154 CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



The present state of the membership is as follows : 



Members at commencement of Session, 1860-61 462 



New members elected, Session 1860-61 22 



By the Council during recess — 1860-61 5 



Total 489 



Deduct — Deaths 5 



Withdrawn 14 



Left the Province 6 



— 25 



Total 30th November, 1861 464 



Composed of Honorary Members 5 



Life Members 34 



Corresponding Members 6 



Members 409 



Junior Members 10 



Total 464 



COMMUNICATIONS. 

 The following list of Papers, read at the Ordinary Meetings held during the 

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

 general interest : 



1st December, 1860, 

 Rev. Prof. "W. Hincks, F.L.S., "On Ferns." 



8th December, 1860. 

 Prof. T. Sterry Hunt, F.R.S., Verbal communication " On the Laurentian System 

 of Canada and Scotland." 



Prof. D. Wilson, LL.D., " On some traces of Ancient Art and OiTilization in 

 the Valley of the Ohio." 



15th December, 1860. 

 Prof. E. J. Chapman, " On some new facts regarding Stelliform Crystals, with 

 special reference to the Crystallization of Snow." 

 12th January, 1861. 

 "Walter Arnold, Esq., " On an inconvertible paper currency for Canada." 



19th January, 1861. 

 Patrick Freeland, Esq., " On the Movements of the Diatomaceae, with illustra- 

 tions of living specimens under the microscope." 



A. E. Williamson, Esq., " On some Fresh-Water Molluscs, collected in the 

 neighbourhood of Toronto." 



26th January, 1861. 

 J. F. Smith, Jr., Esq., " On a new species of Triarthrus (==T. Canadensis)." 

 Rev. Prof. W. Hincks, F.L.S., " On some additions to the Flora of Toronto, 

 observed during the past year." 



