384 QUEBEC LITERAKY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [1855, 



9. The duties of the Editing Committee, to be classified and divided The Indenture drawn up by Mr. Mowat, respecting the Transfer of 

 amonn- its members, according to the following sub-divisions, subject Books, &c., from theAthenosum to the Canadian Institute, was laid on 

 to alteration or addition by the Council. the table and ordered to be executed. 



SUB-COMMITTEES. It was resolved that the Corresponding Secretary be directed to 



I. Geology. — E. W. Logan, F.R.S. & G.S., Director of the Provincial convey to Mr. Mowat the thanks of the Council, for his valuable ser- 



Geological Survey ; Henry Y. Hind, M. A., Professor of Chemistry, yices in completing the arrangements with the Athenajum. 

 Trinity College, Toronto. 



II. Phtsiologt and Natural History. — James Bovell, M. D., Pro- 



fessor of the Institutes of Medicine, Trinity College, Toronto qu^BEC LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



III. Ethnology AND AHOHiEOLOQY. — DanielWilson, L. L. D., Professor ^ 



of History, University College, Toronto. At the first Stated Meeting of the Season, held at the Society's 



IV. Chemistry and Mineralogy. — Henry Croft, D. C. L., Professor rooms, Henderson's Buildings, St. Lewis Street, on Wednesday evening, 

 of Chemistry, University College, Toronto; J. G, Chapman, Pro- s^d October, Lieut. A. Noble, Royal Artillery, F.R.A.S., was elected 

 fessor of Mineralogy, University College, Toronto. Vice-President, in the place of G. T. Kingston, Esq., M.A., removed 



V. Mathematics and Natur..l Philosophy.-J B. Cherriman, ^^ ^^^^^^^ ^ ^_ ^ ^ ^^^ ^j^^^^^ Kecording Secretary, in 



M. A., Professor of Mathematics, University College, Toronto; > i> m, „ 



Rev. G. C. Irving, M. A., Professor of Mathematics, Trinity ^^'^ Pl^ce of Henry E. Steele, Esq., removed to Toronto. The Secre- 



CoUege, Toronto. tary announced a donation to the Society from Robert Symes, Esq., 



VI. Engineering and AROHiTECinRE. — life-member, consisting of portions of the original Indian costume, 



worn by him as " Hotsawath," Chief of the Huron Tribe, when the 



10. To be incumbent on Editors of Sections, to read for the press Historical Painting in possession of this Society was painted by H. D. 

 all Communications in their own departments. Thielcke. Also, from the same donor, an embroidered cushion formerly 



11. The Council to have supreme control of the Journal; but no ^ged on the altar of the old church at the Indian village of Lorette, 



article to be admitted contrary to the wishes of a majority of the and which was brought to this country by the early Jesuit missionaries 



Editing Committee. from France. Also, and from the same, the original "Registers of 



„ ., „ ^. _ , , ,„^, ,„„„ Interments at the hospitals and the city of Quebec, during the visita- 



Coiuicil Meetuig— October 13th, 1S55. '^ J -* > o 



„, „ „ . , . . „ , , . tions of cholera in the years 1849 and 1851. Other donations during 



The following gentlemen were provisionally elected members of the ,, . ,, _, , ^ ■, , -rr- , ■ , n ■ ^ ,, -rx. 



. the summer : — from the Rhode Island Historical Society, " Discourse 



„, ,' ,, , „ on the Life and Times of John Howland, Pros. R. I. H. Society, by 



W. M. Matheson Toronto. _ _ „ „ ^^ ,, , ., „ -r, , t i- ^ ,,T,r^ i 



Professor Young Knox's College, do. ^- ^- ^''"' ^'^^ ' *^^'"" *<> ^™- ^'^'* I"*^'^ Company, " Meteorolo- 



L. A. H. Latour Montreal. gical Observations, Madras, 1851;" from the Royal Society, Edin- 



Charles W. Coverton, M. D Simooe. burgh, "Proceedings of Session, 1853-54;" from T. D. Harrington, 



" Account of Scientific Discovery, 1854;" from Lieut. Savage, R.E., 



Coiiucil Meeting* October STtll, 1S55« ,, t> -i •„ j> t, n i • ,< /-i i -n x /-i • jj i. m-i i, 



" " Russia as it is, by Growski ; " CornhiU to Cairo, by Titmarsh. 



The Second Vice-President announced that His Excellency the ,, ,, j o» x j at »• i u w j j i-^t ^ ^ i, 



, , , , , X rr- . , , ., -r . ^^ ttfi sccoud Statcd Meeting, held Wednesday, 1/th October, an 



Governor-General had consented to omciate at the Laying of the . , ,. ^.., ,,,„•• n ■, i ■ j.- j. j 



, ^ . -r, ., ,. •' ° interesting paper, entitled, " Reminiscences whilst assisting to draw 



Foundation-stone of the proposed Institute Biilding. , , iu rr •* i c* * j xi u at a ?> 



, ^ „ _ _ , the boundary line between the United States and the B.N. A. Provinces, 



It was resolved that the Rev. H.^ J. Grasett be requested to act as .^ jg^g^,, ^^, ..^^ ^y Mr. Boxer. The Secretary announced a dona- 



ofaciating clergyman on that occasion. ^.^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ ^^.^^ ^.^^^_ Vice-President, viz. : 



Committees, composed of members of Council, were appointed to ,,t> ii <> -d i -u • ,, m, »t- i i c- 1 j. at 



' '■ , ,, T, ., ,. ^ , „ "Papers on the corps of Royal Engineers, " The Night Side of Na- 



collect subscriptions towards the Building Fund from the members of , „ i,,ti ,rr- » -r *• ^- -u • • i r xi, i » 



f . , °. ture, and " Hard Times. Intimation being received of the departure 



the Institute in separate divisions of the City. f v w vi ,- -l t? t m x-n-oTr-n n ti 



/ . T , , o . , . , of E. T. Fletcher, Esq., for Toronto, Dr. R. H. Russell was requested 



A copy of the American Journal of Science and Art was ordered to 4.„ » „ t m ■ • i • x i x-n ±i ■ , i i- j> 



'•' , ,. , , ,^ . . to act as Librarian in his stead, till the ensuing annual election of 



be sent to various Toronto publishers, to obtain estimates per sheet for a- 



printing the New Series of the Canadian Journal after the typographical 



1 1 f that nublication ^^ ^^^ third Stated Meeting, held Wednesday, 7th November, the 



™ It was resolved that Daniel Wilson, LL.D., Professor of History, Uni- ^°"°"^ Secretary announced the receipt of a manuscript for one of the 



versity College, be requested to act as Convener of the Publishing Society's prizes of the current year, entitled, " An Essay on Art in Ar- 



_ ... chitecture." The Secretary announced the following donations to the 



Library, viz. : from Noel H.Bowen, Esq., "Faust, a dramatic poem," 



Coiiucll Meeting, Movcmber lOth, 1855. and " The Bloodstone," by Donald McLeod; from F. N. Boxer, Esq., 



The following gentlemen were provisionally elected members of the " Correspondence between the Chief Superintendent of Schools, C.W., 



Institute: and other persons, on Separate Schools." An entertaining paper on 



Larratt W. Smith, D.C.L Toronto. Entomology was then read by Mr. Savage, R.E., Vice-President. 



A. Sullivan...^..... " At the Monthly General Meeting, held Wednesday afternoon, 14tli 



Thos. W. Lawford London. „ ^ x, ^ ,i . , , ^ , • ^ i. e 



T 1 n Patton Toronto November, the following gentlemen were elected associate members oi 



Professor Kingston, M. A University College, do. ^^^ Society: Richard Penniston White, James Dunbar, and James 



Martin, M.D. E. The Librarian, Curators, and Corresponding Secretary 



Council Meeting, November 30th, 1855. had no reports to present. Mr. Boxer presented to the Library 



The following gentlemen were provisionally elected : — n Scott's Dtemonology." 



Moses H. Parly St. John's, N.B. 



AV. McMaster Toronto. GEORGE T. GARY, 



A Bostwick ** 



George Beatty;"secreiary,o'.S.H'.R.R."..V."."'.". " Treasurer and Assistant Seeretary. 



Andrew RuBsell " Quebec, 17th November, 1855. 



