76 JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS 



HAMILTON ASSOCIATION, 



EEPOET OF THE COUNCIL 



Read at the Annual Meeting, held Slh May, iSgo, 

 for Session iSSg-go. 



The session now closed has been on the whole a successful one. 

 The attendance has been satisfactory, and the papers read have been 

 of a very superior character, while the interest manifested has been 

 at least equal to that of former years. 



Seven general meetings, and one special meeting have been 

 held during the session, at which the following papers have been 

 read, viz. : 



1. The opening address of the President, Mr. B. E. Charlton, 

 who set forth therein, in a very popular and practical manner, the 

 pleasure and profit of scientific study to the business man and others. 

 As the marvels revealed by science far exceeded the wildest flights 

 of fancy portrayed by the novelist, its use as a means of recreation 

 to all was urged. 



2. " The Question of the Variation of Species " was treated by 

 Mr. J. Alston Moffat, member of the Council of the Ontario 

 Entomological Society. 



3. " Indian Fable Literature," by Mr. H. B. Witton, Sr. 



4. " Colors, Kromatics, and the Permanency of Pigments," by 

 Mr. S. J. Ireland, Principal of the Hamilton Art School. 



5. " Historical Botany," by T. J. VV. Burgess, M. B., F. R. S. C. 



6. " Coinage and Money," by Mr. H. B. Small, of Ottawa, an 

 Honorary member of the Association. 



7. *"The River Valleys of the Niagara Escarpment," by Mr. D. 

 F. H. Wilkins, B. A., of Beamsville. 



