THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION. 131 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



Read at the Anmcal Meeting, May 12th, 

 i8g2. 



The Council have much pleasure in submitting their report for 

 the session 1891-2, and especially in directing attention to the pro- 

 gress the Association has made since the last annual meeting. 



Twelve meetings of the Council have been held, the proceed- 

 ings of which have regularly been reported to the Association. 



Shortly after the election of the present Council, arrangements 

 were made for holding a number of special meetings of the Asso- 

 ciation, at the first of which, held on the fourth Thursday of Sep- 

 tember, Professor Ramsay Wright, of Toronto, kindly consented to 

 be present. In all fifteen general meetings of the Association have 

 been held during the year, the average attendance being fifty-four. 

 The following is a list of the titles and authors of the various papers 

 read : 



Sept. 24. — " Microbes — their Life and Work," an address by Pro- 

 fessor Ramsay Wright, of the University of Toronto. 

 Oct. 8.—" Notes on Fossil Silurian Plants," by Col. C. C. Grant. 

 Oct. 22.—" How we Measure," by W. H. Ballard, M. A. 

 Nov. 10. — " The Study of Biology," Inaugural address by the Pre- 

 sident, A. Alexander. 

 Nov. 26. — "A Criticism of our School System," by Rev. A. 



Burns, D. D. 

 Dec. 9. — " Canada : its Canals and Waterways," by H. B. Witton. 

 Jan. 14.—" Memory," by S. B. Sinclair, M. A. 

 Jan. 28. — " Man Scientifically Considered," by J. Alston Moffat. 

 Feb. II. — "The Chemical Reactions of the Bleaching Processes," 



by J. B. Turner, B. A. 

 Feb. 25. — " Messengers from the Skies,'' by H. B. Small, of Ottawa. 

 Mar, 10. — "Fungi affecting Fruits," by L. Woolverton, M. A., of 



Grimsby. 

 May. 24.—" Spelling Reform^" by C. R. McCullough. 



