120 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



The Flowers of History, especially such as relate to the affairs of 

 Britain, from the beginning of the World to the year A.D. 1307, 

 collected by Matthew of Westminster ; translated from the original 

 by C. D. Youge, B.A. ; 2 vols. 



History of the House of Austria, from the Accession of Francis I., to the 

 Revolution of 1848 ; to which is added Genesis, or the details of 

 the late Austrian Revolution, by an Officer of State. 



The Prose Works of John Milton, volume V, containing the Second 

 Book of a Treatise on Christian Doctrine, translated from the 

 original by Charles R. Sumner, D.D., Lord Bishop of Winchester ; 

 The History of Britain ; The History of Moscovia ; <fec, (fee. 



Lectures delivered at Broadmead Chapel, Bristol, by the late John 

 Foster, Third Edition, with Additions ; 2 vols. 



Frcdrika Bremer's Works : — The Home ; or, Life in Sweden ; and 

 Strife and Peace; translated by Mary Howitt; 1 vol. 



— — — : a Diary ; Axel and Anna, and other tales, translated 



by Mary Howitt ; 1 vol. 



The Beauties of English Poetry, selected for the use of Youth, by E. 

 Tomkins ; Twenty -first Edition. 



The Days of Battle; or, Quatre Bras and Waterloo, by an English" 

 woman resident at Brussels in June, 1815. 



The Physiology of Temperance and Total Abstinence ; being an ex- 

 arainatiou of the effects of Alcoholic Liquors on the Healthy 

 Human System, by William B. Carpenter, M D., F.R.S. 



Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Peninsula of Sinai — by Dr 

 Richard Lepsius ; with extracts from his Chronology of the Egyp- 

 tians with reference to the Exodus of the Israelites ; Translated by 

 Leonora and Joanna B. Horner. 



Norway and its Scenery — Comprising the Journal of a Tour by 

 Edward Price, Esq., and a Road-book for Tourists ; with Hints to 

 Anglers and Sportsmen. 



Cage and Chamber Birds ; their natural history, habits, food, diseases 

 management and mode of capture — Translated from the German 

 of J. M. Bechstein, M. D. : with considerable additions on struc- 

 ture, migration and economy, by H. G. Adams, incorporating the 

 whole of Sweet's British Warblers — with numerous illustrations. 



China, Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical, with some account of Ava 

 and the Burmese, Siam and Anam, — with nearly one hundred 

 illustrations. 



The Constitution of England ; or, an account of the English Govern- 

 ment — by J. G. de Lolme. A new edition, with Life and Notes, 

 by John Macgregor, M. P. 



The Coin Collector's Manual ; or Guide to the Numismatic Student in 

 the formation of a Cabinet of Coins — by H. Noel Humphreys, 

 with above two hundred and fifty illustrations on wcod and steel. 

 Two volumes. 



Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equatoral Regions of America, 

 during the years 1799 to 1804 — by Alexander von Humboldt and 

 Aime Bonpland. Volume III. 



It was then resolved that the thanks of the Institute be trans- 

 mitted to Mr. Bohn for his handsome donation. 



The following gentlemen, who had been proposed at the last 

 Meeting, were balloted for, and duly elected : — 



Dr. William Craigie, Hamilton. 



J. H. Hagarty, Q.C., .Toronto. 



C. J. Philbrick, M.R.C.S, » 



C. E. Thomson, "I 



S* E Rykert, ( J*™ 01- Members Toronto. 



r'. Rothwell, J 



Professor W. Hincks, " 



" F. Chapman, " 



" D.Wilson, " 



The following gentlemen were nominated as Office-bearers for 

 the year 1854: — 



CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [1863 



Hon. Chief Justice Robinson, for President. 



Professor Croft, for First Vice-President. 



Professor Hind, for Second Vice-President. 



Professor A. Chapman, for Curator. 



Mr. Fleming, for Librarian. 



Mr. ; rawford, for Treasurer. 



Professor Irving and Professor Cherriman, for Corresponding 

 Secretary. 



Mr. G. W. Allan, for Secretary. 



Mr. A. H. Armour, Mr. Harman, Mr. Henning, Professor 

 Wilson, Professor Buckland, Mr. Brunei, Professor Bovell, Mr. 

 Walter Shanly, Professor Hodder, Mr. Thos. Ridout, Rev. Dr. 

 Scadding, Mr. Brondgeest, Professor Cherriman, and Mr. Francis 

 Shanly — for Council. 



Mr. J. T. Brondgeest read a paper " On the Preservation of 

 Food."— (See page 107.) 



On motion of Mr. Armour, it was made an instruction to the 

 Council to have an alphabetical list of the names of the present 

 members of the Institute placed on the table on next Saturday 

 exening. 



Annual General Meeting. 



December, 17. 

 The following gentlemen were proposed members of the 

 Institute : — 



G. B. Holland, Toronto. 



C. Hampden Turner, Rook's Nest, Surrey, Eng. 



Henry Bennett, Toronto. 



Elkanah Billings, Bytown. 



The annual report of the Council was read by the Secretary, 

 and the account current of the Treasurer presented to the meeting. 



The report was adopted. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Council of the Canadian Institute, before retiring from 

 office, have the honour to lay before the members the usual 

 yearly report of the operations and progress of the Institute du- 

 ring the past Session, and the steps they have taken in carrying 

 out the recommendations of the previous Council, and generally 

 in furthering the objects of the Society. 



During the Session of 1852-3, the following papers were read 

 at the ordinary meetings : 



1. On the Mineral Springs of Canada — By Prof. Croft. 



2. On the Geology of Toronto.— By Prof. Hind. 



3. On the Windrose at Toronto. — By Capt. Lefroy. 



4. On the Provincial Currency. — By Prof. Cherriman. 



5. On "Oriental Literature. — By Jacob Hirschfelder, Esq. «. 



6. On the Nottawasaga Valley. — By Sandford Fleming, Esq. 



7. On the birds Wintering in the neighbourhood of Toronto 



—By G. W. Allan, Esq. 



8. On the Genuineness of some of the Classical Authors. — 



By the Rev. Dr. McCaul. 



