26 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



2. That two of these were distance from the equator and moistness 

 of the aii\ 



3. That there were other causes which have not been discovered. 



4. That the colour characteristics of existing races change very 

 slowly, if at all, under the influence of new climatic conditions. 



5. That the agreement of two races in colour is no proof of com- 

 munity of origin. 



6. That the chief, perhaps the only point of origin of the blonde 

 race was in Northern Europe. 



7. That the Indo-Europeans were largely blonde, and that their 

 original home was near the Baltic Sea. 



After the address, Prof. Ramsay Wright, of University Col- 

 lege, exhibited some new microscope objectives, by Gundlach, 

 of Rochester, U. S., and by Zeuss, of Jena. 



SECOND ORDINARY MEETING. 



The Second Ordinary Meeting of the Session 1883-1884, 

 was held on Saturday, November 10th, in the lecture-room, 

 the President in the chair. 



The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for, and duly elected 

 members. 



Alan Macdougall, C. PI, F. R. S. E. ; Messrs. John McAree, Harry- 

 Walker, Frederick T. Butler, James Jardine, G. H. Robinson, M.A., J. M. 

 Clark, B.A., A. S. Johnston, B.A., T. G. Campbell, B.A., JohnSquair, B.A., 

 H. R. Fairclough, B. A., J. Warren Reid, B. A., J. C. Robertson, B. A., Capt. 

 Gamble Geddes, A. D. C. 



The following donations and exchanges received since last 

 meeting, were announced : 



1. Minutes and Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers, London, 



Vol. 74. Series lS82-'83, part 4. Brief Subject Index to Minutes and 

 Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers, vols. 59 to 74. Series 

 1879-80 to 1882-83. 



2. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute for 1868, 1872,. 



1873, 1874. Vols. 1, 5, 6, and 7. 



3. The Canadian Entomologist, vol. xx. No. 9 for September, 1883. 



