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The following elementary lectures were delivered : 



1896. 



Jan. . Eygpt. By Emma C. Fiske. 



Felx The Microscope. By Dr. W. W. White. 



Mar. On Plants. Geo. U. Hay. 



Apr. On Birds. Philip Cox. 



Sept. Habits of Birds. W. Albert Hickman. 



MUSEUM. 



The birds have received considerable attention from Messrs. 

 W. A. Hickman and Alfred Morrisey. Dr. Philip Cox, John 

 Moser and W. A. Hickman made use of the museum in their 

 work last summer. 



The archaeological collection in Case No. 1 was re-arranged 

 and catalogued, and further reforms in the labelling are contem- 

 plated. The Committee on Archaeology repoi-t several accessions. 

 The Field Columbian Museum sent twenty-three pieces of pre- 

 historic pottery in exchange for Devonian fossils ; the Director 

 of the U. S. National Museum sent a collection of casts of pre- 

 historic weapons, ornaments, etc., and Judge DesBrisay of 

 Bridgewater, N. S., donated some fragments of pottery from 

 Nova Scotia. 



GEOLOGY. 



The report of the Committee on Geology desci-ibes some 

 researches made ,by the Messrs. Matthew in the Cambrian rocks 

 of the Long Reach and Kennebecasis Yalleys. 



BOTANY. 



The Botanical Committee report that a preliminary list of the 

 New Brunswick mosses had been prepared by Mr. John Moser 

 which will be published in the Bulletin at an early date. 



A number of tlowering plants new to the province were 

 found by W. F. Ganong and G. U. Hay in their trip down the 

 Restigouche. These were published in Bulletin XIY. 



ECONOMICS. 



The Council have drawn the attention of the Department of 

 Public Works of Canada to the desirability of establishing in 

 the Dominion a plant for creosoting timber. The creosoted 

 timber used in the construction of public works in the Mari- 

 time Provinces is at present imported from the United States at 

 large expense. The process, too, by which this timber is treated 

 is not reliable, and the Department has been recommended to 



