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JOURNAL MD PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



amiltop Assoeiatiop 



FOR SEvSSION OF 1895 = 96, 



iTTJIMZBEIR 2^11. 



COisTTEiTT'S : 



Officers for 1895-6 3 



Office-bearers from 1857 , 4 



Members of Council from 1857. 6 



Abstract of Minutes, 1895-6 8 



Report of Council 12 



Inaugural Address . 13 



Acetylene Gas 18 



The New Ontario 28 



China, Past and Future 57 



Opposing Forces vs. Inaction . . 70 



NeglectedMethods of Education 81 



Local Museums 96 



Our Educational System 110 



Eeport of Biological Section , . . 123 



Biological Notes. 124 



Wayside Notes 134 



Eeport of Geological Section . . . 138 



Geological Notes 140 



Description of Railway Cutting 147 



Our Critics Answered 15. 



Our Local Graptolites .. 159 



Notes on Pipestone District, 



Man 164 



Report of the Photographic Sec- 

 tion 175 



Curator's Eeport 177 



Financial Statement 179 



Report of Corresponding Secre- 

 tary 180 



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