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The President's address on the '• Problems of the Continents "was 

 an admirable paper, which brings up and introduces a subject of para- 

 mount interest and importance. It serves as a preliminary basis for 

 work in connection with the coming meeting of geologists at the Inter- 

 national Congress, to be held in Chicago this summer. 



Of Mr. W. J. McGee's public lecture, given in the new Auditorium 

 of the Normal School, on the subject, " A Fossil Earthquake," seldom 

 has an Ottawa audience listened to a clearer and more striking bit of 

 inductive reasoning than this lecture. About 300 persons were present, 

 and the lecture was illustrated by stereopticon views. Mr. H. N. 

 Topley kindly assisted the lecturer in this matter. 



Alter the reading of the last paper on the list and programme of 

 Friday evening, three votes of thanks were unanimously passed by the 

 Society. 



T\\G.firsi, to the President and fellows of the Royal Society of 

 Canada, for their invitation and attention during the Session of the 

 Geological Society. 



The second, to the Governor General, for his hospitality, and 



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generous as well as the gracious interest he had taken in the meetings. 

 The third, to the Logan Club of Ottawa for its exertions in making 

 the meeting a success. 



One interesting feature of these meetings was the presence of the 

 Premier of Canada, the Hon. Sir John Thompson, K.C.M.G., and of 

 the Hon. T. M. Daly, Minister of the Interior and Geological Survey 

 Departments, when Dr. McGee read the paper prepared by Major J. W. 

 Powell, Director of the United States Geological Survey, on the work 

 of that Survey. At the conclusion of the paper Sir John Thompson, 

 Mr. Daly, M P , and Dr. Selwyn took part in the discussion. The 

 comparative work and usefulness of the Geological Surveys of Canada 

 and the United States was an interesting as well as practical question to 

 statesmen of both countries. 



Altogether, the meetings were most successful and teeming with 

 interest. They were brought to a close with hopes of having another 

 similar gathering at no distant date. H. M. Ami. 



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