XXX PROCEEDINGS 



Dr. Alex. H. AlacKay. After Dr. Creighton's retirenient, by 

 Dr. MacKay who still performs that duty in a very able manner. 



In 1868, through the strenuous efforts of some of the por- 

 minent members of the Institute, the Provincial Museum was 

 founded, and all specimens collected by the Institute were 

 deposited tiiere. 



About 1867 the Institute received its first grant of 3200.00 

 from the Legislature. In 1890 the grant was raised from 

 3400.00 to 3500.00 to meet the cost of printing 1300 copies of 

 the Transactions. The grant has been continued at this figure 

 up to the present time. 



On the 1st March, 1878, through the efforts of the Institute 

 of Science, a Technological Institute for instruction in technical 

 subjects was established. After three sessions it passed out 

 of existence, Alay 1880, for lack of funds. It was the unsuccess- 

 ful forerunner of the presentTechnical College; "and yet," Mr. 

 Piers states, "I never heard its name mentioned during all the 

 agitation leading up to the foundation of the latter institution." 



Much to my surprise I find that on the 2nd April the In- 

 stitute of Science was honoured by having its then and subse- 

 quent presidents made ex-office Fellows of the Royal Micro- 

 scopical Society, a distinction which our presiding officer still 

 enjoys. 



The session of '88-89 was an epoch, making one in the annals 

 of the Institute. Dr. James Gordon MacGregor was elected 

 president and held office until Nov. 1891. It was a period of 

 awakening and regeneration. His resistless energy placed the 

 organization on a higher plane. One result of his activities 

 was the phenomenal growth of the library. In 1890 he in- 

 creased the edition of the Transactions to 1300 copies, which 

 were sent in exchange to learned institutions and libraries 

 throughout the whole world. This resulted in two things — 

 an increased notoriety for our research workers whose papers 

 were printed therein, and in the building up of the library 

 through the larger number of exchanges. Another result of 

 his ideas was the broadening of scope through the dropping in 



