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CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



Annual Report of the Council for the year 1864-1865, from 1st December, 

 1864, to SOth November y 1865, inclusive. 



The Council of the Canadian Institute have the honor to present the follow- 

 ing report of the proceedings of the Society for the past year : 



I. MEMBERSHIP. 

 The present state of the membership is as follows : 



Members at commencement of Session, December, 1864 400 



New members elected during the Session 1864, 1865 8 



Total 408 



Deduct — Deaths 1 



Withdrawn 11—12 



Left the Province 



Non-payment 



Total 30th November, 1865 396 



Composed of Honorary Members. .... , 4 



Life Members 31 



Corresponding Members 6 



Junior Members 3 



Ordinary Members, 352 352 



Total 396 



IL COMMUNICATIONS. 

 The following'list of Papers, read at the Ordinary Meetings held during the 

 Session, will be found to contain valuable communications, including some of 

 general interest. 



10th December, 1864. 



Rev. Prof Hincks, F.L.S , <fec., " On the King Vulture and other Birds of 

 Tropical America." 

 Rev. H. Scadding, D.D., " On Errata Recepta, "Written and Spoken." 



21ST December, 1864. 

 Hon. Vice-Chancellor Mowat — The President. " The Annual Address." 



28th January, 1805. 

 Rev. Prof Hincks, F.L.S., Ac , " Remarks on the Principles of Classification 

 in the Animal Kingdom. 



Prof. B. J. Chapman, Ph D., Read a Letter from Mr. Herrick. an'1 made soma 

 remarks on some specimens of minerals from the North shore of Lake Superior 

 exhibited by him. 



