OF THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION. 1 5 



FOURTH MEETING. 



Twenty-Seventh year, ^th February, 1885. 



The President in the chair. 



The minutes of last meeting read and approved. 



New members elected : Rev. Hartley Carmichael, and Messrs. 

 William Glyndon, Lyman Lee, Charles Chapman. 



A donation of Indian relics to the Museum was reported from 

 Mr. Caviller, as also a copy of the " Blue La^vs of Connecticut," a 

 reprint of the original bearing date 1650, from Mr. Chas. Lemon. 



Pa-pers were read as follows: ''The Early G^'eelc Philosophy," 

 by Rev. J. W. A. Stewart, M. A., and " The Great Land Slide on 

 the Grand River," by Professor Spencer, read by Mr. Dickson. 



FIFTH MEETING. 



Twenty-Seventh year, igth February, 1885. 



The ist Vice-President, H. B. Witton, in the chair. 



The minutes were read and approved. 



New member proposed : J. H. Sinclair. 



The CorrespDnding Secretary reported the receipt of a valuable 

 geological map of the Dominion, and a very large map of the west- 

 ern portion of the Dominion, from F. E. Kilvert, Esq, M. P.; also 

 from Thomas Robertson, Esq , M,- P., the foil )wing : various Guide 

 Books giving complete information of the Northwest and other 

 parts of the Dominion ; " Report of the Minister of Agriculture ;" 

 *' Report of the Select Committee on Geological Survey;" "Report 

 of the Standing Committee on Emigration and Colonization;" 

 "Report on the Mineral Resources of the Dominion of Canada;" 

 " Report on Canadian Archives ;" " Comparative Vocabularies of 

 the Indian Tribes of British Columbia ;" "Physical Geography and 

 Geology of the Dominion of Canada," by Professors Selwyn and 

 Dawson ; "Appendix to Report of Minister of Agriculture," being 

 reports of Australian Exhibitions." From the Bureau of Education, 

 U. S., " Circulars of Information." 



It was announced that the Association was now affiliated with 

 the Royal Society of Canada. 



Dr. Leslie read a paper on " The Germ Theory." 



