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THE MUSEUM. 



an expert's knowledge the ancient rocks 

 of the Canadian region. Prof. L. C. 

 Miall presided over the Zoological Sec- 

 tion, and his address was devoted chief- 

 ly to the elucidation of mooted points 

 in zoology and to a general summary 

 of the progress of his chosen science. 

 Section E, which is devoted to Geogra- 

 phy, is always a popular section, and 

 thisyear the well-known editor of the 

 "Statesman's Year Book," Dr. J. Scott 

 Keltic, was its president. He spoke 

 of the function and field of geography, 

 and then took up the various geograph- 

 ical problems still unsolved, discussing 

 in detail the regions yet to be explored. 

 Prof. E. C. K. Conner of the Univer- 

 sity College in Liverpool presided over 

 the Section on Economic Science and 

 Statistics. His address was presented 

 by a substitute, and dealt chiefly with 

 the labor question. Section G is de- 

 voted to Mechanical Science, and its 

 president was G. F. Deacon. He dis- 

 cussed how to prevent the unneces- 

 sary waste of energy which may occur 

 in the process of mental development 

 of the men who are to succeed us in 

 the great work of the future. The Sec- 

 tion on Anthropology was presided over 

 by Prof. Sir William Turner, whose 

 subject was: "Some Distinctive Char- 

 acters on Human Structure." Section 

 I, on Physiology, was presided over by 

 Prof. Michael Foster, who reviewed 

 the developments in physiological 

 science since the meeting in Montreal 

 in 1884. The Section on Botany was 

 presided over by Prof. H. Marshall 

 Ward of Cambridge. His address 

 dealt chiefly with the recent advances 

 in physiological botan}-. 



After the delivery of the addresses 

 the sections settled down to tho read- 

 ing of papers, reception of reports and 

 other routine business. An early ad- 

 journment was had, and in the after- 

 noon the visitors and their friends were 

 entertained at a garden party given by 

 the I-ioyal Canadian Yacht Club at the 

 Island clubhouse, opposite the city. 

 The exercises of the day culminated in 

 the brilliant reception given by their 



Excellencies Lord and Lady Aberdeen 

 in the Council Chamber of the Ontario- 

 Parliament Building. The members' 

 desks had been removed for the occa- 

 sion, and after being presented to the 

 reeving party, which also included Lord 

 and Lady Lister, Lord Kelvin and Sir 

 John Evans, the members gathered in 

 groups about the room. 



By Friday the sections were well or- 

 ganized, and across the beautiful cam- 

 pus of the University of Toronto might 

 be seen the interested scientists wend- 

 ing their way in search of some special 

 speaker. Lord Kelvin spoke on "The 

 Fuel and Air Supply of the World" be- 

 fore a crowded audience in Section A. 

 Prof. Ramsay told of his discovery of 

 helium in Section B. Prince Kropotin 

 was the "lion" in Section C. Prof Os- 

 born, of Columbia University, New 

 York, was an early speaker in Section 

 D, and others on their respective spec- 

 ialties were heard in their proper sec- 

 tions. 



An interesting event on Friday was 

 a special convocation of the Senate of 

 Toronto University in Horticultural 

 Pavillion for the purpose of conferring 

 the degree of L L. D. on Lord I\elvin, 

 Lord leister and Sir John Evans, each 

 of whom was inducted to the alumni of 

 the university by appropriate speech- 

 es of presentation, followed by equally 

 appropriate remarks of acceptance by 

 the candidates. Prof. Wolcott Gibbs. 

 and Lord Rayleigh was also invited to 

 receive the honor, but were absent. 

 Garden parties were the entertain- 

 ments provided for the late afternoon, 

 and in the evening occurred the brill- 

 iant lecture of Prof. W. C. Roberts- 

 Austen on "Canada's Metals," in the 

 course of which many interesting ex- 

 periments were performed, including 

 the combustion of gold and other ele- 

 ments in the electric furnace, with the 

 results shown to the audience on the 

 screen. 



Saturday was, for the most part, de- 

 voted to excursions, the principal trips 

 being across the lake to Niagara Falls, 

 and to the Muskoka Lakes. The for- 



