XLVIII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



At the meetings of the club subjects chosen beforehand are illustrated by original compositions 

 of the members. 



Nineteen meetings have been held and the following subjects treated : " A Rainy Daj'," " The 

 Coffee House," "Remorse," "Saul," "Idleness," "Summer," "Shadow," " Champlain," "Un Début," 

 "The Sea Serpent," "Faith," "Wine," "Immortality," "The Theatre," "Ghosts," "The Street," 

 " Spring," which were illustrated by 49 sketches in oils, 14 sketches in black and white, 2 sketches 

 in pastel, 1 sketch in water colour, 47 compositions in verse, 28 essays and tales in prose. 



The membership, which numbers nineteen, is composed of eight professional artists and eleven 

 littérateurs and ability to contribute original work is an indispensable qualification for election to 

 the club. 



XL — From The Nova Scotia Institute of Science, through Mr. Maynard Bowman. 



Ill October last the Institute of Natural Science— for twenty-nine years an incorporated body — 

 ratified by vote the act of incorporation, as well as a change of title, the word " Natural " being elim- 

 inated and thus widening its field of action. 



The following papers have been read before the society, and will probably be all published in its 

 'Transactions:' 



1. Notes on the Surface Geology of South-Western Nova Scotia, by Prof. L. W. Bailey, M.A., 



Ph.D. 



2. Experiments made on Stone from Cumberland County, N. S., by N. E. Cooper, Resident 



Engineer, Bridge Works, Forth. 



3. Steam Boiler Tests as a Means of Determining the Calorific Value of Fuels, by D. W. Robb, 



Esq., Amherst, N. S. 



4. The Magdalen Islands, by Rev. G. Patterson, D.D. 



5. Poverty Superseded — a New Political Economy, by A. P. Reid, M.A. 



6. Contributions to Nova Scotia Botany, Part I, by Prof. G. Lawson, Ph. D., LL.D. 



7. Remarks on the Coating of Iron and Steel Articles with Magnetic Oxide, by John Forbes, Esq. 



8. Analyses of Nova Scotia Coal and other Minerals, by E. Gilpin, M.A., F.G.S. 



9. Railway Construction, by W. B. Mackenzie, Esq. 



10. Fertilizers on Sandy Soils, by Prof. H. W. Smith, B.Sc. 



11 . On the Variation, with Concentration of the Density of Dilute Solutions of Cobalt and Nickel 



Sulphates, by A. M. Morrison, A.B. 



12. A Lecture Experiment, illustrating the Concentration of Solutions, by Prof. McGregor, D.Sc. 



13. Pictou Island, by A. H. McKay, B.Sc. 



14. Simple Proof of the Completeness of the Differential ^ in Thermodynamics, by Prof. 



McGregor, D.Sc. 



15. Specific Gravities, etc., of Building Stone supplied by the Chignecto Marine Railway, by H. 



G. C. Ketchum, Esq. 



16. Notes on Some Explosions in the Coal Mines of Nova Scotia, by E. Gilpin, M.A., F.G.S. 

 It. Notes on Nova Scotian Zoology, No. 2, by H. Piers, Esq. 



The exchange list, numbering approximately 260, has been well maintained, a satisfactory increase 

 being perceptible. 



The membership, though not largely increased, compares favourably with former years, while a, 

 wider interest is being manifested throughout the pi'ovince and elsewhere. 



