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PKOCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



[1855 



The following gentlemen, ivlio had been provisionally elected by the 

 Council during the recess, were duly elected : — 



J. C. Small Collingwood Harbour. 



Kev. Professor J. M. Smith Kingston. 



Bev. Professor J. Williamson " 



H. N. Courtlandt Simcoe. 



R. L. Denison Toronto. 



George Wilson New York. 



D. O.French Toronto. 



D. B. Read " 



John Thomson " 



Rev. Professor G. Weir Kingston. 



Rev. J. H McKerras Darlington. 



Rev. W. Reid Toronto. 



JohnMcore " 



Rev. J. Gray Orillia. 



George Thomas Chatham. 



William Campbell Quebec. 



William C. Chewett, M.D Toronto. 



Notice was given by Professor Hind, that at the annual meeting of 

 the Institute he would move for an .alteration in the Bye-law relating 

 to the day of meeting. 



Notice was given by A. H. Armour, that at the annual meeting of 

 the Institute he would move for an alteration in paragraph No. 2 of 

 section 5 of the Regulations of the Institute. 



Mr. Cowing submitted and described at length, his plans of a new 

 Steam Plough and Portable Steam Engine for general purposes. 

 The thanks of the meeting were given to Mr. Cowing. 



Second Ordinary Sleeting — Satui'day, December 9tlij 1854. 



The names of the following candidates for membership were read :— 



John Page Quebec. 



James Browne Toronto. 



Philip Browne " 



The following gentlemen were elected members : — 



Charles Fitzgibbon Toronto. 



Richard Forneri " 



Arthur A. Farmer Woodstock. 



Lawrence Laurason London. 



John T. Newton, M.D Sault Ste. Marie. 



Hector Cameron Toronto. 



Rev. W. Leach, LL.D Montreal. 



W. Kingston, M.D " 



Ales. Rennie " 



Andrew Dickson Packenham. 



Hewith Bernard Barrie. 



The following nominations of office-bearers for the ensuing year 

 were made : — 



President -f '^^^ ^""' ^''" -^"^^ Beverly Robinson, Bart. 

 \ The Hon. Mr. Justice Draper. 



1st Vice-President | «• J- A"''"- 



(^ Professor Wilson. 



2d Vice-President f Professor Wilson. 



(. G. W. Allan. 



Recording Secretary 

 Treasurer 



Corresponding Secretary... Thomas Henning. 

 F. W. Cumberland. 

 D. Crawford. 

 f D. Crawford. 

 \ J. Stevenson. 



Librarian Sandford Fleming. 



Curatpr.... Professor Chapman. 



Professor Croft. 

 0. Mowat. 

 Samuel Spreule. 

 Prof. Buckland. 

 Prof. Bovell. 



MEMBEKS OF CODNCIL. 

 Professor Hind. 

 Prof. Cherriman. 

 A. Brunei. 

 J. T. Brondgeest. 

 J. G. Ilodgins. 



A. H. Armour. 

 Prof. Hincks. 

 Robert Spratt. 

 S. P. Harman. 

 G. P. Ure. 



Annual General Meeting — Saturday^ December ITtlij 1S54« 



The names of the following candidates for membership were read : — 



W. M. Jamieson Toronto. 



Henry Turner, M.D Gait. 



Ed. Clarke, M.R.C.S Toronto. 



John Holland 



The following gentlemen were elected members : — 



John Page Quebec. 



James Browne Toronto. 



Philip Browne " 



The Annual Report of the Council was read by the Secretary : — 



ANNUAL REPORT OP THE COUNCIL, 1854. 

 The Council of the Canadian Institute have the honour to present 

 their Third Annual Report since the grant of a Royal Charter of Incor- 

 poration at the close of the year 1851, and their Sixth Report since the 

 establishment of the Society in 1849. 



The Council consider the present a suitable occasion to review the 

 progress of the Society during the short period which has elapsed since 

 it acquired the position and privileges of a Chartered Institution. 



At the close of the first year of Incorporation, the number of mem- 

 bers of the Institute was 112. During the second year 135 new mem- 

 bers were added, making a total at the close of the second year of 247. 

 A similar encouraging increase has taken place during the past year, 

 and the Council have now to report 333 names on their books. This 

 number includes 18 members elected provisionally during the recess. 

 The table subjoined furnishes a classification of the members of the 

 Society in the orders acknowledged by the Institute. 



Honorary Members 4 



Life Members 10 



Ordinary Members 288 



Junior Members 31 



Total 333 



During the Session of 1853-4, the following papers were read at the 

 ordinary meetings : — 



J. T. Brondgeest — " On the Preservation of Food," 10th 



December, 1853. 

 Dr. Bovell — "Renal Circulation," 7th January, 1854. 

 A. Brunel — " On the Comparative Advantages of Single and 



Double Track Railways," 14th January, 1854. 

 G. H. D.\RTNELL — " Duration and Expectation of Life in 



Canada," 21st Jammry, 1854. 

 W. E. Logan — " On the Physical Structure of the Western 



District of Upper Canada," read by Prof. Ceoft, 18th 



January, 1854. 

 T. Hessing — "Meteors and Falling Stars," 4th February, 1854. 

 Prof. D. Wilson, LL.D. — "Some Coincidences between the 



Primitive Antiquities of the Old and New World," 11th 



February, 1854. 

 Prof. Cherriman — "Meteorological Report, 1853," 11th Feb- 

 ruary, 1854. 

 Bev. Prof. Irving — "On Solar Eclipses," February 18th, 1854. 

 Rev. Prof. Parry — " On the Early History of Rome," February 



25th, 1854. 



