18 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Feb. 



In concluding this paper, I venture to hope that some of the 

 facts which it relates concerning the mines of Portage Lake will 

 be found useful in detecting the presence of remunerative cupri- 

 ferous beds on the Canadian shore of the lake. The existence of 

 such there can scarcely be doubted, and it is equally certain that 

 if the same energy, intelligence and capital were employed in their 

 developement as on those of Portage Lake, the north shore, 

 now a wilderness, would soon become studded with towns as flour- 

 ishing and populous as those which now ornament the south 

 shore. 



Acton Vale, C. E., January 3, 1866. 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 

 MONTHLY MEETINGS. 



At the first monthly meeting convened at the rooms of the 

 Society on Monday evening September 25, and at the second held 

 Monday evening October 30, only routine business was done. The 

 following donations were announced : — 



TO THE LIBRARY. 



The Statutes of Canada, for 1865 : from the Provincial Govern- 

 ment. 



Journal of Education, L. C. ; from the Superintendent. 



United States Coast Survey Report ; from the Superintendent. 



Report of the Smithsonian Institute ; from the Director. 



Statistics of U. S. Commerce ; from Secretary Chase. 



Notes on Selandria Cerasi ; from Prof. Winchell. 



Report on the Geological Survey of the Province of Canter- 

 bury, by Julius Haast, F. G. S. ; from the author. 



Animals of N. A., by H. B. Small, (2 copies) ; from the author. 



Journal of Prison Discipline, Philadelphia. 



Diagnosis of new Gasteropods, by Dr. Stimpson ; from the 

 author. 



Report of the Northern Home for friendless children, Phila- 

 delphia. 



Calendar of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. 



Pre-Historic Man, by Dr. Wilson ; from the author. 



Descriptions of new fossils, by Prof. Winchell ; from the author. 



Pennsylvania School Report for 1865. 



