OF THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION. 27 



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FOURTH MEETING. 



Twenty-Sixth year, 14th January, 1884. 



In the absence of the President and Vice-Presidents, Mr. T. 

 Mcllwraith occupied the chair. 



Minutes of last meeting read and approved of. 



New members elected : J. J. Mason, Win, Young, W. J. Lavery, 

 Colin McRae. Proposed for election : E. S. Hillyer, M. D., H. H. 

 Robertson. 



Donations to the Museum and Library : By the Right Honor- 

 able the Secretary of State for India, Ferguson and Burgess' " Cave 

 Temples of India," Cunningham's " Stupa of Bharhut," Cole's "Agra 

 and Muttra," Illustrations, " Palaeontologia Indica ; " a piece of 

 petrified wood found in a consignment of coal from Ohio by W. A. 

 Robinson ; from Messrs. Spon of London, " Saturated Steam the 

 Motive Power of Volcanoes," by Peacock, with the author's com- 

 pliments. 



T. VV. Reynolds, M. D., then read a paper on " Food and 

 Feeding." 



FIFTH MEETING. 



Twenty-Sixth year, 13th March, 1884. 



The President in the Chair. 



The minutes of last meeting read and approved of. 



New members elected : £. S. Hillyer, M. D., H. H. Robertson. 

 Proposed for election : W. E. Brown, Rev. VV. W. Carson, W. A. 

 Childs, Edward C. Murton. 



The Secretary read a letter from Mr. Gibson announcing that 

 the Association would receive a grant from the Provincial Govern- 

 ment, and also a letter from Mr. Fletcher, of the Dominion Parlia- 

 mentary Library, to Mr. Freed, acknowledging with thanks, the 

 receipt of copies of the Association's papers sent to the Parliamentary 

 Library. 



Mr. William Kennedy, then read a papeK on " Some Evidences 

 of Commercial Transactions in Pre-Histonc Times." 



