238 CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



COMMUNICATIONS. 



The following' valuable and interesting papers and communications were read 

 and received from time to time at the ordinary meetings held during the 

 Session 1880-81 : 



Airril 3, 1880.— By T. H. Monk, Esq., on "Vital Statistics." Prof. Ramsay 

 Wright, described some West Indian Flukes, exhibited by Mr. Troutman, 

 L.D.S. 



April 17, 1880. — Prof. Jas. Loudon, M.A., "Investigations in Relative 

 Motion." Dr. Daniel Wilson, LL.D., on the "Imitative Faculty as a 

 Race Distinction." 



May I, 1880. — Prof. Macoun, M.A., on the "Climate of Manitoba and the 

 North- West Territory. " 



October 30, 1880. — Dr. Daniel Wilson, LL.D., Inaugural Address, on the 

 "Independent Origin of Written Language on the American Continent." 



November 27, 1880. — Dr. Daniel Wilson,, LL.D., on the " Mare Crisium," illus- 

 trated by telescopic views, illustrative of Lunar Physics. Prof. R. Ram- 

 say Wright, exhibited a series of wax models, ilhistrative of Natural 

 History. Dr. Jos. Workman, on "Marco-Elepsia." 



December 11, 1880. — Dr. Jos. Workman, on " Moral Insanity ; What is it?" 



January 8, 1881. — A communication from the Director of the Imperial 

 Observatory of Poulkova, on the " Proposal for establishing a Prime 

 Meridian, "by Sandford Fleming, C.M.G. Dr. Daniel Wilson, LL.D., on 

 the " History of the Calendar." 



January 22, 1881. — John Notman, Esq., on "Meteors." A. Elvins, Esq., on 

 the " ISIare Imbrium, and Lunar Crater Copernicus," illustrated by Pho- 

 tographic views taken by the author. 



February 19, 1881. — C. B. Biggar, Esq., on the "Climate of South Africa." 

 Wm. Oldright, M.A., M.D., on " Sanitary Legislation." 



March 5, 1881. — A. H. Elwin, C. E., on " Some of Faraday's theories of 



Electricity." 

 April 2, 1881.— Rev. Dr. Scadding : " A Boy's Books ; Then and Now— 1818- 



1881." 

 April 16, 1881. — Dr. Daniel Wilson, "Some Notes on Ben. Jouson and his 



Orthography. " 



April 23, 1881.— Rev. Dr. Scadding, "A Notice of the late Elstow Edition 

 of Bunyan." Professor Loudon, "Acoustic Experiments." 



MEMBERSHIP. 



Members at the commencement of Session 1880-81 134 



Memters elected during the Session , 8 



142 



Deaths 1 



Members retired 15 



— 16 



Total Membership, March 31st, 1881 126 



Composed of: 



Honorary Members 2 



Life Members 17 



Ordinary Members 107 



126 



