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Do. do. Iberville 



Do. do. Renfrew 



Do. do. Mitchell, County of Perth 



Do. do. Berlin 



Do. do. Fonthill 



Do. do. Dundas 



Do. do. Oakville 



Do. do. Waterdown 



Do. the Canadian Institute at Quebec 



Do. the Athenfeum at Toronto 



Do. the Huron Library Association and Mechanics' In- 

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Do. Teacher Association at Quebec, for their Library 



Do. Library Association at Quebec 



Do. National Institute at Montreal 



Do. Canadian Institute at Montreal 



Do. Canadian Institute, Bytown 



Do. Mechanics' Institute, St. Hyacinthe 



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CANADIAN INSTITUTE, SESSION 1854^55. 



Tliinl Ordinary ]>Iectiiig"Satui*day9 January G9 1855. 



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



Walter McKenzie, Toronto. 



Paul Kane " 



Francis Boyd " 



Joseph Robertson " 



Dr. Allan Cameron " 



The following donation was announced : — 



"Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec," 

 by E. M. Meredith, V. P. Lit. & His. Soc. Quebec. 



The thanks of the Institute were ordered to be transmitted to Mr. 

 Meredith. 

 The following gentlemen were elected members : — 



W. M. Jamieson Toronto. 



Henry Turner, M.D Gait. 



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



John Holland " 



The Annual Address was delivered by the President. 

 Professor 'Wilson, LL.D. read a paper "On some Conchological 

 relics of the Red Indians of Canada." 



Several Conch shells, found in various parts of Western Canada, 

 wore exhibited by Dr. Wilson. 

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Fourth Ordinary Meeting—Saturday, January 13, 185S. 



The name of the following Candidate formembership was read:— 

 William Glynn, Toronto. 



The following gentlemen were elected members : — 



Walker McKenzie, '■ Toronto. 



Paul Kane, 



Francis Boyd, 



Joseph Robertson, " 



Dr. Allan Cameron, " 



The following donations were announced: — 



1. " The Annual Report of the Normal, Model, Grammar and Com- 



mon Schools in Upper Canada :" from the Department of Public 

 Instruction. 



2. " Edicts &c., relative to the Seignorial Tenure of Lower Can- 



ada." " Titles and Documents relating to the Seignorial 

 Tenure of Lower Canada." " Return relating to judicial 

 officers in Lower Canada." " Relation Abrdgde de quelques 

 Missions des p^res de la Compagnie de Jiisus dans la Nouvelle 

 France." From Thomas Henning. 

 The thanks of the meeting were voted to the Superintendant of 

 Education for Upper Canada, and to Thomas Henning, for their re- 

 spective donations. 



The Rev. Professor Irving read a paper " On the Eclipse of May 

 26, 185-1." by Professors Cherriman and Irving. 



Professor Chapman communicated a " Note on Carbonate of Lime 

 as an Igneous Product." 



A specimen of native copper from Lake Superior, containing a 

 well characterized impression of a crystal of carbonate of lime was 

 exhibited. 



A discussion on the subject of Professor Chapman's communication 

 followed. 



The Vice President announced that at the next meeting the following 

 papers would be read : — 



1st. On the object of the Salt Condition of the Sea, by Professor 

 Chapman. 



2nd. The general Meteorological Results for 185-1, by Professor 

 Cherriman. 



Fifth Ordinary Meeting— Satiurday, January !iO, 1855> 



The names of the following Candidates for membership were read : — ^ 



James Gilbert, Toronto. 



Seeker Brough, " 



The following donations were announced : — 



Twenty-sis volumes of "Bohn's Classical, Eceltsiaslical, Standard^ 

 Antiquarian, Philological, Illustrated and Scientific Library," by H. G. 

 Bohn, London ; through A. H. Armour, Toronto. • 



The thanks of the Institute were directed to be transmitted to Mr. 

 Bohn for his handsome donation. 



The thanks of the Institute were also directed to be given to A. H. 

 Armour. 



The following is a list of the works included in Mr. Bohn's dona- 

 tion : — 



Books presented by H. G. Bohn, Esq., to the Canadian Institute. 

 Cowpcr's Works, Vol. 4 ; conclusion of Memoir and Correspondence, 



with general index to the same, 

 Cowper's Works, Vols. 5 & C ; containing Poetical Works, complete in 



2 vols., with 14 engravings on steel. 

 Hungary ; its HisOTy and Revolutions : with a copious Memoir of 

 Kossuth, from new and authentic sources. With fine Portrait oi 

 Kossatb. 



