

 nal, under the zealous editorship of Dr. Wilson and his colleagues, has maintained 

 the reputation which it had previously established ; and the papers which have 

 been read at the ordinary meetings will compare favourably with those of former 

 years. The list of papers also exhibits some indications of an advance in the 

 direction to which successive Councils have endeavoured to guide the develop- 

 ment of increasing activity in the Institute, inasmuch as a larger proportion of 

 the names of contributors belong to members unconnected with the manage- 

 ment of the Journal. It is still, however, a matter of regret that so large a share 

 of the business of the Institute in this respect falls upon a few individuals, and 

 that the original communications read at the ordinary meetings would fail to 

 supply the requisite amount of matter for the Journal of the Institute without a 

 very considerable addition of articles by members of the Editing Committee. 



JOHN LANGTOJSr, 



Toronto, December 4th, 1858. Vice-President, 



VI. The following Papers were read : 



1. By Prof. E. J. Chapman : 



" On a new species of Asaphus," to which he has given the name of " Asaphus 

 Hincksii." 



2. By W. "Weir, Esq. : 



" On the manufactures of Canada." 



METEOROLOGY. 



MEAN METEOROLIGICAL RESULTS — TORONTO — FOR THE SfEAR 1858. 



The mean temperature of the year 1858 was 44. ^74°, being 2.01° hio-her than 

 that of the preceding year, and 0.64° above the average of 19 years. 



