PROCEEDINGS FOE 1891, XVII 



Reports of Affiliated Societies. 



The Acting Secretary again read the list of aflBliated societies and the following reports were 

 submitted by their respective delegates: — 



I. — From The Nova Scotia Historical Society, Halifax, N.S., through Mr. F. Blake Ckofton. 

 The following papers were read before the Society during the season 1890-9] : — 



Date. Title of Paper. Author. 



1890. Nov. IS — Early Reminiscences of Halifax {continued)... V^tev Lynch, Q.C. 



Dec. 9— Historical Note on John Crowne Prof. A. McMeehan, Ph.D. 



1891. Jan. 15 — Richard John Uniacke Hon. L. G. Power (Senator), 



Jan. 20 — The Portuguese on the northeast coast of 



North America (part 1) Geo. Patterson, D.D., F.R.S.C. 



Feb. 10— Do. (part 2) Do. 



March 10 — Facts and Enquiries Concerning the Early 



History of Agriculture in Nova Scotia. Geo. Lawson, LL.D., F.R.S.C, etc. 



The society has suffered an irreparable loss in the death of Dr. T. B. Akins on the 6th of this 

 month. A short account of his life and work will appear in the seventh volume of the Society's 

 ' Transactions,' which is now in press. His valuable and unique collection of books and pamphlets 

 connected with British North America has been generously bequeathed to the Society. 



II.— From The New Brunswick Natural History Society, St. John, N.B., through Mr. G. U. Hat. 



I have the honour to communicate, as the delegate of the New Brunswick Natural History 

 Society, the following report : — 



During the past year, by the closing of the affairs of the St. John Mechanics' Institute, its large 

 collection of natural history objects and antiquities have come into possession, by purchase, of this 

 Society. This addition to the Society's museum gives it a much greater value, especially from a 

 historical point of view, as the museum recently acquired embraces collections made by Dr. Gesner, 

 who was ajjpointed by the Government of New Brunswick to make a geological survey of the Pro- 

 vince at a time when geology was in its infancy. This was the first survey undertaken by any Pro- 

 vince in Canada, or, perhaps, by any British colony. 



The following jiapers have been communicated to the Society during the past year : — 



Geology, with experiments, by G. F. Matthew, M.A. 

 Economical Mollusca of Acadia, W. F. Ganong, M.A. 



Notes on the Watershed between New Bi-unswick and Quebec, L. W. Bailej-, Ph.D. 

 Notes on Plant Life, with experiments, G. U. Hay, Ph.B. 

 A Sketch of the Life of the Late Prof. Ch. Fred. Hartt, G. F. Matthew, M.A. 

 India Rubber and its Uses in the Arts, Jas. A. Estey. 



The Growth of our Knowledge of the Invertebrates of Acadia and Newfoundland, W. F. 

 Ganong, M.A. 



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