56 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



PAPERS READ DURING THE SESSION. 



Mr. Harvey — *' On Certain Lacustrine Deposits ; " " On the Syn- 

 clinal Trough of Lake Superior." 



Mr. Merritt — " Tlie Iron Ranges of Northern Michigan and Min- 

 nesota ; " '' Laurentian Formation of New Jersey, witli Relation to 

 the Iron Mines tlierein." 



Mr. Mills, of St. Iguace, Michigan — " Iron Smelting Furnaces." 



REPORT OF THE ARCHITECTURAL SECTION FOR 



SESSION OF 1888-89. 



GrENTLEMEN : — The members of the Section have met fortnightly 

 during the Session, the meetings being chiefly occupied by instructive 

 and interesting discourses, theoretic and practical, delivered by some 

 of the prominent Architects and Master Mechanics of this city, who 

 commended and encouraged the objects and motives of the Section^ 

 promising and offering us their entire sympathy and support. 



The following were among the pajiers read and debated upon, 

 being subsequently published in the Canadiaa Architect : 



" The responsibilities of Students to their Profession," by R. 

 Gambler Bousfield, A.R.I.B.A. ; "Subsoil Irrigation," by E. Burke,. 

 Architect ; " A Discourse on Carpentry," by R. Wilson. 



Besides the papers and addresses, competitions were engaged in in 

 designing Bay windows, Oriel windows, Entrances, etc. 



At the close of the Session the following officers were elected : 

 Robert Dawson, Chairman ; Chas. D. Lennox, Ti'easurer ; J. Fras. 

 Brown. Secretary. 



Yours verily, 



J. FRAS. BROWN, Secretary. 



