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venture to congratulate the Canadian Institute on tlie part which it 

 has taken in the sohition of this problem. It stands among the 

 Societies who first considered this comparatively new qiiestion. In- 

 deed, it may be claimed that the Institute is to some extent the 

 pioneer Society in awakening the world to the advantages to be 

 derived from the establishment of Cosmic Time.. 



In conclusion, I will avail myself of the words of an eai'ly Presi- 

 dent of the Institute, whose porti^ait for more than thirty years 

 has adorned the hall in which we are now assembled. Refer- 

 ring to the results already effected in Time-reform and the pi'ospects 

 for the future, General Sir Henry Lefroy, in his address at the 

 late meeting of the British Association in Montreal, remarked : 

 '• Whether we conceive its educational tendency or its influence on the 

 future intercourse of unborn millions, it is a somewhat remarkable 

 evidence that agreement upon questions of gi?neral concern is not 

 that unattainable thing which we are apt to consider it." 



After the i-eading of Mr. Fleming's paper, the following Resolution 

 was moved by Dr. E. A. Meredith, seconded by Mr. W. H. Yan- 

 derSmissen, and passed : 



"That the meeting, considering this an exceptional case, desire to tender 

 a cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Sandford Fleming, C.M.G. , for his interesting 

 eominunication on the subject of ' Cosmic Time,' and they wish, at the same 

 time, to record their satisfaction that to one of the original members of the 

 Institute is due the honour of being the first to bi-ing prominently before the 

 scientific world, through the medium of the Journal of the Institute, the 

 important subject of Time lieforjii, and the adoption of uniform or Cosmic 

 Time. " 



