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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



[1855. 



■was 50 to 80 feet tliick ; next came a sandy bed, with green grains ; 

 -then brown sandstone, with oboU ; and lowest of all, shale, with green 

 grains and crustaceans, once supposed to be fishes, in which it appeared 

 that Prof. Ehrenberg had discovered these Foraminifera. — Mr. A. 

 Bryson said, he had sometimes obtained the silicious shields of Diato- 

 maceoe from boulder clay by means of a fine sieve, when other means 

 had failed, because the objects adhered to the minute particles of mica. 



CANADIAN INSTITUTE-SESSION 1854-55. 



Seveuth Ordinary Slcctiug'-Satiirday) February 3d) 1S55. 



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



John Helliwell Toronto. 



Edward Beriy Quebec. 



Henry May Quebec. 



The following gentlemen were elected members : — 



Robert Bell Carleton Place. 



Robert Grier Toronto. 



A paper, communicated by Major Lacblan of iMontreal, was read by 

 the Corresponding Secretary, being "An Account of an extraordinary 

 sudden fall in the waters of the Niagara River in March, 1848, caused 

 by a temporary obstruction of the outlet of Lake Erie by the ice." 



Biglith Ordinary Meeting—Pcbmary lOtlit 1855. 



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



A. N. Buell Toronto. 



W. Thompson Toronto. 



The following gentlemen were elected members : — - 



John Helliwell Toronto. 



Edward Berry Quebec. 



Henry May Quebec. 



Thomas Henning read a paper " On the Asteroids." 

 James Bovell, M.D., communicated "Some observations on micro- 

 scopic preparations of Chalk from Barbadoes, containing some infu- 

 soria." 



Ninth Ordinary Meeting—February 17tl»j 1855* 

 The names of the following candidates for membership were read : 



C.J. Campbell Toronto. 



Alex. M'Donald " 



Edward Shortis " 



J. C. Clarke Port Hope. 



Thomas Gait Toronto. 



Dr. Carter Nelson. 



William Morris Perth. 



Alex. Morris Montreal. 



.Tames Wilson, M.D Perth. 



The following gentlemen were elected members : — 



A. N. Buell Toronto. 



W. Thompson " 



The following donations were announced : — 



From the Hon. J. M. Brodhead of Wasliington, by A. H. Armour, 

 Toronto — 



Compendium of the United States' Census, 1850. 



Penal Codes in Europe, by H. S. Sandford. 



Cruise of the Dolphin, by Lieut. Lee. 



Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, by Lieut. Marcy. 



Mexican Claims ; Report of the Select Committee. 



Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, by Lieut. Gibbon. 



Sickness and Jlortality on Emigrant Ships. 



Maps to accompany Lieut. Lee's Report. 



Do. do. do. Marcy's do. 



Do. do. do. Gibbon's do. 



From A. H. Armour, Toronto : — 



Railroad to the Pacific, Northern Route ; its general character, rela- 

 tive merits, &c. By Edwin F. Johnson, C.E. With Maps and sections. 



From the Hon. East India Company: — 



Meteorological Observations at the Hon. East India Company's Mag- 

 netic Observatory at Madras, in the years 1 846-50. 



The thanks of the Institute were ordered to be presented to the 

 Hon. Mr. Brodhead, Mr. Armour, and the Hon. East India Company. 



Professor D. Wilson, LL.D., read a paper " On some physical ele- 

 ments of Ethnological classification, and their bearing on tlie question 

 of the unity of the human race." 



TentU Ordinary Meeting— February 2J:tli9 1855. 



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



D. L. Macpherson Toronto. 



Patrick Macgregor " 



Alexander Grant " 



Alexander Logie Hamilton. 



James Dundar Pringle " 



T. S. Hunt Montreal. 



The following gentlemen were elected members : — 



C.J. Campbell Toronto. 



Alex. M'Donald 



Edward Shortis " 



J. C. Clarke Port Hope. 



Thomas Gait Toronto. 



Dr. Carter Nelson. 



William Morris Perth. 



Ales. Morris Montreal. 



James Wilson, M.D Perth. 



The following donations were announced : — - 

 From E. C. Hancock, Toronto — 



Britannia Depicta, or Ogilby Improved, by John Owen. 

 From the Hon. J. H. Brodhead, Washington: — 



The Case of the Black Warrior, 1854. 



Report of an Expedition down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers, by 

 Capt. Sitgreaves, C.T.E. 



From A. H. Armour, Toronto : — 



Montreal and the Ottawa, by T. C. Keefer. 

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

 above-named gentlemen. 



Professor Hind read a paper "On the North American drift." 



