SECOND MEETING. 3 



future occasion. The paper dealt chiefly with the general 

 historical and sociological condition, past and present, of the 

 Scugog Indians. 



In answer to a question of Mr. Browning's, Mr. Cham- 

 berlain gave the following statistics of the Mississaguas from 

 Government returns : 



Alnwick, Mud Lake, New Credit. 



210 152 220 

 214 154 208 



211 154 214 



216 157 217 



217 157 215 



231 157 218 



232 158 226 

 229 154 239 



This table shows an apparent increase, for the figures of eight 

 years, of 22. But, as seen from the returns for the settlement 

 of the New Credit, where the apparent increase is the largest, 

 the death-rate exceeds the birth-rate, and the seeming growth 

 is to be accounted for by adoption and admission by marriage. 



1881 1882 18S3 1884 1885 1886 



Births ■}> 1 1 9 1 1 



Deaths 15 6 6 11 11 3 



Excess of Births . . — i i — — 4 



" Deaths.. 12 — — 2 4 — 

 Natural deci'ease in 6 years — 12. 



1(^6 a r. 



At Scugog, 



RiceL 



1880 



41 



III 



1881 



42 



III 



1882 



45 



104 



1883 



41 



94 



1884 



41 



93 



1885 



43 



93 



1886 



44 



92 



1887 



44 



90 



SECOND MEETING. 



Second Meeting, i8th November, 1888, the President in the 

 chair. 



Donations and exchanges since last meeting, 58. 



Prof Ashley was elected a Member. 



