PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



HAMILTOH ASSOCIATIOH 



SEilSOlT 1383-183^. 



FIRST MEETING 



Twenty-sixth year, Thursday, Nov. 15th, 1883. 



The President in the chair. 



Minutes of last meeting read and approved of. 



New members elected : J. W. Murton, S. Slater, W. M. Suther- 

 land, M. A. Proposed for election : Wm. Philp, M. D. 



The Annual Report of the Council, and subsidiary reports of 

 the Treasurer, Librarian and Curator, and the Report of the Geologi- 

 cal Section were read and approved of. The question of increasing 

 the annual subscription, as recommended by the Council, was held 

 over. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Session opened Nov. 16th, with the following officers : 

 J. D. Macdonald, M.D., President; B. E. Charlton, First Vice- 

 President; J. Mullen, M.D., Second Vice-President; Geo. Dickson, 

 M.A., Corresponding Secretary; Wm. Kennedy, Recording Secre- 

 tary ; R. Bull, Treasurer ; W. H. Ballard, M. A., Librarian and 

 Curator. These were assisted by a council of five members of the 

 Association, namely : T. Mcllwraith, H. B. Witton, A. F. Forbes, 

 A. T. Freed, and Rev. C. H. Mockridge, D.D. 



At the beginning of the Session there was a membership of 147. 

 During the Session there were ballotted for and admitted as ordinary 

 members, 18; as corresponding member, 1. There were struck off 

 the roll of members, 23, leaving a membership of 143. 



