REPORT OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL COMMITTEE. 5T 



REPORT OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL COMxMITTEE. 



The Committee on Sociology begs leave to jn-esent its report for the 

 year 18S8-9. 



1. Your Committee was constituted at the first meeting of Council 

 this year and at once procured a circular, which appears in the last 

 Fasciculus under the heading "Sociological Circular," to be drawn up, 

 printed and distributed chiefly to the following classes of persons : 



(1) Indian agents, farm instructors, inspectors, teachers in Indian 

 school in Ontaiio, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Ed- 

 ward's Island, Manitoba, the North-West Territories and British 

 Columbia. 



(2) Magistrates, inspectors of Norch-West Mounted Police, regis- 

 trai-s, clerks of the peace, members of Council in North-West. 



(3) Missionaries of the leading churches : Church of England, 

 Roman C;itholic, Pr sbyterian, Wesleyan. 



More than a thousand copies have been distributed, so that your 

 Committee is of opinion that the circular has found its way to most 

 persons in the Dominion who are interested in Indian questions. 



2. Your Committee has received material assistance from the 

 Hon. Edgar Dewdney, Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs for 

 the Dominion, the Hon. A. S. Hardy and the Hon. G. W. Ross, 

 Ministers respectively of Crown Lands and Education in Ontario ; is 

 deeply indebted to the newspapers, educational, religious and legal 

 press of Canada for bringing the subject to the attention of the public,, 

 and for extended and favorable notices of the Committee's work ; also 

 to the following periodicals : Magazine of Western History, Po[)ular 

 Science Monthly, Journal of Anthropology of the United St:ites, 

 Historical Review and Law Quarterly of England. 



3. At the request of your Committee the Canadian Pacific Railway 

 has kindly consented to carry archaeological, geological and natural 

 history s))ecimens free of charge for the Institute. 



4. The publication of the Indian Treaties of Canada and the Pro- 

 vinces has engaged the attention of your Committee. The Council and 

 Institute will, no doubt, be pleased to learn, from the accompanying 



