PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE 



NEW SERIES. 



/. 



No. 8. SEPTEMBER, 1899. Vol.11. Part 2. 



CONTENTS. 



PACK 



The Toronto Mag-netic Observatory 31 



R. F. STUPART. 



The Great Sun Spot of September and October, i8g8. 35 



ANDREW ELVINS. 



The Occurrence of Gold in Some Rocks in Western Ontario 39 



J. W. BAIN. 



Colonel Mahlon Burwell, Land Surveyor 41 



ARCHIBALD BLUE. 



The Illecillewaet Glacier in the Selkirks 57 



ALBERT PENCK. 



Observations Made on a Tour in Canada 61 



ALBERT PENCK. 



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