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Hamilton, and to report thereon at a subsequent meeting of the 

 Association. 



The Rev. C. H. Mockridge, D. D., then read a paper on the 

 English Language. 



THIRD MEETING. 



Twenty-Sixth year, loth January, 1884. 



The President in the Chair. 



Minutes of last meeting read and approved of. 



New members elected : J. M. Gibson, M. A., LL. B., M. P. P., 

 Harris Buchanan, Barrister at Law, Rev. W. B. Curran, M. A. 

 Proposed for election : J. J. Mason, Mayor of Hamilton, Wm. Young, 

 W. J. Lavery, Colin McRae. 



The Committee appointed at last meeting to inquire into the 

 practicability of establishing a Public Library in Hamilton, reported, 

 through the President, that the Committee had met and decided not 

 to move in the matter for the present. 



The Committee appointed to look for suitable accommodation 

 for the Museum and Library, reported that the members had looked 

 at various rooms but were not at present in a position to recom- 

 mend any. 



The Committee appointed to revise the By-Laws and Constitu- 

 tion reported that it had met and agreed upon some slight alterations, 

 but that the Committee was not yet in a position to present the 

 Revised Constitution to the Association. 



In accordance with a letter from J. M. Gibson, Esq., M. P. P. 

 for Hamilton, a Committee consisting of the President, First Vice- 

 President and Corresponding Secretary was appointed to accompany 

 Mr. Gibson to Toronto to meet the Honorable, the Minister of 

 Education, with the view of obtaining an annual grant to the Asso- 

 ciation from the Provincial Government. 



Mr. G. W. Fields, M. A., then read a paper on the Honorable 

 T. Darcy McGee. 



