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His Excellency delivered a very neat address which was received 

 enthusiastically, lo this the President replied and referred to the 

 proverbial hospitality for which Canadians were noted. 



The report from Council was then made and the result of the vote 

 announced so far as conclusions were arrived at. The following leading 

 officers were then declared elected : — 



President Sir J. William Dawson. 



Secretary Prof. H. L. Fairchild. 



Treasurer . . ^. Dr. I. C. White. 



The Secretary's report, as well as that of the Treasurer, showed the 

 Society to be in a flourishing condition. 



Then followed obituary notices of three deceased Fellows : T. 

 Sterry Hunt, J. S. Newberry, and J. PI. Chapin. Prof Raphael 

 Puinpelly's notice of Dr. Hunt was read by Mr. Van Hise ; that of Prof. 

 Newberry, prepared by Dr. Kemp, was read by Prot. H. L. Fairchild; 

 and Prof. Hitchcock read Mr. W. M. Davis's memorial of J. H. Chapin. 



READING OF PAPERS. 



The reading of papers or work proper of the Society began on 

 Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. The following is a list of thii papers, 

 in the order in which they A'ere taken up at the meetings. The whole 

 time of the Society was taken up in reading and discussing papers until a 

 late hour, on Friday, the 30th December. Time and space do not 

 allow us here to do justice to the interesting discussions on the papers 

 presented. Both Glacial and Archaean Geology received a goodly 

 share of animated discussion, whilst a few papers on palaeontology also 

 stimulated further enquiry. Dr. Willard Hayes's paper on " the new 

 geology " was a splendid contribution to the geomorphology of the 

 district examined by that author and described at the meeting. 



LIST OF PAPERS. 



A. R. C. Selwyn — On the coals and petroleums of the Crow's Nest 

 Pass, Rocky Mountains. (15 minutes), 



H. P. Brumell — On the geology of natural gas and petroleum 

 in Ontario. (20 minutes). 



