270 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



9. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. LII., Part II., 1883. 

 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, No. X., November, 1884. 



10. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft flir Erdkunde zu Berlin, Band XI., Nos.. 



6-10, Sitzungen vom 7 Jimi, bis 29 November, 1884. 



Mr. A. McCharles read a paper on " The Extinct Cuttle- 

 Fish in the Canadian North-west." 



This paper has been separately published by the author. 



In answer to a question by the President Mr. McCharles 

 said sixteen species had been found. 



Mr. McDougall remarked on the immense number of shells 

 he had observed in the sand at Selkirk, and with reference to^ 

 the S. E. glacial drift meeting the other S. W. one suggested 

 that possibly it might be the same drift which had turned 

 N. W. at the supposed place of meeting. 



Mr. Bain objected to this that there was no dividing ridge, 

 but that the western limit of the Laurentians was the Lake of 

 the Woods. 



Mr. Levey drew attention to the occurrence of boulders in' 

 clusters, and stated that in the Lake of the Woods some 

 islands were Laurentian, others Silurian. 



Mr. Dale, referring to the interesting specimen produced, 

 alluded to the too extended use of the term "cuttlefish," 

 which should properly be restricted to the belemnites. 



Mr. Livingston having asked if any theory was proposed' 

 to account for two glacial flows, Mr. McCharles said that it 

 was supposed at that time the Red River flowed south and 

 was a branch of the Mississippi. 



NINETEENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 



The Nineteenth Ordinary meeting was held on Saturday,, 

 2ist March 1885, the President in the Chair. 



The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. VanderSmissen presented the following Report from 

 the Committee appointed to consider the advisability of 



