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Dr. Donald Baynes and Mr. P. S. Ross were elected members 

 of the Society. 



A paper by Prof. H. Y. Hind, M.A., " on some Geological 

 Features of the Northern Labrador coast," was then read by the 

 Rec. Secretary. This will be found on page 262. 



A discussion ensued, in which the President, Mr. Selwyn, and 

 other members took part. 



5th Monthly Meeting, held March 26th, 1877. 



Mr. W. Kennedy was elected a member of the Society. 



A number of photographs of inscriptions from Easter Island,, 

 of the Datives, &c, of the same locality, were presented by the 

 President on behalf of D. Robertson, Esq., and exhibited at the 

 meeting. 



A paper entitled " Notes on Elevation of the Land in British 

 Columbia," was then read by Mr. G. M. Dawson. 



Principal Dawson made a communication explanatory of the 

 photographs of inscriptions, &c, from Easter Island, previously 

 mentioned. 



A paper from a gentleman resident in India, being a series of 

 miscellaneous Natural History notes, was also read by the Rec. 

 Secretary. 



The proceedings were closed by the passing of a vote of thanks- 

 to thd authors of the papers read. 



6th Monthly Meeting, held April 30th, 1877. 



Mr. J. L. Macpherson was elected a resident member, and 

 Count de Premio Real (Vice Consul for Spain at Quebec), a 

 corresponding member of the Society. 



The Rec. Secretary then read a paper by Dr. P. P. Carpenter 

 " on the proposed alterations in the rules of the British Associa- 

 tion for Zoological nomenclature." 



Comments on some of the points raised in this communication 

 were made by the President, the Rec. Secretary, and others, but 

 the views advocated by Dr. Carpenter were on the whole approved 

 by the meeting. 



Dr. Harrington presented the second part of Prof. Hind's 

 paper on the Geology of the N. E. coast of Labrador, which was 

 laid on the table and taken as read. 



