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concerning the former habitats of which, notices put on record now, "will hereafter 

 possess an ever increasing value. Further, the EditiDg Committee would urge on 

 all the members of the Canadian Institute the duty of aiding to secure the com- 

 munication of materials requisite to make this periodical alike creditable to the 

 Society and useful to the Province. 



In thus summing up their first year's labors, and inviting future co-operation, it 

 is with sincere regret that the Committee have to record the loss to the Institute, 

 as well as to themselves, of two esteemed coadjutors, whose services have contrib- 

 uted to the interest of the Journal during the past year. The recall of Captain 

 Noble, R.A., by whom the admirable Meteorological Reports have hitherto been 

 furnished for Quebec, will, it is feared, bring that valuable series of returns to a 

 close ; while in the resignation by the Rev. G. C. Irving, of the Chair held by him 

 in Trinity College, Toronto, and his subsequent departure for Europe, the Editing 

 Committee, and the members of the Institute at large, have lost a fellow -laborer, 

 whose absence will long be felt to create a blank in their meetings. 



Dan. Wilson, Convener. 



Toronto, November 1, 1856. 



treasurer's report, 1856. 

 Statement of Canadian Institute General Account for 1856. 



Cash Balance from last year £2*73 17 8 



" received from Members 346 17 10 



" " for sale of Journal 36 13 



" " Government Grant. ... o 250 



" " Athenaeum 150 



£1,051 8 6 



Arrears due the Institute by Members for 1852. ... 426 



" 1853 4 15 



" " " 1854 8 7 6 



" " " 1855.... 27 3 9 



" " " 1856 68 5 



112 13 9 



Cash due the Institute for sales of the Journal, Old 



Series , 47 5 



Cash due the Institute for sales of the Journal, New 



Series 42 6 3 



89 11 3 



£1,259 13 6 

 Cash paid on account to publication of the Old Series 



of the Journal , 150 1 3 



" " " New Series 182 15 10 



" " " Library... 123 19 7 



" " General Account.... 239 5 4 



" transferred to Building Fund. 150 



Balance due by Institute to the General Account. . . 10 12 3 



" " " Library 5 1 6 



' " " Journal Ill 13 10 



973 9 7 



Estimated balance in favor of the Institute £286 3 11 



