OF THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION. 1 9 



THIRTEENTH MEETING. 



Thursday, May i^th, 1885. 



H. B. Witton in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 



This being the date for the annual meeting it was on motion 

 resolved to adjourn the annual meeting for a fortnight to May 28th. 



The Corresponding Secretary reported that he had received 

 letters from Mr. Bourinot, Secretary of the Royal Society of Canada, 

 Thomas Robertson, Esq., M. P., and from Dr. Rae. That from Mr. 

 Bourinot was in reference to the sending of a delegate to the annual 

 meeting of the Royal Society, to be held in Ottawa. Mr. Robert- 

 son's communication related to the lost reports sent to this As- 

 sociation through the Department of Agriculture. Dr. Rae's letter 

 conveyed his thanks for his election as an honorary member of our 

 Association, and intimating his intention to donate to the Society 

 from time to time, his first contribution being a circumpolar map. 



W. W. Buchanan was elected a member of the Association, and 

 Sir J. W. Dawson and Sanford Fleming, Esq., were proposed as 

 honorary members, and Mr. T. P. Barrett, of Toronto, as an ordi- 

 nary member. 



Mr. VVm. Glyndon then read a paper on " The Race Identity of 

 the Old and New Worlds." 



FOURTEENTH MEETING. 



Annual Meeti?tg, 28//^ May, 1885. 



The President, Dr. MacDonald, in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 



Sir J. William Dawson, F. R. S., F. G. S., F. R. S. C, Princi- 

 pal of Magill College, Montreal, and Sanford Fleming, C. S. C. M. 

 G., Ottawa, were elected honorary members, and T. P. Barrett an 

 ordinary member of the Association. 



The Rev. Dr. Mockridge gave notice that he would at the next 

 meeting of the Association, move that all past presidents, resident in 

 the city, be members of the Council of the Association. 



The secretary gave notice that at the next meeting he would 



