ABSTRACT OF MINUTES 



OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



HAMILTON SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION 



DURING THE 



SESSION OF 1907-08. 



THURSDAY, NOV. 8th, 1907 



OPENING MEETING. . / 



The Opening Meeting of our Association for the celebra- 

 tion of its Jubilee Year was held in the Recital Hall of the 

 Hamilton Conservatory of Music this evening. 



The preparation of the programme had been entrusted to 

 A. Alexander^ F. Sc. S., as the most active of the remaining 

 Patriarchs of the Association, and the results were very 

 gratifying. 



President R. J. Hill occupied the chair and gave a brief 

 address, after which, with a few appropriate remarks, he 

 introduced the chief speakers, viz. : Mr. A. T. Freed, H. B. 

 Witton, Kx.-M.P., and the Hon. Adam Brown, who had 

 been selected as most thoroughly representative citizens for 

 the occasion — Mr. Freed having taken a lifelong interest in 

 the wellfare and advancement of our city. Mr. Brown, who 

 besides being a charter member, was one of the Commissioners 

 who fifty years ago gave us a waterworks system which, after 

 a test of half a century, remains unsurpassed by any in its 

 unity and completeness, and Mr. Witlon, Vv^ho from his 

 scholarly attainments, his unflagging zeal in our behalf, and 

 valuable original contributions to our Journal, is the most 



