[73] 

 CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



A]S^NUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE TEAR 1869-"70. 



The Council of the Canadian Institute have the honor to pi'esent the following 

 Report of the proceedings of the Society for the past year from 1st December, 

 1869, to. the 80th November, 1870. 



MEMBERSHIP. 

 The present state of Membership is as follows : 



Members at commencement of Session, December 1st, 1869 354 



Elected during Session 1 869-"70 5 



" by Council during Recess 1 



360 

 Deduct. 



Deaths 5 



Withdrawn 3 



Left the Province 3 



For non-payment of Subscription 6 



11 



Total 30th November, 1870 , 343 



Composed of 



Honorary Members 4 



Life " 27 



Corresponding Members 6 



Ordinary " 306 



Total 343 



COMMUNICATIONS. 



The following list of papers read at the ordinary meetings held during the 

 Session will be found to contain many valuable communications, and some of 

 general interest : 



Zrd December, 1869. — Rev. Prof. Hincks, " Ferns," 



lOfh December, 1869. — Doctor C. B. Hall, " On Injuries of the Trachea." 

 I'Jih December, 1869. — The Annual Report was read and adopted. 

 I4:ih January, 1870. — Inaugural Address of the President, Rev. "W. Hincks. 

 2\st January, 1870, — Doctor Geikie, •' On certain differences in the Treatment of 



Disease formerly and in recent times." 

 A:ili February, 1870. — Doctor Oldright, " On Acute Ergot Poisoning." 

 Ihth February, 1870. — Doctor D. Wilson, LL.D., " On the present state and 



future prospects of the Indian Race in British North America." 

 18<^ February, 1870. — Dr. Cumming's Paper postponed. 

 4iA March, 1870. — Dr. Cumming, " On the changes in Therapeutics that have 



resulted from advances in Medical Science." 

 Wih March, 1870. — No paper read. Mr. R, Lee was unavoidably absent. 

 \%ih March, 1870.— Doctor J. J. O'Dea, New York, " On Relapsing Fever." 



