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Geology, and Ecotiomic J\Ii)iera/s of Catiada" by G. A. Young 

 {8vo. , Ottawa, 1909), and *''• Catalogue of Canadian Birds." [new 

 ed.] by J. IVIacoun and J. M. Macoun (8vo., Ottawa, 1909), 

 presented by the Geological Survey of Canada; " Catalogue du 

 Cabinet JVumisinatigue..." 2nd ed. (4to., Harlem, 1909), pre- 

 sented by the Fondation Teyler a Harlem ; " The Free Atmo- 

 sphere in the Region oj the British Jsles,'' by W. H. Dines and 

 W. N. Shaw (4to., London, 1909), presented by the Meteoro- 

 logical Office of London ; " The British Freshwater Rhizopoda 

 and Heliozoa" vol. 2, by J. Cash and J. Hopkinson (8vo., 

 London, 1909), purchased from the Ray Society; "■Reports to 

 the Evolution Committee. Report F." (8vo, London, 1909), 

 presented by the Royal Society ; " Unwritten Literature of 

 Hawaii..." collected and translated by N. B. Emerson (8vo, 

 Washington, 1909), and *' Tlingit Myths and Texts," recorded 

 by J. R. Swanton (8vo., Washington, 1909), presented by the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology; ^''Catalogue of the Library of 

 the Atnerican Mathematical Society" (8vo., New York, 1910), 

 presented by the American Mathematical Society; '■'■ Die bauge- 

 schichtliche Entwickelung von Kamenz,^' von Dr. Lig. W. Scheibe 

 (4to., Gorlitz, 1909), " Geschichte der Rittergiiter u. Dorfer 

 Lomnitz u. Bohra^'' von P. R. Doehler (8vo., Gorlitz, [1909]), 

 '\ . . Friedrich von Uechiritz als dramatischer Dichter" von W. 

 Steitz (8vo., Gorlitz, 1909), and Codex Diplomaticus Lusaiiae 

 Superioris LLL. .." Hft. HI., von Dr. R. Jecht (8vo., Gorlitz, 

 £909), presented by the Oberlausitzische Gesellschaft der 

 Wissenschaften, Gorlitz. 



Mr. D. M. S. Watson, B.Sc, and Mr. J. H. Wolfenden, 

 B.Sc, were nominated auditors of the Society's accounts for 

 the session 1909-1910. 



Mr. C. E. Stromeyer, M.List.C.E., exhibited a few samples 

 of mild steel which had been immersed in hot caustic soda. 

 Those samples which were subjected to compression stresses 

 retained their ductility, whereas those which had been subjected 

 to tension stresses were of a brittle nature. 



