1855.] 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



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TORONTO, DECEMBER, 1855. 



CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



SESSION 1855-56. 



First Ordinary Meetiug — Saturday, Dccemljcr 1st, 1655* 



The minutes of the previous meeting (Saturday, 7th July, 

 1855), having been read and confirmed, the following gentle- 

 men, who had been provisionally elected members of the Insti- 

 tute by the Council during the recess, were duly elected : — 



George Morpliy Toronto. 



T. G. Ridout " 



W. C. Evans Montreal. 



Rev. J. G. Geddes Hamilton. 



Sir George Simpson LacMne. 



James Webster Guelph. 



W. M. Wilson Simcoe. 



James Crawford Brockville. 



William Kingsford Toronto. 



William Hodgins Hamilton. 



ColonelBaron de Rottenburg Toronto. 



Dr. F. Russell " 



Dr. A. Jukes , St. Catherines. 



Cliarles Jones Toronto. 



Alexander Murray Woodstock. 



Captain Beecher, R.N London, England. 



Hon. Robert Spencc Toronto. 



Archibald Carlyle Orillia. 



John Wilson, M.P.P London, C.W. 



S. F. Holoomb Hamilton. 



llomeo II. Stephens Montreal. 



Dr. Thomas Cowdry Cobourg. 



Rev. A. C. Geikie Toronto. 



William Hind " 



GeofiFry B. IlaU Nantiooko. 



WiUiam Mercer Simcoe. 



L. A. H. Latour Montreal. 



W. Coverton Simcoe. 



Professor Young Toronto. 



W. M. .Mathoson " 



Larratt W. Smith, D.C.L " 



A. Sullivan " 



Thomas W. Lawford London, C.W. 



John ^McKinnon OUawa. 



John Patton Toronto. 



Professor Kingston " 



Moses H. Perley St. John'?, N.B, 



Vol. IIT., No. 17, December, 1855. 



W. McMaster Toronto. 



AmosBostwick " 



George Beatty " 



Andrew Russell " 



John Gibbs Ridout (jun. mem.) " 



Rev. W. MoMurray, D.D Dundas. 



Professor Croft read a Paper " On the Hydrate of Hydro- 

 Sulphuric Acid." 



Professor Wilson read a Paper " On Displacement and Ex- 

 tinction among the Primaeval Eaces of Man." 



Second Ordinary Meeting— Saturday, Dccemlrer 8tli, 1865a 



The names of the following candidates for membership were 

 read : — 



JohnW. Dawson, F.G.S Montreal. 



Rev. W. A. Johnson Toronto. 



Rev. John Taylor " 



Arthur Carter (jun. mem.) " 



Donough O'Brien, do " 



The nominations for the Office-bearers of the ensuing year 

 v^ere then made : — 



No. of Nominations. 

 President One 



Corresponding Secretary. Two. 



Librarian Three. 



Curator Three. 



CouncU Thirty-eight. 



the union of the Toronto 



First Vice President Five. 



Second Vice President... Five. 



Treasurer Three. 



Recording Secretary Two. 



The Indenture relating to 

 Athenjeum with the Canadian Institute, was read, submitted 

 to the meeting, and approved of. 



The following Donations were announced : — 



From the Honourable P. B. de BLAQnifcRE : 



Journal of the Legislative Council, 1848. 



Do. do. Vol. VIIL, 2nd Session of Third Parliament, 



1849, Part I. 

 Do. do. Vol. IS., Third Session of Third Parliament, 



1850 

 Do. French. 



Appendices, No. I. & No. IL, Vol. IX., 1850. 

 Journal of the Legislative Council, 1851. 

 Do. do. Vol. XI. 



Legislative Council Sessional Papers, No. I., Vol. VIII., 2nd Session 



3rd Parliament, 1849. 

 Do. French. 

 Do. No. II., French. 

 Do. No. III. 

 Canada Legislative Council Sessional Papers : — 



No. 4, Vol. XL, 1st Sess. 4th Pari., 1852-3. 



5, do. do. 



6, do. do. 



7, do. do. 



8, do. do. 



9, do. do. 

 Statutes ofCanada, Vol. III., 1851. 



Do. 1852-3, Part L, 



Do. 1852-3, 4th Parliauieut, IGth Victoria. 



Do. 1854-5, Part I. 



Do. 'i. " IL 



Census of the Canadas, lo^il-2, Vol. L 



Trade and Navigation, ^tSoO. 



Edicts ct Ordonnances, Vol. IT. 



Total (half-bound Books.) 

 *Ketnm Plank or Macadamized Roads, &c. 1851. 

 *i\jinual Report of Inspectors of Provincial Penitentiary. 

 •Reports of Commissioners on Discipline and Managcme- 1 of the 



Provincial Penitentiary. 

 ♦Reports of Commissioners on Public Works, 1850. 

 *Do. 1851. 

 ♦Summary of Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, 1st Session, 



6th Parliament, 1854. 



Thoae marked thus (•) an PampUelj. 



