THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OF 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDIIGS OF THE CAMDIAI INSTITUTE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, APRIL, 1853. 



C O N T 

 On the probable number of tbe Native Indian Population of 



British America: Captain J. H. Lefroy, Royal Artillery. 193 



The Hoi-se and its Rider : by J. Bailey Tui-ner, Quebec 198 



On the Fruiting and Flowering of Plants 201 



Transactions of the Canadian Institute, — 



Annual Conversazione 202 



On the Poisonous Plants which are indigenous to or 



which have become naturalized in the neighbourhood of 



Toronto: by Edward M. Hodder, M.C., & M.R.C.S.... 204 

 On Accidental Discoveries : by Henry Scadding, D. D., 



Cantab 207 



Reviews, — 



Lake's System of Canal Steam Navigation 209 



E N T S : 

 Scientific Intelligence, — 



The Meteorology of 1852.. 210 



New Jersey Zinc and Franklinite 211 



Monthly Meteorological Register for Toronto 213 



Monthly Meteorological Register for St. Martin 214 



Extract from the Report of the Sixth Exhibition and Fair 

 of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association. 215 



On Chromatic Photo-Printing 216 



On Fire- Arms. 216 



Conductability of Metals for Voltaic Electricity 216 



Improvement in Boring Operations 216 



History and Astronomy . 216 



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