THIRD SERIES. VOL. IV. FASCICULUS No. 2. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE, 



TORONTO, 



^EiNG A Continuation of the " Canadian Journal" of 

 Science^ Literature and Mistory. 



Whole No. Vol. XXII.] ^TAPi? 16 '^^f*''" 



CONTENTS: ^^^—-^ 



Page. 



FOURTEENTH MEETING, 6th March, 1886 141 



Destruction op Wild Animals. J. B. Williams 142 



FIFTEENTH MEETING, 13th March, 1886 147 



Convertible Securities. J. A. Livingstone 147 



SIXTEENTH MEETING, 20th March, 1886 .^ US 



Campaign op 1815. R. E. Kingstone, M. A 149 



SEVENTEENTH MEETING, 27th March 1886 '. 174 



The Fishery Question. T. B. Browning, M.A 175 



EIGHTEENTH MEETING, 3rd April, 1886 176 



The Air Telegraph. Dr. A. M. Rosebrugh 177 



NINETEENTH MEETING, 10th April, 1886 180 



Early Development of Aboriginal Women. P. W. P. Matthews, LL.D 181 



TWENTIETH MEETING, 17th April, 1886 187 



Phonetic Spelling. W. Houston, M.A 188 



TWENTY-FIRST MEETING, 24th April, 1886 189 



Iron in Saline Solutions. F. J. Roche, M.A 190 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1st May, 1886 191 



1. Ancient Celtic Art. Dr. D. Wilson 191 



2. Marble Island. Dr. R. Bell 192 



3. Annual Report 204 



Food Plants op Platysamia Cecropia. Wm. Brodib 211 



Tannin in Cloves. W. H. Ellis, M.A., M.B 214 



List of Exchanges 216 



TOEONTO: 



THE COPP, CLARK COMPANY, LIMITED 



1887. 



