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ninth ordinary meeting — 2od February, 1856. 

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

 The following Gentlemen were elected Members : 

 Rev. W. Ormiston, B.A., Toronto. 

 George Crawford, Esq., M. P. P., Brockville, 

 Frederic Kingston, Esq., Barrister at Law, Toronto. 



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



the Donors: 



1. From the Hon. J. M. Brodhead, of Washington: — 



" The Army Meteorological Register, for twelve years, 1S42 to 1854 inclusive. 

 Compiled from observations made by the Officers of the Medical Department 

 of the United States' Army. 



2. From Dr. Carter, of Nelson : — 



"Illustrations of Japan, by M. Titsingle, formerly Chief Agent to the Dutch 

 East India Company at Nagasaki. 



The following Papers were then read: 



1. By Sandford Fleming, Esq., C. E.— 



"The Cauadian Geological Survey, and its Director, William Edmond Logan, 

 Esq., F.R.S." 



After the reading of this communication, it was moved by Mr. Fleming, second- 

 ed by Mr. Armour, and resolved : 



That the Council be requested to take into consideration the propriety of memo- 

 rializing the various branches of the Legislature, setting forth the value and im- 

 portance of the Geological Survey, and the services of Mr. Logan, as its Director, 

 as well as the chief representative of Canada at the London and Paris exhibitions ; 

 and that the Legislature, in acknowledgment of the value of the Survey to the 

 material prosperity of the country, and of his services in developing the resources 

 of the Province, be solicited to place the Survey on sueh a liberal scale as will en- 

 able Mr. Logan to carry on to a satisfactory completion, at an early day, this im- 

 portant service ; and that a Committee be appointed, with power to take such 

 steps as may seem to them necessary to carry out the object of the proposed me- 

 morial. 



2. By Professor E. J. Chapman : — 



" A Review of the Trilobites ; their character and classification." 



3. By the Rev. A. C. Geikie :— 



" An Inquiry into the Causes of Deterioration in the Population of New England." 



tenth ordinary meeting — 1st March, 1856. 

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

 The following Gentlemen were elected Members : 

 William G. Dickinson, M. D., Hamilton, 

 Charles Edward Romain, Esq., Toronto. 

 William F. Meudell, Esq., Toronto. 

 Donations were announced from Mr. W. Couper, of a mud-turtle, and a stone 

 curiously perforated by the action of water, both found on " The Island," and the 

 thanks of the Institute were voted to the donor. 



