.^P* The Editors of this Journal are responsible only for such 

 communications as bear their names or initials. 



EDITING COMMITTEE. 

 Acting Editor. — J. F. Whitbaves, F.G.S 



J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.K.S. 



T. Sterry Hunt, LL.D., F.K.S 



C. Smallwood, M.D., LL.D., D.C.L 



E. Billings, F.G.S. 



P. P. Carpenter, B.A., Ph. D. 



David A. P. Watt. 



J. B. Edwards, Ph. D., D.C.L., Chairman. 



CORRESPONDING EDITORS. 



Halifax, N. S.— Prof. G. Lawson, Ph. D., LL.D. 

 St. Johns, N.B.— G. F. Matthew, F.G.S. : London, Ont. — W. Saunders. 



Entered, according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand 

 eight hundred and seventy-two, by Dawson Brothers, in the Office of the 

 Minister of Agriculture. 



