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 CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 18'70-"Z1. 



The Council of the Canadian Institute have the honor to present the following 

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

 1870 to 30th November, 1871. 



MEMBERSHIP. 

 The present state of Membership : 



Members at commencement of Session, 1st December, 1870 . . 343 

 Members elected during session 1870-71 12 



365 



Deduct. 



Deaths 6 



Withdrawn 6 



Left the Province 3 



Non-payment of Subscriptions 6 



21 



334 

 Composed of 



Honorary Members 5 



Life Members 26 



Corresponding Members 5 



Ordinary Members 298 



334 



COMMUNICATIONS. 



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



Session will be found to contain many valuable communications : 



2nd December, 1870. — Rev. Prof. Hincks, a Communication on the "Gigantic 



Trees of California," and T. C. Patteson, Esq., on "The Yosemite Valley." 



Qih December, 1870. — Dr. Temple, a "Case [of Ramela" that occurred in his 



practice. 

 16t7i December, 1870. — The Annual Report. 



Idth January, 1871. — Rev. Dr. Scadding, Annual Address — "Museums and other 

 Classified Collections, temporary or permanent, as Instruments of Educa- 

 cation in Natural Science." 

 IQih January, \^1\. — Dr. W. CannifF, "A Case of Malignant Disease of the 

 Mouth, occurring in a patient operated upon a year ago by him in the 

 Toronto General Hospital." 



27 <A January, 1871. — J. Loudon, M.A., "On Trilinear Co-Ordinates." Dr. D. 

 Wilson, " On the Education of the Hand." 



Zrd February, 1871. — Dr. C. B. Hall, " Biographical Sketches of Eminent Medical 



Men." 

 1*1 th February, 1871. — Dr. Reeve, "A Case of a Foreign Body in the Orbit." 

 IBth Febi-uary, 1811. — J. Loudon, M.A., "On the Equilibrium of Floating 



Bodies." Prof Gold win Smith, " On Some Points connected with War 



and Military AflFairs in the Time of Edward III." 



(To be Continued./ 



