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posal of the Institute, that they have deemed it necessary to bring the whole 

 «ubject again under the consideration of the Council. 



" The amount of the lowest tender sent in for the carpenters' and masons, 

 department, was $9,924.00; and the only reductions which the architect sug- 

 gested, amounted to $1,319.00, — leaving $8,605.00 as the cost of the building. 

 Bat to this must be added the necessary expenditure on light, heating, and 

 fencing, which would be about $1,200 ; so that the minimum cost may be as- 

 sumed at about $10,000, — being so far in excess of available funds that the 

 Committee did not feel warranted in undertaking Ihe building. 



" John McOaul, Chairman." 



VIII. — Medical Section. 



During the past year, a section for the cultivation of Medical Science "vr&a 

 formed. Its meetings have been regularly held, and much valuable information 

 has been communicated in the papers which have been read, and in the discus- 

 sions which have arisen. 



REPORT. 



Since the organization of this section, on the 1st of April last, six regular 

 meetings have been held, at which the following papers were read by the re- 

 spective authors, viz. : 



1. " On the treatment of Asthma by Acetic Acid " Dr. C. B. Hall. 



2. " On Hybridity " Dr. Barrett. 



3. " On Food " Dr. Thorburn. 



4. " On Hip Joint disease" Dr. Clarke. 



5. " On the law of the continuous development of Cells". . Dr. O'Dea. 



6. " On the Yellow Spot of ScKmmering- " Dr. Barrett. 



UzziEL Ogden, Chairman. 

 Toronto, December 12th, 1863. 



fix. — The Entomological Society of Canada. 



This Society, which holds its meetings in the rooms of the Institute, was also 

 formed during the past year, for the encouragement of the study of the im- 

 portant branch of Natural History, from which it derives its name. Its progress 

 is a satisfactory earnest of its future success. 



The following are a few of the points of interest connected with our Entomo- 

 logical Society. — The first meeting was held on Thursday, the 16th of April. 

 As the summer vacation has occupied most of the intervening time only two 

 other meetings have yet been held. The Society numbers thirty-six members, 

 all of whom are actual working Entomologists. Eight papers have been read ; and 

 several valuable contributions to the Library have been received. The dona- 

 tions to the Reference Cabinet, which is the property of the Institute, comprise — 



