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ni. By order of the Council, the Royal Charter of the Institute was produced, 

 and ordered to be printed in the proceedings of the meeting, for the information 

 of the members at large : 



ROYAL CHARTER OF USTCORPORATIGN OF " THE CANADIAN 

 INSTITUTE," GRANTED 4th NOVEMBER, 1851. 



PKOVINOE OF CANADA. ELGIN AND KINCAKDINE. 



ViCTOEiA by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 



Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, (fee. &c. 

 To all whom these presents shall come, greeting : 



"Whereas William E. Logan, John 0. Browne, Frederick F. Passmore, Kivas 

 TuUy, "William Thomas, Thomas Ridout, Sandford Fleming, and others of our 

 loving subjects in our Province of Canada, have formed themselves into a Society 

 for the encouragement and general advancement of the Physical Sciences, the 

 Arts and the Manufactures, in this part of our Dominions ; and more particularly 

 for promoting the acquisition of those branches of Knowledge which are connected 

 with the Professions of Surveying, Engineering, and Architecture : being the Arts 

 of opening up the "Wilderness and preparing the country for the pursuits of the 

 Agriculturist, of adjusting with accuracy the boundaries of Properties, of improv- 

 ing and adorning our Cities and the habitations of our subjects, and otherwise 

 smoothing the path of Civilization ; and also being the Arts of directing the great 

 sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of 

 production and of traffic both for external and internal trade, and materially ad- 

 vancing the development of the Resources and of the Industrial Productions and 

 Commerce of the Country ; and have commenced the formation of a Museum for 

 collections of Models and Drawings of Machines and Constructions, New Inven- 

 tions and Improvements, Geological and Miueralogical Specuuens, and whatever 

 may be calculated, either as Natural Productions or Specimens of Art, to promote 

 the purposes of Science and the general interests of society, and have subscribed 

 and collected certain sums of money for these purposes. 



And whereas, in order to secure the property of the said Society and to extend 

 its useful operations and at the same time to give it a more permanent establish- 

 ment among the Literary and Scientific Institutions of this part of our Dominions, 

 we have been besought to grant to the said William E. Logan, .Tohn 0. Browne, 

 Frederick F. Passmore, Kivas TuUy, William Thomas, Thomas Ridout, Sandford 

 Fleming, and to those who now are or shall hereafter become members of the said 

 Society, our Royal Charter of Incorporation, for the purpose aforesaid. 



Now know ye that we, being desirous of encouraging a design so laudable and 

 salutary, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, have willed, 

 granted and declared, and do by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, 

 will, grant and declare that the said William E. Logan, John 0. Browne, Frederick 

 Passmore, Kivas TuUy, William Thomas, Thomas Ridout, Sandford Fleming, and 

 such others of our loving subjects as now are members of the said Society, or shall 

 at any time hereafter become members thereof aceoi'ding to suclr regulations or 

 by-laws as shall be hereafter framed or enacted, shall by virtue of Ihese presents 

 be the members of, and form one body politic and corporate for the purposes afore- 

 said, by the name of *' The Canadian Institute," by which name they shall have 

 perpetual succession and a common seal, with full power and authority to alter, 



