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III. The following papers were read : 



1. By Professor E. J. Chapman : 



" Eemarks on some recent Announcements and Discoveries in Natural 

 Science." 



2. By W. Ogden, M.D. : 



" On an Atmospheric Cause of Disease." 



FOURTEENTH ORDINARY MEETiNO — 29iA March, 1862. 

 Second Vice-President, T. C. Kbefer, Esq., O.E., in the Chair. 

 I. The following Papers were read : 

 1. By the Rev. Prof G. P. Young, M.A. : 



" Note on a Passage in the Euthypkro of Plato." 

 3. By the Rev. Prof. Hincks, P.L.S. : 



" An Inquiry into the natural Laws which regulate the Interchange of Com- 

 modities between Individuals and Nations, and the effects of interference 

 with them." 



FIFTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING — 5th Jlpvil, 1862. 



Hon. J. H. Hagarty, President, in the Chair. 



I. The following Auditors were appointed : 



S. B. Harman, Esq. 



G. Wilson, Esq. 



II. The following Papers were read : 



1. By the Rev. Prof. Hatch, B.A. : 



" On the Relation of the Volscian Language to others of the Italian Family." 



2. By Prof Wilson : 



" On the Influence of Medifeval Art on the subsequent forms of Literature." 

 The President stated that the Annual Converzazione would be held on the 

 24th instant. 



SIXTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING. — Zrd May, 1862. 



First Vice-President, Rev. Prof. G. C. Irving, M.A., in the Chair. 

 L The following Gentlemen were elected Mernhers : 

 George Lane Reid, Esq., C.E., Hamilton. 

 William Boultbee, Esq., C.E., Hamilton. 

 11. The following donation to the Library was announced, and the thanks of the 

 Institute voted to the donor, John Lovell, Esq., Montreal : 

 " Catalogue of Economic Minerals of Canada transmitted to the Interna- 

 tional Exhibition." 



III. The following Papers were read : 



1. By Lieut. Ormsby, R.A. : 



" On Modern English Guns." 



2. By the Rev. Prof Hatch, B.A. : 



" On the Light which is thrown by the latest results of the Science of Lan- 

 guage upon the Early History of Mankind." 



