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Article I. — Remarks on the Geographical Distribution of the 

 Cruciferse throughout the British possessions in 



North America ; by G. Barnston, 1 



II.— Fish Manures ; by T. S. Hunt, F.R.S., 13 



III. — Additional Notes on the Post-Pliocene Deposits of 



the St. Lawrence Valley ; by Dr. Dawson, 23 



IV. — Report on the Fisheries of the Gulf of St. Lawrence ; 



by M. H. Perley, 40 



V. — On the Cold Term of January, 1859 ; by Charles 



Smallwood, M.D., LL.D., 81 



VI. — Report on the Fisheries of the Gulf of St. Lawrence; 



by M. H. Perley, 84 



VII. — Catalogue of Canadian Plants in the Holmes' Herb- 

 arium, 100 



VII. — Geographical distribution of the Genus JUlium in 



British North America; by G. Barnston, 116 



VIII. — On the Generation of Sounds by Canadian Insects ; 



by Dr. Gibb, 121 



IX. — On some new genera and species of Brachiopoda ; by 



E. Billings, F.G.S.. 131 



X. — On the Variable Illuminating Power of Coal Gas ; 



by Prof. Aikin, 136 



XI. — On the Microscopic Structure of some Canadian 



Limestones ; by J. W. Dawson, LL.D., 161 



XII. — On Ozone. By Charles Smallwood, M.D., LL.D., 169 



XIII. — On the relative value of human life in different parts 



of Canada ; by P. P. Carpenter, B.A., 1*73 



XIV. — On a specimen of Aboriginal Pottery in the Museum 



of the Natural History Society of Montreal, 186 



XV. — On the Indian Tribes of McKenzie River district and 



the Arctic Coast, 190 



XVI. — On the Natural History of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 

 and the distribution of the Mollusca of Eastern Ca- 

 nada ; by Robert Bell, jr., 19*7 



XVII. — Geological Survey of Canada — Figures and Descrip- 

 tions of Canadian Organic Remains, 220 



XVIII. — On the Natural History of the Gulf of St. Lawrence ; 



by Robert Bell, jr., 241 



XIX. — Observations on the Natural History of the Valley of 

 the River Rouge r and surrounding townships in the 

 Counties of Argenteuil and Ottawa ; by W. S. M. 



D'Urban, 252 



XX. — Contributions to Meteorology, — from observations 

 taken at St. Martin, Isle Jesus, Canada East ; by 



Charles Smallwood, M.D., LL.D., 276 



XXI.— The Oxford Museum ; by H. W. Acland, M.D., and 



John A. Ruskin, M.A. [From the Athenaeum.] . . . 280 

 XXII. — American Association for the Advancement of Science, 289 

 XXIII. — Description of a new genus of Brachiopoda, and on the 



genus Cyrtodonta ; by E. Billings, F.G.S., 301 



XXIV. — On a new species of Stickleback (Gasterosteus gym- 



netes) ; by J. W. Dawson, LL.D., 321 



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