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I. The decrease, restoration, and preservation of Salmon in Canada; by 



the Rev. W. A. Adamson, D. C. L. ; with Plate 1 



II. On preserving Timber from decay ; by Joseph Robinson 8 



III. The Chinook Indians ; br Paul Kane 1 1 



IV. Note on the Oxalate of Manganese ; by Prof. Croft, D. C. L 30 



Reviews : 



1. Canada at the Universal Exhibition of 1856 ; by J. C. Tachb 32 



2. The Tenth Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution, for the 



year 1855 39 



Scientific and Literary Notes : 



Geology and Mineralogy 47 



British Association for the Advancement of Science 50 



American Association for the Advancement of Science 63 



October Meteorological Register for Toronto 73 



November " " » ^5 



Remarks on Toronto Meteorological Register for October 74 



for November 76 



October Meteorological Register for St. Martin, Isle Jesus 77 



November " " , « « 7g 



Remarks on Meteorological Registers for St. Martin, Isle Jesus 79 



Hamilton Meteorological Register 80 



The next Number of this Journal will be issued in March. 

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