CXX ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



The King's County Branch of the Institute, Wolfville, IST.S., which 

 "Was organized in 1901, did not meet during the session. 



Meetings were held from October, 190-1, until May, 1905. The 

 following papers were communicated during the session: — 



1.—" Presidential Address," by H. S. Poole, D.Sc, F.G.S. 



2. — " Pre-Cambrian Volcanic Bombs from near Lake Ainslie," by 



H. S. Poole, D.Sc, F.G.S. 

 3. — " A Determination of the Elements of the Earth's Magnetism 

 at Halifax, N.S., August, 1904,'' by Prof. S. M. Dixon, 

 M.A., B.A.I. 

 4. — " The Volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands," by Prof. J. E. 



Woodman, D.Sc. 

 5.—" Edible Wild Plants and Berries of Nova Scotia," by Walter 



H. Prest. 

 8. — " A Structural Analysis of the Goldenville Anticline, Guys- 

 borough Co., X.S.," by F. H. McLearn. 

 9.—" Notes on Crj^stallized Gold," by Prof. J. E. Woodman, D.Sc. 

 10.—" Detection of Vanished Coastal Plains," by Prof. J. E. Wood- 

 man, D.Sc. 

 11. — " Phonological Observations, Canada, 1904," by A. H. MacKay, 



LL.D., F.R.S.C. 

 12.—" Meteorological Notes," by F. W. W. Doane. 

 13.— "Weathering of Building Stone in Halifax," by Prof. J. E. 

 Woodman, D.Sc. 



VI. — From The Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club, through 

 Dr. S. B. SiisrcLAiR. 



In accordance with instructions from the executive of the Clul) 

 and in response to your very kind request, I respectfully beg leave to 

 submit the following report. 



This Society, which was organized in March, 1879, and affiliated 

 with the Eoyal Society in May, 1882, still preserves its identit}', and 

 after twenty-six years of effective work, finds itself with larger mem- 

 bership, greater activity and wider possibilities than at any previous 

 period of its history. The follomng is a brief résumé of the work of 

 the year : — 



Programme of ^Vinter Soirees, 1904-5. 

 1904. 

 Dec. IG. — Address, by Principal J. F. White, of the Normal School. 

 The President's x\ddress. W. T. î.Iacoun. 

 " Animal Life in the Hudson Bay Pegion." Andrew Halkett. 



