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CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



ANNUAL REPORT— SESSION 1882-83. 



The Council of the Canadian Institute in presenting their Thirty-Fourth 

 Annual Report, are pleased to be able to congratulate the members upon the 

 termination of another successful year. 



They are particularly gratified with the character of the communications 

 which have been read at the meetings, and point with pleasure to the fact 

 that some of the more important of them are the work of quite young men, 

 from whom many additional valuable original investigations may be expected 

 in the future. Another promising feature of the history of the Session that 

 has just closed is the great increase in the number of members, which has 

 risen from 139 to 225. The Council also have pleasure in reporting an 

 increase in the average attendance at the Saturday evening meetings. 



During the month of September a course of popular lectures on Sound was 

 delivered in the Library Hall, under the auspices of the Institute, by Professor 

 Loudon, of University College in this city, and Dr. Kcenig, of Paris. Another 

 course, consisting of four lectures, including one by each of the following 

 members, namely, President Wilson, Dr. Reeve, Professor Wright, and Mr. 

 Lauder, was delivered in January and February, under the management of a 

 Committee of the Council. The Council recall with pleasure the share they 

 had in furnishing the public with an opportunity of hearing these exceedingly 

 instructive and valuable lectures. 



Early in the Session the Council deemed it advisable to adopt a resolution, 

 providing that the Library and Reading Room should be kept open seven 

 hours on Saturdays and five hours on other week days. This led to the 

 resignation of the Assistant Secretary, Mr. Thomas Heys, to whose long and 

 valuable services the Council gladly seize this opportunity of bearing testimony. 

 He has been replaced by Mr. R. W. Young. 



Though a considerable sum of money has been spent in furnishing the 

 Library Hall with gas fixtures and seats, and in increasing the number of the 

 periodicals taken for the Reading Room, the Council are gratified to find that 

 the report of the Treasurer shows that the financial position of the Institute 

 has not been weakened. 



A large amount of work has been done during the year by members of bhe 

 Council, and under their direction, with the view of putting in order and 

 cataloguing the library, and preparing for binding the very considerable col- 

 lection of transactions of scientific societies and other publications of value 

 which we have in our possession. The binding has not actually been done, as 



