CVIII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
society, and the subject having been referred to section three for con- 
sideration, the section reports in favour of the following resolution : 
“Having reference to the unification of the nautical and astron- 
omical and civil days, so that all may begin everywhere at midnight, as 
contemplated by the sixth resolution of the Washington International 
conference of 1884, and to the present state of the question as set forth 
in the accompanying memorandum, and having reference to the views of 
astronomers, that the proposal can, with least difficulty, be carried into 
effect on the first day of January, 1901, and to the necessity of nautical 
ephemerides being prepared several years in advance, this society desires 
to express the opinion that it is in the interests of science and seamen in 
all parts of the world that a final determination be speedily reached, and 
hereby requests the council, in the name and on behalf of the society, to 
adopt such measures as may be considered expedient to bring about the 
desired result.” 
The papers read are : 
1.—“ Note on an Attempt to Measure the Relative Easterly and 
Westerly Transmission Times through an Atlantic Cable,” 
by Prof. C. H. McLeod. 
— ‘On the Estimation of Starch,’ by Thomas Macfarlane. 
3.—* Viscosity in Liquids and Instruments for its Measurement,” by 
Anthony MeGill, M.A., presented by Mr. Macfarlane. 
4.—On some Application of DeMoire’s Formule,’ by Prof. N. F. 
Dupuis. 
5.—“On the Hypotheses of Abstract Dynamics,” by Prof. J. G. 
MacGregor. 
6.—‘ On the Mirage at Kingston,” by Prof. N. F. Dupuis. 
7.—* The Chemical Composition of Andradite from two Localities 
in Ontario,’ by Prof. B. J. Harrington. 
8.—‘‘ Note on Secondary Undulations Recorded by Self Registering 
Tide Gauges and on Exceptional Tides in Relation to Wind 
and Barometer,” by W. Bell Dawson, C.E. Communicated 
by Prof. Johnson. 
9.— Observations of Temperature Changes of the Soil at various 
Depths with Electrical Resistance, Thermometers made at 
the McDonald Physics Building, McGill University, Mon. 
treal,” by Hugh L. Callendar, M.A., FRS. 
10.—“The Theory of the Screen in the Photo-Mechanical Process,” 
by E. Deville. 
11.—‘* On the Unification of Civil, Nautical and Astronomical Time,” 
by G.E. Lumsden. Communicated by Dr. Sandford Fleming. 
The officers elected for the year 1895-96 are : 
President—Prof. Bovey. 
Vice-President—Prof. Dupuis. 
Secretary—E. Deville. E. DEVILLE, 
Secretary. 
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