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Society of America will this year be lield in the City of Ottawa, begin- 

 ning on Wednesday, December 28th, and lasting for three days. 



Through the kindness of Dr. John G. .Bourmot, C.M.G., the 

 President of the Royal Society of Canada, the general meetings will 

 be held in the Committee Rooms of the House of Commons. 

 Addresses of welcome will be presented to the visitors by His Excel* 

 lency the Governor General of Canada, and by the President of the 

 Royal Society. It is also expected that a Popular Lecture, illustrated 

 by lime light, will be given on the evening of the lirst day, and for this 

 purpose Dr. MacCabe has kindly placed at the disposal of the Society, 

 the large new Lecture Hall of the Normal Scliool. 



It is understood that all the meetings will be open to the public, 

 aud there is no doubt that many valuable and interesting papers will be 

 submitted. 



Prof. G. K Gilbert, of the Geological Survey, Washington, is 

 President of the Geological Society of America, and Prof. H. L. Fair- 

 child, of Rochester, N.Y., is Secretary, both of whom will be present, and 

 there are in Ottawa no less than 16 members of the staff of the Geologi- 

 cal Survey Department, who are also members of the Society. 



The programme is not yet completed, but the titles of several 

 excellent papers have already been sent in, and doubtless many more 

 will yet be received. 



The annual Dinner of the Society will be held, conjointly with 

 that of the Logan Club, on the evening of December 29th, at the 

 Russell House, which will be the headquarters of the Society durmg 

 their visit. 



Among other papers to be read, the following are by Ottawa 

 members : — 



" The Coals and Petroleums of the Crow's Nest Pass " . . . . Dr. Selwyn. 

 "The Devonian of Manitoba and the N. W. Territories" 



Mr. J. F. Whiteaves. 



" The Laurentian of the Ottawa District " Dr. R. W. Ells. 



" Glacial Phenomena of the Athabasca District ". . . . Mr. J. B. Tyrrell. 



