316 CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



2. By Professor Hind, M. A., '' Communication from Major Lachlan, relative to a 

 simultaneous system of meteorological observations throughout the Province, in- 

 cluding a letter on the subject from Professor Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institute." 



On the motion of F. W. Cumberland, Esq., seconded by T. Henning, Esq., it 

 was resolved : 



That the communication of Major Lachian be referred to the Editing Commit- 

 tee, with the request that if the same be published in the Journal, it may be ac- 

 companied by an explanatory statement of the present position of the subject in 

 Canada, and tha action hitherto taken in the matter by this Institute. 



kifth ordinary meeting — 2&th January, 1856. 



G. W. Allan, Esq., President, in the Chair. 

 The following Gentlemen were elected Member » : 

 George Rteburn, Esq., Toronto. 

 F. W. Jarvis, Esq., Toronto. 

 I. F. Taylor, Jun., Esq., Toronto. 

 The following Donations were announced, and the thanks of the Institute voted to 



the Donors: 



1. From George W. Moneypenny, Esq., Commissioner of Indian Affairs, U. S. 

 per the Hon. J. M. Broadhead, of Washington : 



" Schoolcroft's History of the Indians in the United States." Part 5tb. 



2. From the Rev. A. C. Geikie, of Toronto : 



"Gramnuure Raisonnee de la Langue Russe," by Ch. Ph. Reiff, St. Petersburg ; 

 1828-29. 2 vols. 



The President intimated that the Special Committee appointed to consider the 

 most proper measures to be taken in acknowledgment of the public services of W. 

 E. Logan, Esq., had the subject still under consideration, and would report to the 

 Institute at its next meeting. 



George William Allan, Esq., President, then read the Annual Address. 



On the motion of the Rev. Thomas Schreiber, seconded by Oliver Mowat, Esq. 

 Q. C, the thanks of the Institute were voted to the President for his Address, and 

 ordered to be entered on the minutes. 



Dr. Wilson presented the Report of the Committee to which was referred the 

 Communication of Major Lachlan on the subject of a system of Meteorological Ob- 

 servations throughout the Province. 



The Report having been read and adopted, was ordered to be printed in the 

 Journal, along with Major Lachlan's communication. 



The following Papers were then read: 



1. By J. G. Hodgins, Esq., Deputy Superintendent of Schools: 



" Memorandum on the Bteps which have been taken by the Educational De- 

 partment to establish a system of Meteorological Stations throughout Upper 

 Canada." 



Resolved, That Mr. Hodgins 1 coirmunication be printed along with the other 

 papers relative to Meteorological Observations in Canada, and that it be accom- 

 panied by a reduced copy of an illustrative map exhibited by Mr. Hodgins. 



2. By W. D. C. Campbell, Esq., of Quebec. 



"On a Method of Determining the Errors below 32 Q Ft. of Mercurial Thermo- 

 meters which have beeu compared and conected above the freezing point." 



