MANUFACTURE OP PAPER. 203 



Writing papers are commonly coated with animal size. Papers put 

 through vegetable sizing and then through animal sizing are known 

 as " Double-sized" also as "Hard-sized" which paper has supeilor 

 hardness, lustre, enamel and smoothness of surface. 



The reader detailed the calendering of papers and enumerated 

 quite a variety of papers n)ade for siiecial purposes. 



He referred to the great Chicago fire in 1871 when ten thousand 

 houses IG X 20 feet wei-e built in one day, of paper boards both 

 watei-proof and fireproof, and served speedy shelter for thousands of 

 homeless people. 



He referred to tlie different movements of the paper machine and 

 the various improvements made until such perfection has been attaijied 

 that paj)er can be made in one continuous web of any length, and 

 before leaving the machine can be made, sized, dried, calendered, 

 hot-pressed and cut into sheets, and at the I'ate of 125 feet long by 

 100 inches wide per minute. 



At present there are 3,500 papermills in Europe. 



The Dominion of Canada occupies but an insignificant position 

 among the paper making countries, while the United States occupies 

 a ver/ high one. Great Britain occupies the highest position and 

 the total production of all the mills there, is not less than 3,500 

 miles of paper daily. 



THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting, May /th, 1887, the Presi- 

 dent in the chair. 



Exchanges since last meeting, 33. 



The following were elected members : — T. G. Williamson, 

 W. Williamson, W. Canniff, M.D., C. Egerton Ryerson, B.A. 

 George Cox, A. W. Murdoch. 



The following reports of sections were read : 



I. Philological Section. 



1. The first meeting of the Section was held on March I5th, 1887, when the 

 following officers were elected : — Ghairman, Rev. J. F. McCurdy, Ph. D. ; 



