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PUBLICATIONS. 



Bulletin XII will be issued shortly and sent to members. 

 It will be found a number of unusual interest. A number of 

 papers have been published in the daily press. 



The Council regret that limited means makes it impossible 

 to publish a larger Bulletin. 



GEOLOGY. 



The Geological Committee report some additions to the 

 museum. Special reference is made to a fine collection of fossils 

 from the drift of Bedfordshire, Great Britain, presented by 

 Charles R. Fisher. 



Geological work in the vicinity of St. John has been prose- 

 cuted by members of the Society, and by visitors from various 

 colleges and technical schools in the United States. Among 

 the former, one of our corresponding members, W. D. Matthew, 

 has during the past summer been pursuing his studies on the 

 volcanic rocks around St. John. 



Among the visitors who were here in the past year were 

 professors from Columbia College, Yale College, and the Institute 

 of Technology, Boston. 



GENERAL. 



During the year no summer camp was held, but many mem- 

 bers spent some time afield. Our president made a hasty visit 

 to the Devonian deposits at Lepreau Basin, with a view of hold- 

 ing a summer camp there next season. Vice-president Hay 

 made an excursion to the Upper St. John. Dr. Cox has been 

 working hard at his special work, and Mr. F. G. Berton and the 

 Secretary made a survey of the sea-shore plants in the vicinity 

 of St. John. 



We record with pleasure our hearty appreciation of the 

 support given to this Society by the ' ladies. In almost every 

 department of human activity women are showing that they are 

 capable of taking an advanced place. In England Miss Raisin 

 and Miss Crane, and in the United States Miss Rosa Englemann 

 have done scientific work of great merit, and won a recognized 

 place in the world of science. And it is a matter for congratula- 

 tion that we have in our midst some ladies who have done good 

 local work in natural science. 



The Society gave a conversazione to the members of the 

 New Brunswick Educational Institute, which met last June in 

 this city. About 500 were present, and a very pleasant evening 



