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Monbcrship: 110. Requirements: good moral 

 character and temperate habits ; graduation from 

 a recognized veterinary college or university ; 

 Canadian citizenship or declaration of intention 

 to become a Canadian citizen ; prescribed exami- 

 nation. 



Meetings: Two yearly. 



164. Maritime Psychological Association. Presi- 

 dent: Russell Ewing, P. O. Box 3000, Char- 

 lottetown, P. E. I. Term expires 1962. 



History: Formed 1948. 



Purpose: To promote interests of psychology 

 in universities in Maritime provinces. 



Membership: 40. Student affiliate, associate 

 and full members. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Bulletin, 2 yearly, current vol- 

 ume : 9. Editor : H. D. Beach. 



165. Medical Society of Nova Scotia (Nova 

 Scotia Division, Canadian Medical Associa- 

 tion), Dalhousie Public Health Clinic, Univer- 

 sity Avenue, Halifax, N. S. President: F. J. 

 Granville, Stellarton, N. S. Term expires June, 

 1961. Executive Secretary: C. J. W. Beck- 

 with, 6 Harrington Drive, Halifax, N. S. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1854; incorporated 1861. 

 Affiliated with Canadian Medical Association 

 1931. 



Purpose: To promote health and the preven- 

 tion of disease ; to improve medical services 

 however rendered ; to maintain integrity and 

 honour of medical profession ; to perform other 

 lawful things incidental or conducive to the 

 welfare of the public and of the medical and 

 allied professions ; to promote harmony and 

 unity of purpose between medical profession and 

 various bodies assuming economic responsibility 

 for care of sick or injured persons. 



Membership: 570. License to practise medicine 

 in Nova Scotia, membership in one of nine 

 branch societies, required. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Nova Scotia Medical Bulletin, 

 monthly, $2. Editor : S. J. Shane. 



166. Mineralogical Association of Canada, 300 



Lebreton Street, Ottawa, Ont. President: 

 J. S. Stevenson, McGill University, Montreal, 

 Que. Term expires March 31, 1961. Secre- 

 tary: S. Kaiman. Term expires March 31, 

 1961. 



History: Organized 1954 for purpose of spon- 

 soring a publication devoted to mineral sciences. 



Incorporated 1955 as Canadian Association for 

 Mineral Sciences ; present name adopted 1957. 



Purpose: To advance knowledge in crystal- 

 lography, geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology 

 and allied sciences. 



Membership : 550 : 400 ordinary or associate ; 

 130 corporate; 20 student. Any person, cor- 

 porate body or private company engaged in the 

 study and/or use of crystallography, geochem- 

 istry, mineralogy, petrology or allied science 

 eligible for membership. Associate membership 

 open to anyone interested in the association. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications : The Canadian Mineralogist, an- 

 nual, current volume ; 6, ordinary $2, corporate 

 $5. Editor: L. G. Berry. 



Library: Publications obtained by exchange. 



167. Montreal Biochemical Circle — Le Cercle 

 des Biochimistes de Montreal, 3619 Univer- 

 sity Street, Montreal 2, Que. President: Jean- 

 Paul du Ruisseau. 202 First Street, Pont-Viau, 

 Que. Term expires June, 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Andrew Taussig. Term expires 

 June, 1961. 



History: Organized 1954. 



Purpose: To further by meetings interest in 

 and extension of biochemical knowledge ; to 

 facilitate personal contact between investigators 

 in biochemistry and related fields. 



Membership: 48. Qualified investigators who 

 have conducted and published meritorious ori- 

 ginal investigations in biological chemistry. 



168. Montreal Physiological Society. President: 

 Eleanor Harpur. Montreal Children's Hos- 

 pital, Montreal, Que. Term expires Spring, 

 1961. Executive Secretary: J. M. Parker, 

 Charles E. Frosst and Co., 350 Selby Street, 

 Montreal, Que. Term expires Spring, 1961. 



History: Founded 1925. 



Purpose: To promote advance of physiology 

 and allied sciences. 



Membership: 160. Honorary — elected by so- 

 ciety on recommendation of executive commit- 

 tee for reasons of outstanding scientific accom- 

 plishment ; ordinary — any person who, by rea- 

 son of contributions to science, is deemed worthy 

 of election. 



Meetings: 3-6 yearly. 



169. National Association of Marine Engineers 

 of Canada, 319 Pender Street, W., Vancouver 

 3, B. C. President: R. G. Greaves. Term ex- 

 pires February 22, 1963. Executive Secretary: 

 D. McKeown. Term expires February 22, 

 1963. 



