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hereby cordially tendered to J. D. Macdonald, Esq., M. D., on 

 his retirement from the Presidency of our Association, and we 

 desire to acknowledge our indebtedness to him, realising that the 

 increased prosperity of this Association is largely due to his ex- 

 ertions during the four years of his term of office." 



Mr. Witton then made some very interesting remarks on 

 the recently published letters, correspondence and journals of 

 John Wilson Croker. 



The names proposed for membership at the last meeting 

 were unanimously elected members of the Association and the 

 following new names were proposed viz : — George McKeand, 

 A. W. Ambrose, Allan Land, Rev. Robert Ward, F. S. Sc. 

 Lon. Eng. M. D. M. A., Rev. A. E. Miller, and Wilham 

 Goering. 



It was proposed that Chas. N. Bell, Esq F. R. G. S., be a 

 correspondmg member. 



In the absence of the author, Chas. N. Bell, Esq., the 

 Secretary read a paper on "The Mound Builders Remains in 

 Manitoba." 



The Meeting then adjourned. 



THIRD MEETING. 



■z^th jf miliary, 1886. 



The President m the chair. 



Minutes read and approved. 



The Gentlemen proposed at the previous meeting were 

 duly elected, and the names of E. E. Kitson, Edward Martin, 

 Edward A. Geiger and Maria L. Rattray proposed for election 

 at next meeting. 



Charles N. Bell, Esq., F. R.G. S. was elected a Correspon- 

 dent Member. 



A. Gaviller, Esq. the Curator, then gave a very interesting 

 and instructive lesson to the members present on the Pressure 

 and Elasticity of the Atmosphere illustrated by a series of very 



