74 CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



FOURTH OEDINART MEETING. 



I3th January, 1866. 

 Prof. G. T. Kingston, M A., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



I. Johnson Pillit, Esq., of the Village of Grimsbj, C. W., was elected a 

 Member. 



Prof. Wilson read a Paper entitled : " Notes of a visit to Mai Bay on the St. 

 Lawrence, and exhibited some illustrative sketches and made some observationa 

 geological and historical thereon." 



FIFTH ORDINARY MEETINd. 



2ith January, 1866. 

 I. A Paper was read by Dr. U. Ogden — " On the Propogation and preTention 

 of Cholera." 



SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING. 



Zrd February, 1866. 

 Prof G. T. Kingston, M.A., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



I. Dr. J. O'Dea and Dr. W. H. Oummings were elected members. 



II. The folloioing Donations for the Library received since last meeting were 



announced by 1,he Secretary : 



Journal of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1865, 1 Vol. 



Statutes of Canada, 1865. 2nd Session, 29 Vic, 1865, 1 Vol. 



in. A paper was read by Dr. Rosebrugh — " On some of the optical defects of 

 the eye, and their Treatment with the Scientific use of Spectacles." 



Two medals of Churches were exhibited by Mr. G, H. "Wilson, viz. : one ©f 

 the Church of St. Paul, Rome, and St Peter and St. Paul, Philadelphia. 



SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 



\Oth February, 1866. 

 Dr. Agnew, Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 I. A Paper was read by the Rev. Prof Hincks, entitled : " Some thoughts on 

 classification in relation to organized beings." 



EIGHTH ORDINARY MEETING. 



i^th February, 1866. 

 Prof. G. T. Kingston, M.A., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 I. A Paper was read by Rev. Dr. Scadding, on "Reed misprints, or Tra- 

 ditional errors in Typography." 



NINTH ORDINARY MEETING. 



24i/t February, 1866. 

 M. Barrett, Esq., M.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 I. A Paper was read by Dr. Daniel Wilson, entitled : " An Alphabetical 

 History. 



