No. 1.] NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 7 



A discussion ensued, in which the President, Mr. Leslie, Mr. 

 Marler and Mr. E. E. Shelton took part. 



3rd Monthly Meeting, held Feb. 1st, 1875. (This meeting 

 was also adjourned from Jan. 25th, 1875.) 



Mr. James Esplin was elected a member of the Society. 



Mr. G. M. Dawson read a paper entitled : " On the Superficial 

 Features and Geology of the Plains, from the Lake of the Woods 

 to the Rocky Mountains." 



Supplementary remarks on this topic were then made by Mr. 

 Selwyn, Prof. Bell and Principal Dawson. 



4th Monthly Meeting, held Feb. 22nd, 1875. 



Dr. G. A. Baynes and Messrs G. W. Reed, J. G. Bowles and 

 W. Cowie were elected resident members. 



Principal Dawson made a communication on two Indian 

 Skulls recently obtained by Mr. Richardson from the vicinity of 

 Victoria, Vancouver Island. 



At the request of the President, the Rev. J. B. Good, of 

 British Columbia, made some remarks on this subject and on 

 the distribution of the Indian Tribes on the N. W. Coast. 



Dr. P. P. Carpenter gave an account of a collection of Sea 

 Shells made by Mr. Richardson in the Gulf of Georgia. 



Mr. Whiteaves also commented on other marines invertebrates 

 from that region, which were exhibited at the meeting. 



Remarks on Mr. Richardson's collection were also made by 

 the President, by Principal Dawson and Mr. G. M. Dawson. 



5th Monthly Meeting, held March 29th, 1875. 



Dr. G. B. Shaw was elected a resident member. 



Mr. Whiteaves read a paper on some Algse, Marine Inverte- 

 brates and Cretaceous Fossils from British Columbia. 



6th Monthly Meeting, held April 26th, 1875. 



Messrs. R. Stanley Clark Bagg; David Aikman, J. Hedley, 

 H. McLaren and G. Sumner were elected members. 



Mr. E. B. Caulfield read a paper on Insect Life in the vicinity 

 of Montreal. 



Remarks on this topic were made by Messrs. Marler, White- 

 aves and other members. 



Mr. R. W. McLachlan also read a paper on Indian Stone 

 Pipes. 



Some discussion ensued, and the proceedings terminated by 

 the passing of a vote of thanks to the lecturers. 



