ABSTRACT OF MINUTES 
OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
Hamilton Cessoctation 
DURING THE 
SESSION OF 1899-1900. 
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER oth, 1899. 
OPENING MEETING. 
The President, Thos. W. Reynolds, M. D., was in the chair. 
After thanking the Association for the honor of being re-elected 
President of the Association, the President delivered his inaugural 
address, in which was set forth the historical parallelism in the de- 
velopment of national Literature withthe development of Architecture 
and Art. 
At the conclusion of the President’s address, the meeting was 
given over to an informal display of the work of the various-sections. 
A choice musical programme was rendered through the kind- 
ness of J). E. P. Aldous, B: A: 
Attendance for the evening about three hundred. 
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7th, 1899. 
The President, Thos. W. Reynolds, M. D., in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
The Corresponding Secretary reported the receipt of a number 
of exchanges. 
