244 CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



SIXTH ORDINAET MEETING SESSION 1858-59. 



22nd January, 1859. 

 John Langton, Esq., Vice-President, ia the Chair. 

 I. The following Gentleman was elected Member : 

 James Hall, Esq., Toronto. 



II. The following donations for the Library and Museum were announced, and 



the thanks of the Institute voted to the donors : 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Rev. Peofessor Kendall, B.A. 



1. Theory and Experiment, a lecture delivered before the Board of Arts and 



Manfacrures of Lower Canada. 



The Authors. 

 1. Defence of Dr. Gould by the Scientific Council of the Dudley Observatory 

 2nd edition. 



FOR THE MUSEUM. 

 His Excellency the Governor General. 

 1. Specimens of the Coinage of Canada, in a ease containing two 20 cent pieces* 

 two 10 cent pieces, and two 5 cent pieces, — silver. 

 Two 1 cent 'pieces, — copper. 



III. The following Papers were read : 



1. By Andrew Russell, Esq. : 



*' Report upon Explorations^in the North- West.'* 



2. By Professor Croft, D.C.L. : 

 *' On Dust Storms." 



SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING— SESSION 1858-59. 



29th January, 1859. 

 Hon. G. W, ALLAN) President, in the Chair. 

 I. The following donations for the Library and Museum were announced, and 

 the thanks of the Institute voted to the donors : 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 

 The Regents of the University of New York on behalf of the State 

 OF New York. 

 Documents relative to the Colonial History of New York. Vol. 2. 

 Catalogue of the Books on Bibhography, Typography and Engraving, in the 



State Library, 1858. 

 Annual Report of the Trustees, Feb., 1858. 

 list Annual Report of the Regents, &c., Jan., 1858. 

 nth Annual Report of the State Cabinet of Natural History, March, 1858. 



H. G. Bohn Esq., London, per A. H. Armour, Esq. 

 Diary and Correspondence of 8. Pepys. Vols. 1, 2, 3, aud 4. Bohn's Hist. Libr, 4 



The Pretenders and their Adherents " " 1 



Life of John Locke, by Lord King Standard Library 1 



Neander's Christian Dogmas • " " 1 



