JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



FOR SESSION 1891-9Q. 



NUMBER Vni, 



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Officers for 1891-92 3 



Office-bearers from 1857 4 



Members of Council from 1857 . . 6 



Constitution and By-laws 7 



Abstract of Minutes 1891-92 12 



President's Address 22 



Notes on Fossil Silurian Plants. , 29 

 Man Scientifically Considered, . . 36 

 Chemical Eeactions of Bleaching 



Processes 52 



Messengers from the Skies 62 



Some Problems in Horticulture , 77 



The Spelling Eef orm 96 



Notes on the Genus Ehus 119 



Eeport of the Council 131 



Eeport of the Geological Section, 134 

 Notes on the Niagara Falls Eocks 135 

 Geological Notes on Marl Lake, 



Anticosti 140 



Fossil Plants, Hamilton, Ont . . .147 

 Fragments of Palaeozoic Sea 



Floors from Hamilton and 



Anticosti , 149 



Mesozoic Eeptiles: Have They 



Living Eepresentatives? 155 



Eeport of the Biological Section. 160 

 A Few Notes re the Season of 



1891 162 



Notes on Biological Subjects .... 166 

 Eeport of the Philological Sec- 

 tion 173 



Metaphysical Theories on the 

 Origin and Development of 



Language 175 



A Phonetic Alphabet for Deaf 



Mutes ,.186 



Eeport of the Physical Section . . 193 

 Eeport of the Philosophical Sec- 

 tion. 194 



Eeport of the Photographic Sec- 

 tion 195 



Financial Statement 196 



Exchanges 197 



List of Members 201 



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1892. 



