CONTENTS. 



Pagb. 

 Officers of the Canadian Institute, 1 884-5 iii 



Presidents of the Canadian Institute since 1849 iv 



Universal, or Cosmic Time : 



Sandford Fleming, C.M.C i.-vi. 1-101 



PAPERS. 



I. — Solutions of Equations op the Fifth Degree . 



G. P. Young, M. A 7 



II — Geometrical Methods, Chiefly in the Theory of Thick 

 Lenses : 



James Loudon, M.A 7 



III.— On Metamorphism in^ the Rhode Island Coal Basin : 



T. Nelson Dale, M.A 18 



IV. — The President's Address : 



W. H. Ellis, M.A., M.B 22 



v.— Wages : 



W. A. Douglas, B. A 39 



VI. — The Affection of Inseci's for Their Young : 



Capt. Gamble Geddes, A.D.C 42 



VII. -^""jie Bohemian Skull: 



. ,g Daniel Wilson, LLD 43 



VIII. — ^T ; Topography of Damnonia : 



Rev. N. McNish, LL.D 43 



IX. — Universal or Cosmic Time : 



Sandford Fleming, C.M.G 60 



X.— \0TATI0X FOR PHYSICAL UnITS : 



Alex. Macfarlane, M.A., D.Sc 81 



XL — The Spherical Aberration of Mirrors : 



James Loudon, M.A 87 



XII. — Some of Our Migratory Birds : 



Hon. G. W. Allan 87 



XIII. — Systematic Charity : 



D. A. O'SuUivan, M. A., LL.B 101 



