48 PKOCEKDINGS fiF TH K CA.VAUIAN IXSTITUTE. 



Apr. lOtl), 1^^88, M)-. Wm. Phillips gave an address on "House 

 Diainagci." 



The Officers for the ensuing year are : — Chairman, A. F. VVickson ; 

 Vice-Chairman, R. Dawson ; Treasurer, C. D. Leniiox ; Secretary, J. 

 F. Brown ; Committee of Management. John Howaid and G. F. W. 

 Price. 



KoBEKi Dawson, 



Chdirinan. 



2. Biological Section. 



Toronto, 21st April, 1888. 

 The Council of tlie Canadian Institute. 



The Biological Section of the Canadian Institute Lave held their 

 regular meetings on the 1st and 3rd Mondays in every month durinc 

 the past session. At each of these meetings one or more original 

 papers have been read on a variety of topics, as may be seen on refer- 

 ence to the programmes issued. 



The " Microscope Fund " has through the liberality of a few 

 members and theii- friends been sufficiently augmented to allow of the 

 purchase of a first-class instrument, now expected to arrive in a few 

 days. 



Yours faithfully, 



W. E. MiDDLKTOK. 



Schedule of Paper.s Read in Biological Section 1887-8. 



May 2, 1887, "The Englisli Rabbit as an Agricul- 

 tural Pest,'' William Bi odie. 



16, " "The Fresh Water Hydra," W. E. Middleton 



" The Coleoptera of the N. W. T," Wm. Brodie: 



June 20, " "The Acclimatization of the English 



Goldfinch Wm. Biodie 



Oct. 3, " " Canadian Ants," Wm. Brodie 



17, " " Canadian Gall Insects," Wm. Brodie 



Nov. 7, " " Foreign Ants," W. E. Middleton 



21, •' " Hyphautria Cunea," Wm. Brodie 



Deo. 5, " " The BrownianJ Movement," W. E. Middleton 



" Mind in A nimals," Wm. Brodie 



" The Calamoqjha Moth," Wm. Brodie 



