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to Mr. Bain's statement that the Jesuits had planted a hem- 

 lock as a memorial of the burial of Brdbeuf, he questioned 

 whether a hemlock will last 200 years. 



The President, alluding to the statement that some of the 

 Hurons had fled to Manitoulin from the invasion of the Iro- 

 quois, said that Manitoulin was not mentioned in the Rela- 

 tions, and suggested that probably Beausoleil Island was 

 meant, where he had seen ruins, which he briefly described. 



TWENTY-SECOND ORDINARY MEETING. 



The Twenty-Second Ordinary Meeting was held on nth 

 April, 1885, Dr. G. Kennedy, 2nd Vice-President, in the 

 Chair. 



The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 



A. communication was read from the Governor-General's 

 Secretary, enclosing a despatch from the Earl of Derby, 

 Secretary of State for the Colonies, expressing the high 

 appreciation of Her Majesty's Government of the services 

 rendered by Mr. Sandford Fleming, C.M.G., in connection 

 with the Prime Meridian Conference at Washington. 



The following list of donations and exchanges was read : 



1. Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Vol. XV., Nos. 10-12, Oct., Nov., tod 



Dec, 1883. 



2. Science, Vol. V., No. 113, April 3rd, 1885. 



3. JournaLof the Franklin Institute, April, 1885. 



4. Elephant Pipes in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 



Davenport, Iowa, by Charles E. Putnam, Esq. 



5. The Osteology of Amia Calva, by Dr. R. W. Shuffeldt, U. S. Army. 



6. Records of the Geological Survey of India, Vol. XVIII., Part 1, 1885. 



7. Bulletin de la Soci^t6 d' Anthropologic de Paris, Tome Septifeme (IlI.e 



S^rie,) 4e Fascicule, Jiiillet a Decembre, 1884. 



8. Bulletin de la Soci6te Gt^ologique de France, 3e Serie, Tome XIII., No. 2, 



1885. 



9. M6moires et Compte Rendu des Travaux de la Society des Ing^ni^urs 



Oivils, Janvier, 1885, 4e Serie, 38e Ann6e, ler Cahier. 

 10. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica 

 Argentina) Tomo VII., Entrega 3a. 



