1855.] 



THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE AND THE TORONTO ATHEN.^UM. 



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The thanks of the Institute was ordered to bo transmitted 

 to the Hon. J. M. Brodhead ; Mr. Armour ; Rev. G. Bell ; 

 W. Couper, and W. AV. Baldwin, for their respective donations. 



A paper was read by Prof. Bovell, " On some points iu the 

 Natural Ilistoiy of the Leech." 



Also a paper by G-. J. Ilodgins, Deputy Superintendent of 

 Schools, " On a specimen of the Proteu.s of the Lakes." 



It was resolved that the specimen produced, tofjethcr with 

 the paper read by Mr. Hodgins, be referred to Prof. Bovell, 

 Croft, and Chapman, to consult with Blr. Hodgins thereon, 

 and to report to the Institute. 



The following resolutions were then submitted, and passed 

 by acclamation : 



1. That the cordial thanks of the Institute be presented to Sir John 

 Beverly Robinson, Bart., for his kind and efficient services as President 

 of the Institute for the pa.st two years. 



2. That the thanks of the Institute be presented to the Vice-Presi- 

 dents and other Officers fjr their zealous services during the past year. 



COPY OF INDENTURE KELATINO TO TOE UNION OF TUE CANADIAN 

 INSTITUTE AND TORONTO ATnENJiDJL 



Tuis Indenture, made the twenty-eighth day of November, 

 one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, between the Toronto 

 Athenreum of the one part, and The Canadian In.stitute of the 

 other part ; Whereas, by an Act passed in the eleventh year of 

 the Reign of her Majesty, Queen Victoria, intituled, " An Act 

 to Incorporate the Toronto AtheniDum," power was given to 

 certain persons therein namodto form themselves into an Asso- 

 ciation for the formation of a Public Library and JIuseum, as 

 therein mentioned; and Whereas an Association was formed 

 accordingly; and Whereas a Royal Charter was granted on the 

 fourth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and 

 fifty-one, to an Association called the Canadian Institute, for 

 purposes of a similar character; and Whereas the said two 

 Bodies, being desirous of a union thereof, did, prior to the pass- 

 ing of the Act hereinafter mentioned, intituled, " An Act to 

 Amend an Act to Incorporate the Toronto Athcna;um," agree 

 upon the terms and conditions for such union, subject to the 

 obtaining of an Act authorizing the same, and which terms and 

 conditions were to the eifeet following, that is to say — 



1. That the Library formed by the Books of the two Insti- 

 tutions, with such additions as may be made fiom the common 

 funds, .should constitute a Library to which the Public should 

 have access, for reference, free of charge, under such regulations 

 as may be adopted by the said Canadian Institute, in view of 

 the proper care and management of the same. 



2. That the members of the said -^.thenscum should become 

 members of the said Canadian Institute. 



3. That the Governors of the Athenjcum should be elected 

 Life Members of the said Canadian Institute. 



4. That all member.s of the said Athcnajum, who .should 

 have paid their sub.scriptions for the current year, prior to or at 

 the period of the union of the two bodies, should be consid- 

 ered as members of the said Institute, and entitled to receive 

 the Journal publi-shed by the Institute for the present year with- 

 out fnrther charge, it being optional with them to retire from 

 the Institute at the close of the present year, should they desire 

 to do so. 



5. That each of the Life Governors of the said Athenaeum, 

 upon being elected Life Membcre of the sai<l Institute, should 

 also be entitled to the said Journal, free of charge, should they 

 desire to receive the same. 



6. That there should be handed over to the said Canadian 

 Institute by the said Athenaeum, upou the union of the said 



two bodies, the sum of one hundred pounds of the money of 

 the Athenwum. 



That upon the arrangements for the amalgamation being 

 assented to by both bodies, the Books and Minerals belonging 

 to the said Athenajum should be transferred to the Canadian 

 Institute, and arranged in their rooms, and that during the 

 ensuing Summer months the Library should be opened for the 

 Public, under proiK-r regulations, at least one day in the week. 



And it was thereupon agreed by and between the said two 

 bodies, that the necessary steps should be taken to obtain the 

 sanction of the Parliament of this Province to the union afore- 

 said. 



And Whereas, by an Act passed in the eighteenth year of 

 the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled, " An Act 

 to amend an Act to Incorporate the Toronto Athenaiuni," it 

 was enacted that the members of the Toronto Athenteum 

 should have power to transfer and convey to the Canadian In- 

 stitute such and so much of the Books, Minerals, and other 

 property of the said Toronto Athenaium, whether held abso- 

 lutely or in trust, as they might decide upon so conveying, and 

 upon such conditions as they might think advisable, which 

 conditions, if accepted by the said Canadian Institute, should 

 be binding. 



And Whereas, since the passing of this Statute, the said 

 members of the Toronto Athenaium have decided upon con- 

 veying to the said Canadian Institute, upon the conditions 

 hcreintofore referred to, all the Books and Minerals now be- 

 longing to the said Toronto Athenreura, and Whereas, such 

 conditions have been accepted by the said Canadian Institute. 



And Whereas, the members of the said Athentcum have 

 been duly received and become and now are members of the said 

 Canadian Institute, and the Governors of the said Athenajura 

 have been duly elected Life Members of the said Canadian In- 

 stitute, and the said members of the said AthenKum have, or 

 will, at or before the execution of these presents, hand over to 

 the said Canadian Institute the said sum of one hundred and 

 fifty pounds. 



Now this Indenture Witnesscth, that for the purpose of com- 

 pleting the said Union, and in consideration of the premises and 

 also In consideration of the sum of Ten Shillings of lawful 

 money of Canada now paid by the said The Canadian Institute 

 to the said the Toronto Athcnxum, receipt whereof is hereby 

 acknowledged, the said the Toronto Athenxum doth render 

 and by virtue of the power in that behalf contained in the 

 said act passed in the eighteenth year of the Reign of Her 

 present Majesty intituted " An Act to amend an act to in- 

 corporate the Toronto Athenajum and under and by virtue of 

 all other powers in this behalf, grant, a.ssign, transfer, convey 

 and set over unto the said The Canadian Institute all the 

 Books and Minerals whatsoever now belonging to the said the 

 Toronto AtheuMum, to have, receive and take all such Books 

 and Jlincrals hereby a.ssigned, or intended so to bo, unto the 

 said the Canadian Institute absolutely forever. 



In Witness whereof the President of the said Athenrcum 

 hath hereto set his hand, and the .«aid AthenaDum hath here- 

 unto, by the said President, affixed the common Seal of the 

 said Athenasum. And the President of the said Canadian In- 

 stitute hath hereto sot his hand and the ."wid Institute hath 

 hereunto, by the said President, affixed the Corporate Seal of 

 the said Institute the day and year first above written. 



Signed, scaled and delivered 1 SAMUEL TUOMPSOX, 



in the presence of 1 Pres't Atheiueum. 



E. CUADS HANCOCK, | J. B. ROBINSON. 



Sec. Toronto Atbonaium. ) Pres't Canadian Institute. 



