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mer excursion attracted the geologists, 

 who were fortunate in having as their 

 guide Mr. Grove K. Gilbert of the 

 United States Geological Survey, who 

 has known the history of that coun- 

 try from his boyhood. The chemists 

 and mechanical engineers visited the 

 great power works and the adjoin- 

 ing works of carborundum and alumi- 

 num. 



A popular lecture for the working 

 men of Toronto was delivered in the 

 evening in the Pavilion, Horticultural 

 Garden, on "British New Guinea: 

 The Country, Its People, and the Prob- 

 lems Which the Region Offers to Na- 

 turalists and Geographers," and with 

 that event the active operations of the 

 association came to an end for the 

 week. 



On Monday the sections resumed 

 their routine work of reading papers. 

 Those before the geographical section 

 included several on the "Geography of 

 North America," and among those who 

 presented the same were Marcus Baker, 

 F. H. Newell and T. C. Underhail, 

 all well known among our American 

 scientists. An interesting feat was the 

 preparation of fluorine gas before the 

 chemical section by Prof. Meslaus, the 

 chief assistant of Prof. Moissan. This 

 was the first time that this element 

 was ever made on the American conti- 

 nent. Members of the section on geol- 

 ogy devoted their afternoon to an ex- 

 cursion to Scarboro Heights for the 

 purpose of studying the glacial and 

 inter-giacial deposits at that point. 

 Several garden parties were given dur- 

 ing the afternoon, including one by 

 Prof. Goldwin Smith and one by Prof. 

 London of the Toronto University. 

 In the evening Prof. J. Milne deliver- 

 ed the second lecture of the associa- 

 tion in Massey Hall. His subject was 

 "Volcanoes and Earthquakes." 



The most interesting papers pre- 

 sented on Tuesday included one on 

 "The Economic Geography of Rho- 

 desia by F. C. Selous, the famous 

 hunter and e.xplorer, delivered before 

 the Geographical section, also papers 



on "The Relation of the Employment 

 of Women and Children to That of 

 Men" by Carroll D. Wright of the 

 United States Department of Labor; 

 ' The Theory of Economic Choice" by- 

 F. H. Goldings of Columbia Univer- 

 sity, and "The Trade of the United 

 States With the World" by Worthing- 

 ton C. P'ord were read before the sec- 

 tion on economics. In the section of 

 physics, Tesla's paper ' 'On a New Elec- 

 trical Oscillator" attracted more than 

 usual interest. Indeed, Tuesday seems 

 to have been largely devoted to the 

 presentation of papers by scientists 

 from this side of the border. Mention 

 must be made finally of the paper by 

 Prof. Putnam, the president-elect of 

 the American association. He outlined 

 the scientific research now being made 

 among the Indians as to Asiatic con- 

 tact by the Jesup expedition sent out 

 by the American Museum of Natural 

 History of New York city. In the 

 afternoon the authorities of Trinity 

 University met and conferred the hon- 

 orary degrees of D. C. L. on Sir John 

 Evons, Lord Lister, Lord Kelvin, Prof. 

 James H. Bryce, Sir William Turner 

 and Sir George Robertson, the hero of 

 Chitral. The exercises were witness- 

 ed by a number of the members, and sev- 

 eral excellent addresses were made, 

 including one by Lord Aberdeen. A 

 conversazione was held in the univer- 

 sity buildings during the evening, and 

 although a slight rain prevailed, nearly 

 3,000 guests met in the building and 

 passed a pleasant e\ening in renew- 

 ing old acquaintances or forming new 

 ones, while excellent programmes of 

 vocal and instrumental music were 

 rendered. 



Wednesday was the final day of the 

 association, and the morning was de- 

 voted to the papers that had not as 

 yet been read, or in special excursions 

 to places of scientific interest in the 

 vicinity of Toronto; thus the zoologists 

 and botanists made a joint excursion to 

 the Humber Valley. The concluding 

 general meeting was held in the early 

 afternoon in the students' gymnasium. 



