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CIHM/ICMH

Microfiche

Series.

CIHM/ICMH
Collection de
microfiches.

Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historlques

Technical and Bibliographic Notes/Notes techniques et bibliographiques

The Institute has attempted to obtain the best
original copy available for filming. Feetures of this
copy which may be bibiiographically unique,
which may alter any of the images in the
reproduction, or which may significantly change
the usual method of filming, are checked below.

L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exempiaire
qu'il lui a iti possible de se procurer. Les details
do cet exempiaire qui sont peut-itre uniques du
point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier
une image reproduite. ou qui peuvent exigsr une
modification dans la mithode normale de ilmage
sont indiquAs ci-dessous.

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Coloured covers/
Couverture de coulaur

Covers damaged/
Couverture endommagee

Covers restored and/or laminated/
Couverture restaur^e et/ou pellicul^e

Cover title missing/

Le titre de couverture manque

Coloured maps/

Cartes giographiques en couleur

Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/
Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire)

Coloured plates and/or illustrations/
Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur

Bound with other material/
ReliA avec d'autres documents

Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion
along interior margin/

La re liure serree peut causer de I'ombre ou de la
distorsion le long de la marge intirieure

Blank leaves added during restoration may
appear within the text. Whenever possible, these
have been omitted from filming/
II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajouties
lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte.
mais, lorsque cela itait possible, ces pages n'ont
pas iti film^es.

pn Coloured pages/

Pages de couleur

Pages damaged/
Pages endommag^es

I I Pages restored and/or laminated/

Pages restaur^es et/ou pelliculdes

Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/
Pages ddcolordes, tacheties ou piquees

r^ Pages detached/

Pages ddtachees

Shcwthrough/
Transparence

r~7] Showthrough/

n~] Quality of print varies/

Quality inigale de {'impression

Includes supplementary material/
Comprend du materiel supplementaire

Only edition available/
Seule Edition disponible

Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata
slips, tissues, etc., have been refilmed to
ensure the best possible image/
Les pages totalement ou partiellement
obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata. une pelure.
etc., cnt itd film^es A nouveau de facon a
obtenir la meilleure image possible.

Additional comments:/
Commentaires supplimentaires;

[Printed ephemera] [2] p.
first page on f iche.

Docket title page is bound in as last page in book but filmed as

This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/

Ce document est film^ au taux de reduction indiqui ci-dessous.

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Th« copy filmad h«r« hM b««n raproducad thanks
to tha ganarosity of:

Department of Rare Books

and Special Collections,

McGill University, Montreal.

Tha imagaa appaaring hara ara tha baat quality
possibia eonaidaring tha condition and lagibiiity
of tha original copy and in kaaping with tha
filming contract spacificationa.

Original copiaa in printad papar covars ara fllmad
baginning with tha front eovar and anding on
tha last paga with a printad or illuatratad impraa-
sion, or tha back covar whan appropriata. All
othar original copiaa ara fiiniad baginning on tha
first paga with a printad or illuatratad impraa-
s^on. and anding on tha laat paga with a printad
or illuatratad impraaaion.

Tha laat racordad frama on aach microficha
shall contain tha symbol -^(moaning "CON-
TINUED"), or tha symbol y (maaning "END"),
whichavar appiiaa.

L'axamplaira film4 fut raproduit grica i la
giniroaiti da:

Department of Rare Books

and Special Collections,

McGill University, Montreal.

Laa imagaa suh/antaa ont 4tt raproduitaa avac la
plua grand soin, compta tanu da la condition at
da la nattat* da l'axamplaira fiimi, at an
eonformiti avac laa conditiona du contrat da
fiimaga.

Laa axamplairaa originaux dont la couvartura an
papiar aat imprim4<it sont filmte an commanqant
par la pramiar plat at an tarminant soit par la
darniira paga qui comporta una amprainta
d'Impraaaion ou d'liluatration, soit par la sacond
plat, salon la eaa. Tous laa autroa sxampiairas
originaux sont filmte an commandant par la
pramiAra paga qui comporta una amprainta
dimpraaaion ou d'liluatration at 1% tarminant par
la darni^ra paga qui comporta una talla
amprainta.

Un daa symboiaa suivants apparaftra sur la
damiira imaga da chaqua microficha, salon la
caa: la symbols -^ signifia "A SUIVRE", la
symboia V signifia "FIN".

Mapa, piataa, charts, ate. may b« flimad at
diff aront raduction ratioa. Thoaa too larga to ba
antiraly includad in one axposura ara filmad
baginning in tha uppar laft hand comar. laft to
right and top to bottom, aa many framaa aa
raquirad. Tha following diagrama iiluatrata tha
mathod:

Laa cartaa, pianchaa, tableaux, ate. pauvant dtra
filmte i daa taux da rMuction diffirants.
Loraquo la document aat trop grand pour itra
raproduit ti un seul clich*. ii eat filmi A partir
da I'angle sup4rieur gauche, de gauche i droite.
ct de haut en baa, an prenent le nombre
d'Imagea n^caaaaire. Las diagrammes suivants
illuatrent la m^thoda.

PETITION.

To the Honorable the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in Provincial

Pavliatnent assembled ;

THE MEMORIAL OF "THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE"

Respectfdlly Sheweth,

Thnt the Legislature of this Province did some years iigo determine on canying into effect a Geologicnl Survey
of the Country, and nominated Mr. (now Sir William) Lognn. as the Director of this undeitaUing. For proof of
the wise anil well-judged foresight, which, in the opinion of Your Memorialists, characterized this determination and
selection, Your Memorialists would beg to refer to the Report of ihe Select Committee iipp linted by Your Honhle-
House during last Session, " to report upon the best means of making public the valuable information already
obtained by the Geological Survey, and completing it at an early period upon a uniform system,"

Your Memorialists being a Society established by Royal Charter, for the promotion of Science. Literature,
and the I riicticiil .\rts iiffecting the social ailviinceraeut of this Province, feel it their duty to ri'cord their sense of the
importance of this Survey, and thf^ir hifili iippr. elation of the services of Sir \Villiinn Lognn. in its conduct, and to
urge the necessity of pla.injr aiiditicnnil means at his c( iiimand, in furtherance of tliose lal.'ors which are i ven now
begimiing to bear fruit ; inasmuch as the Survey is will known to luive already coiilriliuted very vh nable scientific and
practical results, and through the zeal and energy of its Uirt'ct(;r in liOndon, and more recemly in Paris, his been the
means of publishing to other nations the material wealth and the present and prospective iniportance of this country.

Therefore, considering that the Geological Survey of Canada is universally recognised to be of the hig'iest
scientific importance, and calculated, perhaps, more than any other public service to develope the vast, though
hidden resources of the Province, and that the most valuable and beneficial results may be confidently expected from
its further prosecution under so able and zealous a Director as Sir William Lognn, Your .Memorialists most
respectfully pray Your llonble. House to take the matter under your consideration, with a view to make further
provision for carrying on the Survey on a more extended scale, so as to ensure its completion in every detail at the
earliest possible period :

And Your Memorialists, as in duty bound will ever pray, &c., &c.

(Signed)

GEORGE WILLIAM ALLAN, President.
E. A. MEREDITH, Vice-President.
JAMES BOVELL, M, D., Vice-P,esident.