APPENDIX — REPORT OF KINGS COUNTY SOCIETY. 179 



KINGS COUNTY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



(Organized at Sussex, Kings County, N. B., October 2nd, 1897.) 



The society had for president Mr. Robert King, A. B., until 

 September 3rd, 1898, when he resigned on account of moving to Mon- 

 treal, and Inspector R. P. Steeves, A. B., was elected president. 



During the year closed October 1st, 1898, the society held ten 

 regular meetings. 



The work of the year has been along the lines of collecting speci- 

 mens and reading of papers on scientific subjects. There have been 

 added to the scientific collections, eighty specimens in the five 

 branches, as follows : Geology and Mineralogy, 24 ; Entomology, 20 ; 

 Ornithology, 16 ; Zoology, 4 ; and Botany, 16. 



During the year the following papers were read before the society : 



Sea Plants in the Interior of New Brunswick, by R. King, A. B. 



Plaster of Paris Methods in Blow Pipe Analysis, by R. King, A. B. 



The Chicadees, by H. J. Petty. 



A Canoe Voyage on the Restigouehe. by G. U. Hay. 



Our Winter Birds, by W. N. Big-gar. 



An Ice Age, by W. A. Alward, A. B. 



The Structure and Characteristics of Birds, by Dr. S. H. Langstroth. 



Spring Birds, by W. N. Biggar. 



Spring Flowers of Kings County, by Milton Price. 



Characteristics of the Frog, by Annie White. 



The society has a registry department, with four divisions, for re- 

 cording observations in — Migrating of Birds, Leafing and Flowering of 

 Plants, Changes in Weather, and Observations in Insect Life. Each 

 division is under the management of an officer elected by the society. 



During the year the society received as donations a number of 

 books from members, a set of Bulletins and Bye-Laws from the N. B. 

 N. H. Society, and a fine miscroscope from Mr. E. A. Charters. 



Regular meetings are held in the Oddfellows' Hall the 1st Satur- 

 dav in each month, a 8 o'clock p. m. 



WM. N. BIGGAR, 



Secretary. 



