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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OF 



INDUSTRY, gGIiNCB, 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, DECEMBER, 1853- 



CONTENTS: 



Toronto Harbour — its formation and Preservation, by Sand- 

 ford Fleming, C. E. J 105 



On the Preservation of Food, by J. T. Brondgoest 107 



The Arctic Expeditions . . 111 



Epitome of a Lecture on Ottawa Productions, by Edward 



Van Cortlandt _■ 112 



Native and Meteoric Iron '. 112 



Magnetic oxide of iron , 112 



Specular iron ore — Brown iron ore — Iron Pyrites . 113 



Plumbago- — Galena 114 



Copper _. 114 



Woods of the Ottawa: — 



Pines... ... 114 



Spruces 115 



Cedars ... _ . 115 



The North Ameiican Fisheries 116 



Notes on Tin.. 118 



Transactions of the Canadian Institute — ■ 



First Ordinary Meeting, December 3 119 



Second Ordinary Meeting, December 10 119 



Annual General Meeting . 120 



Annual Report 120 



Notices of Books 128 



Naturalist's Calendar 124 



The Polar Regions 125 



Scientific Intelligence : — 



Remarks on the Separation of some Metallic Oxides ' 126 



Apparatus for stopping a Railway Train 126 



Test for Copper 12V 



Meteorological Table for Toronto 127 



" " Isle Jesus..... ^^^~^ir.-.-.-. 128 



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