JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS. 9 
It was resolved that the congratulations of this Association be 
extended to the Canadian Institute on the occasion of their cen- 
tenial celebration. 
A vote of condolence was passed to the family of the late Sir 
William Dawson. In moving this resolution, Col. C. C. Grant spoke 
feelingly of the loss sustained by science through Sir William Daw- 
son’s death, and paid a deserved eulogy to his high moral character 
and scholarship. 
Dr. A. W. Stratton, President of Lahore University, India, a 
former officer of the Association, was elected an honorary member. 
J. A. Paterson, Esq , Ex-President of the Toronto Astronomi- 
cal Society then read a very instructive paper on the Darwinian 
Theory of the Tides, giving a scientific exposition of the subject and 
explaining by means of blackboard illustrations the effects of the 
lunar and solar attractions. The tidal phenomena, he said, involves 
the origin and history of not only our own solar system, but that on 
_ which other planets depend. He explained by mathematical illus- 
trations how the lunar attraction was stronger than the solar, and 
that the tide rising effect varies as the cube of the distance from the 
moon to the earth. The Darwinian theory predicts that the sun and 
moon will eventually move as a solid bar, and that there will be no 
lunar tides, The solar tide will gradually retard the earth’s ro- 
tation and the moon will be attracted to the earth and ultimately 
fall into. 
The subject was warmly discussed by the members and a hearty 
vote of thanks was tendered the speaker of the evening. 
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15th, 1900. 
President, Thos. W. Reynolds, M. D_, was in the chair. 
Minutes of the last regular meeting were read and confirmed. 
An application for membership was read from Geo. L. John- 
ston, B. A. 
The President introduced to the Association John W. Crerar, 
Esq., Q. C., who read an able paper entitled ‘““Money as a Factor in — 
Trade and Commerce.” 
