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and expenses, one shilling out of every twenty he coined; and by 
this toll in silver, he became at last one of the richest men in the 
colony. When his daughter was married to Samuel Sewall he accord- 
ingly settled her dowry by placing her on her wedding day in one 
scale, and filling the other with shillings till he outweighed her. The 
editor enters into an estimation of the probable weight of an average 
bride, and so estimates the worth of the fair lady by this curious 
standard. Along with pleasant illustrations of like kind, the book 
embodies much minute information, especially about the United States 
coinage of the early years which followed the Revolution, such as 
ean not fail to be welcome to the collector; and along with this are 
minute tables of rare medals and coins, with the prices given for them 
at recent sales. The volume is well calculated to awaken a taste for 
numismatics in the young collector who may not hitherto have had 
his attention turned in that direction. D. W. 
” 
CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1860, 
(Read before the Institute, Saturday, Dec. 15th, 1860.) 
The Council of the Canadian Institute have the honor to present the following 
Report of the proceedings of the Society for the past year :— 
Since the last Annual Report thirty-six new members have been elected, while 
a loss, from various causes, of forty-one members has been sustained, showing a 
decrease of five members during the year. The subjoined list shows the present 
state of the membership :— 
Members at commencement of Session 1859-60....-....e.ecece 467 
New Members elected, Session 1859-60........... cececeeuees 36 
By the: Council, during the recess......... 0... ccs es ceeceeees Pe 
TOU AS ci< 0 5 ace,cts Seria Cl-wudinatotNotks. cee eet 503 
Memuct——Deathine: 2 de Sete. Sek eons oleic « sais oleriteladte 8 
AUVEL CR CAISA WY I ot2 Bra ae pre adie te « teiaakis orereie ste istedere eh Hee 
Methithie “ProvillGe. is . sas ciesteraae pittat ck teicle me hee 8 
— 4i 
Total on 30th November, 1860...........es00¢ 462 
