238 THE CANADIAN* GEOLOGICAL SUBYET. 



THE CANADIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AXD ITS 

 DIRECTOR, SIR WILLIAM EDMOND LOGAN, Ki. T.R.S. 



BY SANDEOBD FLEMING, C. E. 



Read before the Canadian Institute, February 23rd, 1856. 



Previous to the two great Iudustrial Exhibitions at London, in 

 1851, and Paris in 1854, the world at large may be said to have been 

 in total ignorance of Canada's resources. Many people indeed ap- 

 pear to have been scarcely cognizant of her geographical position on 

 the surface of the globe. Even our enterprising neighbors of the 

 United States were but partially aware of what the country was 

 capable of producing ; and each member of our own population was 

 too much engaged with his own pursuits to have any defined idea of 

 the character or productiveness of those districts remote from his 

 own immediate neighborhood. 



Within these five years, however, through the medium of the 

 above mentioned sources, it has been shewn that, while in various 

 branches of mechanism and manufactures, the mechanics and manu- 

 facturers of Canada are in some respects in advance, and in the gen- 

 erality of cases equal to those of other nations — and while Canadian 

 agricultural products are admitted to be of the highest quality — 

 Canada can produce an amount and variety of raw material, equal, in 

 proportion to the extent of area, to any other country in the world. 



For the superb collections of minerals, which appear to have been 

 the theme of universal admiration on both occasions, the country is 

 mainly indebted to the Geological Survey of the Province, and the 

 unwearied exertions of its Director, on whom Her Majesty has re- 

 cently conferred the merited honor of Knighthood. The fruits of his 

 labors are only now beginning to be developed, and his untiring zeal, 

 energy and disinterestedness, cannot be over-estimated ; and, with 

 these convictions, it is incumbent on the people of this Pro- 

 vince to show that they fully appreciate the great benefits rendered 

 to their country, by a unanimous expression of their approbation of 

 Sir W. E. Logan's services as Director of the Geological Survey, 

 and as one of their principal representatives in London and Paris. 



It is scarcely possible, in a brief communication like the present, 

 to convey an accurate idea of the labor and diligence with which Sir 

 W. E. Logan has conducted the Geological Survey of Canada; but 

 to impress the fact upon those who are Little aware of the magnitude 

 of his undertaking, it may be well to record as concisely as possible 

 the results of the investigations carried on under his direction, and in 



