PROCEEDINGS FOR 1901 XLV 
4.— Note on the Basic Chlorides of Lead, Antimony and Copper.” 
by Prof. W. Lash-Miller and Dr. F. B. Kendrick: 
5.—“ On the Occurrence of Free Ammonia in Saline Waters,” by 
Prof. Hay Eases butt. 
6.—“ Discharge of Electricity from Glowing Bodies,” by Prof. 
E. Rutherford. 
7.— Preliminary note on a Method of Determining the Effec- 
tive Length of a Reversible Seconds Pendulum,” by Prof. C. H. 
McLeod. 
The officers elected for the ensuing year are: 
President—Dr. R. F. Ruttan. 
Vice-President—Prof. W. L. Goodwin. 
Secretary—E. Deville. 

E. DEVILLE, 
Ottawa, 22nd May, 1901. Secretary. 
Report of Section LV. 
Section IV begs to report that it has held six interesting sessions 
for the transaction of business and the discussion of papers, at which 
seventeen Fellows, or members of the Section, were present, besides a 
number of visitors. 
Fifteen papers were read, presented or taken as read, of which 
fourteen have been recommended for publication in the Transactions of 
the Society, as follows :— 
1.—Presidential Address: “Observations on Phenological Records,” 
by Dr. A. H. MacKay. 
2.—“Sir John William Dawson—In Memoriam” (by request of the 
Royal Society at its meeting in 1900), from the pen of Dr. F. D. 
Adams, to which is appended a complete list of Sir William’s writings, 
compiled by Dr. H. M. Ami. 
3.—“Jacques-Philippe Cornuti. Notes pour servir à l’histoire des 
sciences au Canada,” par Mgr. Laflamme. 
Cornuti a publié à Paris, en 1635, un volume qui renferme la 
description d’un bon nombre de plantes canadiennes. Il n’est jamais 
venu au Canada; ses études ont été faites d’après des échantillons 
vivant dans de jardin des Robins, à Paris. Le but de cette note est 
d’abord de rechercher par qui les plantes canadiennes avaient été trans- 
portées à Paris, si tôt après la fondation de Québec, et ensuite, 
d’examiner toutes ces descriptions et de déterminer la synonimie entre 
la nomenclature de Cornuti et la nomenclature actuelle. 
