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south of this — at Ilderton — a boring was made through this shale formation which proved 

 only natural gas in a small quantity and upon being continued deeper, a bed of salt was 

 reached which is now being worked — the salt works being lit by the gas thus obtained. 

 Perhaps the most remarkable objects in the vicinity of Kettle Point are the globular 

 concretions of serai-crystalline limestone, ranging in diameter from two to six feet and of 

 an internal radical structure and bituminous in nature. Several specimens were obtained 

 and brought home by the party. In all these expeditions the lo^al collections have been 

 visited and their cabinets overhauled and exchanges made of duplicates. An interesting 

 point to Geologists is Thedford and its vicinity — the railway cutting close by abounds in 

 specimens of spirifers, orthoceras and fossil coi'als in gr%at abundance, Favosites Oyatho- 

 phyllum and Helliolites Halli. A fine collection of the local fossils has been made by the 

 Rev. Mr. Currie, the Presbyterian pastor. A great need of geological maps of the 

 peninsula has been felt to enable this society to carry on its work more thoroughly and pro- 

 fitably. The library on the other hand is well supplied with Geological literature which 

 this section highly appreciates, but would gladly welcome any additions of more recent 

 publications as they appear. The want of room greatly contracts the possibilities of the 

 society. It has now been felt, and the feeling is widely expressed, that the time has 

 arrived for the society as a whole to obtain more commodious premises, in order that not 

 only the parent Society should have more room for the display of its own fine collections 

 of insects (at present by no means shown to advantage owing to the difficulty of access by 

 three flights of stairs and the crowded condition in v>'hich they are arranged), but also that 

 the subsections might each have the opportunity of making a display of its collections. 

 This branch at least feels that from its progress and increase of numbers this is worthy of 

 the consideration of the parent Society. We have the honor to submit to this Society the 

 foregoing as our report for the year past. 



S. WooLVERTON, Chairman. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



The following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year : 



President — W. Hague Harrington, Ottawa. 

 Vice-President — J. Dearness, London. 

 Secretary — W. E. Saunders, London. 

 Treasurer — J. A. Balkwill, London. 

 i)/rec^ors— Division 1 — James Fletcher, F.L.S., F.R.S.C., Ottawa. 



2— Rev. C. J. S, Bethune, F.R.S.C, Port Hope. 

 *' 3 — Gamble Geddes, Toronto. 



" 4 — A. H. Kilman, Ridgeway. 



" 5 — R. W. Rennie, London. 



Librarian and Curator — J. Alston Moifat, London. 



Editor of the ^'Canadian Entomologist" — Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A., D.C.L., 

 Port Hope. 



Editinj Committee — J. Fletcher, Ottawa ; IT. H. Lyman, ^Montreal ; Rev. T. W. 

 Fyles, South Quebec ; J. M. Denton and J. H. Bowman, London. 

 ' Delegate to the Royal Society — Rev. T. W. Fyles, South Quebec. 

 Committee on Field Days — Dr Woolverton, Messrs. McClement, Elliott and Steven- 

 son, London, and one representative from each section. 



Auditors — J. H. Bowman and J. M. Denton, London. 



A paper was then read by the Rev. T. W. Fyles on " Entomological Mistakes of 

 Authors,' which was highly enjoyed and appreciated by all present. 



Mr. Fletcher drew attention to one point in the report of the Ornithological section 

 viz., the success achieved by devoting observations to one bird alone, and urged that this 

 principle should be adopted by Entomologists, so that each one might work out the life- 

 history of some particular insect. 



The meeting adjourned at 10.30 p.m. 



