254 The Ottawa Naturalist. [February 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION OF 

 THE OTTAWA FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB, 

 " FOR THE YEAR 1901-1902. 



Addressed to the Council of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, 



In presenting to the Council the Report of the work done by 

 the members of the Geological Branch of the Club during the past 

 year, the latter desire to state that considerable progress has been 

 made, much additional material has been obtained, and reports as 

 well as papers published during the past year bearing on the 

 geology of the Ottawa district, and that though there were not 

 many excursions held, the number of small working parties and 

 sub-excursions did not fall very short of any previous year in the 

 history of the Club. 



The numerous excavations and openings for drainage and 

 sewage purposes have continued to give to the student of geology 

 in our midst a fine opportunity to obtain excellent material, espe- 

 cially of fossils. 



A pleasurable feature of the sub-excursions has been the good 

 attendance of members as well as of student of different educa- 

 tional institution:; in our citv. Several new members were elected 

 from amongst occasional attendants at our geological sub-excur- 

 sions in former years. Some of the ladies and gentlemen present 

 at the outing-s have been able to secure quite a series of interesting 

 specimens, most of which have been named by one or other of the 

 leaders of the Geological Branch of our Club, and they now form 

 part of private or public cabinets where geological collections are 

 kept. 



Amongst those who took a prominent part in the work of this 

 section last year may be mentioned : Mr. W. J. Wilson, Ph.B., of 

 the Geological Survey Department, who never fails to be present 

 and usually brings with him quite a following ; Mr. I. Kendall, of 

 the Macdonald School of Manual Training, and also Dr. F. Slater 

 Jackson, late assistant in Biology at McGill University, who, 

 on several occasions last summer, accompanied our branch and ob- 

 tained interesting suites of fossils which were all determined for 

 him before he left the city. A number of younger members of the 



