THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION. I9 



THUItSDAY, MARCH 2Mb, 1892. 



SPECIAL MEETING, 



The President, Mr. Alexander, in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced the receipt of thirty' 

 three exchanges and six Government reports. 



The President referred to the proposed establishment of a Pho 

 tographic Section of the Association. 



C. R. McCuUough then read a paper setting forth the advant 

 ages of a reformed spelling, and answering the objections most com 

 monly urged against it. An interesting discussion followed. 



After the usual announcements the meeting adjourned. 



THLBSDAY, APBIL 14th, 1892. 



REGULAR MEETING. 



The President, Mr. Alexander, in the chair. 



The minutes of the meetings of March loth and 24th were read 

 and confirmed. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced the receipt of nine 

 exchanges and a number of Government reports. 



The Curator reported some donations to the Museum made by 

 Mrs, Charlton, to whom the thanks of the Association were ex- 

 pressed. 



In accordance with notice given at the meeting of March loth, 

 the Secretary then moved that certain changes, suggested by the 

 Council, be made in the Constitution of the Association, The mo- 

 tion was supported by Messrs, Walker, Forbes and Gaviller, and 

 carried. 



Twenty-eight applications for membership were received. 



The President reported the progress made in fitting up the dark 

 room for the Photographic Section, and announced that a meeting 

 for the organization of the Section would be held in the Museum on 

 Monday, the i8th inst., at 8 p.tn. 



W, H, Schofield, B, A., then read a paper on " The Jews and 

 the Persecutions in Russia," After tracing the succession of perse- 

 cutions attending the Jews in various parts of Europe, he described 

 the measures that have been adopted against them in Russia, es- 

 pecially within the last eighteen months. That the persecutions are 

 due chiefly to religious feelings was shown, the writer held, by the 



