304 “CANADIAN INSTITUTE. + 
ELEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING—Ilhk March, 1861. 
I. The following Donations for the Library and Museum were announced, and the 
thanks of the Institute voted to the donors : 
For the Library. From the Department of Education, Lower Canada : 
1. Journal of Education, Lower Canada, 1860. 1 Voi. 
2, Journal de L’Instruction Publique, 1860. 1 Vol. 
For the Museum. From Henry Palmer, Esq. : 
A New Portable Voltaic Battery. 
ie Il. The following Papers were read: 
1. By Henry Palmer, Esq. : 
“ Description of a New Portable Voltaic Battery. (Read by P. Freeland, Esq.) 
2. By Professor Croft: 
“ Notes on Canadian Manufactures.” 
TWELFTH ORDINARY MEETING—16th March, 1861. 
Prof. DanieL Witson, LL.D., President, in the Chair. 
I. The following Gentleman was elected a Member : 
RicHARD Harrison,-Esq., Toronto. 
II. The following Papers were read : 
1. By Dr. C. B. Hall: 
“ On the Vagaries of Medicine.” 
2. By Professor Chapman ; 
(1) “‘Some Notes on the Drift Deposits of Western Canada, and on the Ancient 
Extension of the Lake Area of that District.” 
(2) “Remarks on the genus Orthoceras, in illustration of a remarkably large 
example recently obtained from the Trenton Limestone of Collingwood, 
Oba ied 
THIRTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING—237d March, 1861. 
Prof. Dantez Witson, LL.D., President, in the Chair. 
I. The following donation to the Library was announced, and the thanks of the 
Institute voted to the donor : 
From J, Dykes Campbell, Esq. 
The North American Review, from 1854 to 1860. (Nos. for July,and October, 
1860, wanting.) 
Il. The following Gentleman was elected a member : 
Guorce Duranp, Esq., Toronto. 
Ill. The following papers were read : 
1. By Dr. Woods, Army Medical Staff, Toronto: 
“On Sanitary Science in connection with Human Progress.” 
2. By the Rev. Professor Hincks, F.LS. : 
“ Note on the Structure of the Fruit in the Order Asteraceze or Composite.” 
