THE 0AMDIAN JOURNAL 



A REPERTORY OF 



I all II ..© I it'Ij b^lbw^fc-, ilwll ilKI 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE, 



TORONTO, TOPER CANADA, NOVEMBER, 1853. 



CONTENTS 



The Annual Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Sur- 



vey, (U.S.) . 



Mode of Formation of tlic Coral Reef 



Animal Life in Coral Fields 



Coral Reefs - . 



Galvanic Wave Time -. 



Notice of the late Sears C. Walker; Esq, .' 



The Arctic Expeditions, (with Plate) _ 



The Daisy Anemone 



Extraordinary Fishes from California, described by L. Agas- 



siz 



Family Holconoti or EmbiotocrjMJfi 



Directions for Collecting Fishes, by L. Agassi? 



Extracts from the First Report of the Secretary of the Board 

 of Registration and Statistics on the Census of the 

 Canadas for 1851-2 __ 



92 



Standards of Length and Weight . 9? 



Population of the Canadas . .... 93 



Population of European and American Cities 94 



Canadian Institute ;.. .. . 97 



Museum of the Canadian Institute 98 



The Canadian Journal . . 98 



Robert Stephenson, M. P- " 99 



Notices of Books (continued from page 80) 101 



The Crystal Palace at Sydenham 102 



Ammonia in Rain .102 



Locomotion by Compressed air " ..109. 



Artificial Production of Diamond Powder 1 103 



Artificial Pearls .103 



Deep Sea Soundings 103 



New Dibbling Machine 103 



Meteorological Table for Toronto _«-grr ^-^ ~C l. 104 



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