ABSTRACT OF MINUTES 



OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



HAMILTON ASSOCIATION 



KOR SKSSION 1890=91. 



THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13th, 1§90. 



The President, Mr. Charlton, in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 



Several additions were reported to the Library and Museum 

 from Mr. Whiteaves, of Ottawa ; Mr. John A. Barr and others. On 

 motion the thanks of the Association were voted to the donors. 



The Secretary gave an abstract of what had been done 

 during the recess. 



Some of the members having expressed a desire to have a 

 Section, or Sub-section organized for the study of Philology, it was 

 resolved to form such a Section, to be known as a Sub-section of 

 Section G. 



The following names were then proposed for membership, viz : 

 William Marshall, C. W. Mulligan, Sidney Saunders, J. A. Locheed, 

 F. H. Yapp, Robert L. Edgar, J. S. Fielding, C. S. Mason, George 

 Lynch-Staunton, F. H. Lynch-Staunton, P. L. S. ; Geo. M. Leslie, 

 A. W. Stratton, B. A. ; H. P. Bonny, W. H. Schofield, B. A. ; Henry 

 S. Moore, J. F. McLaughlin, B. A. ; D. Clarke, L. D. S. ; Walter H. 

 Elliott, Ph. B. ; Hon. Donald Mclnnes, George Roach, J. G. Cloke, 

 C. S. Finch, Thomas Lees, R. T. Lancefield, Charles Moore and 

 J. J. Morrison. 



The President then delivered the opening address of the 

 session. The address was a very interesting one, and dealt with the 

 early history of Hamilton and its neighborhood. At the close of the 

 Paper a very interesting discussion took place, in which the Rev. 

 Dean Geddes, Sheriff McKellar, Senator Mclnnes, Geo. S. Mills, 

 Mr. Caviller, F. W. Fearman, Mr. Witton, Jr., and others took part. 



