400 



ANNUAL REPORT OP THE COUNCIL, 1855. 



[1855. 



This, however, it must bo borne in remembrance, not only 

 includes the special Government Grant of £1000 to the 

 Building Fund, but also the sum of £187. 2s. of arrears and 

 money due on account of Journal, no portion of which has yet 

 been received by tlit Treasurer. The balance from 1854 also 

 embraced, in like rianner, the arrears of the year. In addition 

 to this, there remain several outstanding accounts, including 

 one of Messrs. Jacques and Hay, for fitting up the rooms now 

 occupied by the Institute, in York Buildings, and for providing 

 the requisite shelving for the large additions to the Library, 

 consequent on the acquisition of the valuable collection of 

 Books hitherto pertaining to the Toronto Athenajum, as well 

 as the considerable additions acquired by donation and purchase. 

 After all accounts are discharged, there will still remain 

 a balance in hand, some portion of which the new Council will 

 probably deem it advisable to transfer to the Building Fund. 



ESTIMATE OF THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE 

 CANADIAN INSTITUTE. ' 



438 12 

 6 



£ s. 



Cash Balance from last year 85 16 



for Sale of Jom-nal £134 1 '' 



" Subscriptions received 304 11 ! 



Waste Paper sold 2 



Due by Subscribers on account of ") 



Journal £ 49 8 9 I 187 



Arrears due by Members 137 13 3 J 



Government Grant for 1854 250 



" forl855 250 



" jn aid of Building 1000 



due on union of the Athensum Trith the Institute... 150 



6 

 10 



2 



£2363 17 7 



Paid Cash on account of the publication of the Journal 



for 1854 £83 1 2 



" Ellis & Co., for engraving Logan's Geolo- 



logioal Map and the Victoria Bridge, &c. 84 1 4 



" ProofReader 32 10 



" Publication of Toronto Harbour Reports. 63 19 



" Publication of the Journal for 1855 286 13 7 



" Sundries on account of the Institute 



" for Library Books and Periodicals 



Balance due Maclear & Co. on account of Journal 



" " Armour & Co. on account of Library 



" " Assistant Secretary's Salary, to date 



" " H. Piper, on account of the Institute 



" " H. Rordens 



" " Jacques & Hay for new Shelves in Library... 



" " Ogilvie & Co. 's account against Institute 



" " Editor of Journal 



" " Reader 



550 5 



135 11 



67 1 



52 



1 



6 

 4 

 5 



15 14 3 



12 10 



2 11 3 



1 6 3 

 30 5 



2 14 2 

 50 



5 



924 19 3 



Estimated Excess in favor of the Institute £1438 18 4 



COPY OF AUDITORS REPORT, 1855. 



The Auditors b^g to report to the Council of the Canadian Institute, 

 that they have examined the Accounts for the year ending the 30th of 

 November, 1855, as shown by the Cash Book, the Treasurer's account 

 and corresponding Vouchers, and which shew a balance of One Thou- 

 sand Two Hundred and Seventy-three Pounds Seventeen Shillings and 

 Eight Pence ; £1000 of which is invested and £273 17s. 8d. in the 

 Bank and Treasurer's hands, and which balance appears to them as 

 correct. 



D. CRAWFORD, 1 .„^,v„„ 



SAMUEL SPREULL. / -^»'='"''"- 



Toronto, 8th Dec, 1855. Canadian Institute. 



the members of the Institute on the very promising aspect 

 which its affairs present, and in resigning their duties to their 

 successors, to express their earnest hope that the day is not 

 very far distant, when this Institution will be recognized as 

 one contributing to the advancement of the Province in an 

 intellectual progress commensurate with its material prosperity. 



In closing this Report, the Council beg leave to congratulate 



The President having nominated Messrs. Harman and Mor- 

 timer scrutineers, the election of officers for the ensuing year 

 was proceeded with by ballot. 



Upon the reception of the Report of the Scrutineers, the 

 President announced the election of the following gentlemen 

 to the undermentioned offices respectively : — 



yrraiStiit: 

 G. W. ALLAN, Esq. 

 JTirst ITicc-grcsiBnit— JAMES BOVELL, 3I.T). 



Sccontr lTicc-5j3rcsil>tnt— E. A. MEREDITH, Esa. 

 Brcortincj Sttrttarn— F. W. CUMBERLAND, Esq. 



Corrcspontims Sccrctav!)— THOS. HENNING, Esq. 

 JTrcaaurcr— DALRYMPLE CRAWFORD, Esq. 



3Lti)rarian— SANDFORD FLEMING, Es(j. 

 Emator — Peofessor CHAPMAN. 

 (Council: 

 Professor WILSON, LL.D. Professor HIND, M.A. 



Professor CROFT, D.C.L. SAMDEL THOMPSON, Esq. 



Professor CHERRIMAN, M.A. OLIVER MOWAT, Esq. 



The following gentlemen were elected members : — ■ 



JohnW. Dawson. F.G.S Montreal. 



Rev. W. A. Johnson Toronto. 



Rev. John Taylor " 



Arthur Carter (jun. mem.) " 



Donogh O'Brien do '• 



The names of the following candidates for membership were 

 read : — 



Robert Sclby Cameron Toronto. 



Thos. S. Hill Yorkville. 



Dr. Haswell Toronto. 



C. E. Anderson 



W. McDonald Dawson 



G. W. Wickstead 



Edmund Morris 



Joseph T. Kerby 



For Life Membership : — 

 John Page Matilda, C.W. 



The following donations were announced : — 



For tile Library* 



From the Hon. J. M. Bkodhead, of Washington, per A. H. Armour : 



1. Message and Documents from the President of the United States 



to the Senate— 1854 and 1855. Parts I. & II. 



2. Address on the presentation of the Sword of General Jackson. 



3. Andrews' Report on Colonial and Lake Trade— 1852. 



4. Maps to accompany the above. 



5. Commerce and Navigation — 1858. 



1854. 

 " 1855. 



From A. H. Armour, Toronto : 

 Arcadian Geology, by John WiUiam Dawson, F.G.S. 

 For tlie Museiun* 

 From the Rev. G. Bell, Simcoe, N. . 

 A specimen of Fossiliferous Limestone. 



From W. Coupee, Toronto : 

 Specimens of Worms found in Grasshoppers at Montreal. 



From W W. Baldwin, Toronto : 

 A box of Minerals. 



