PEOCEEDINGS FOR 1885. XXVII 



II. Illiir-tnitious of the Fauna of the St. John Gioup. No. 3. By G. F. Matthew. M.A. 



III. Geology of Cornwallis or McNab's Island, Halifa.K Harbour. By Eev. Prof. Honeym.4n, 



D.C.L. 



IV. Notes on the Economic Minerals of New Brunswick, with a revised list of mineral localities 



in the Province. By Prof. L. W. Bailey, M.A., Ph. D. 

 V. On the Geology of South-eastern Quebec. By Thomas Macfarlane, M.E. 

 VI. On the Geology of Thunder Capo, Lake Superior. By Thomas Macfarlane, M.E. 

 VII. Oil the Wallbridge Hematite Mine, as illustrating the Mode of Occurrence of certain Ore. 



deposits. By Prof. E. J. Chapman, Ph. D., LL.D. 

 VIII. A Catalogue of Canadian Butterflies, with note9 on the Distribution of the Genera. By W. 

 Saunders. 

 IX. On Fossil Plants from the Trias and Permian of Prince Edward Island, collected by Mr. 



Francis Bain. By Sir William Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S. 

 X. Cambrian Eocks in the Eocky Mountains. By G. M. Dawson, D. Sc, A.R.S.M., F.G.S. 

 XI. Note on the Siluroid Genus, Hypophthahnus. By Prof. E. Eamsat Wright, M.A., B. Sc. 

 The election of Officers of the Section for the ensuing session resulted as follows : — 



Principal Sir William Dawson, LL.D., F.E.S., President. 

 Eev. Prof. J. C. K. Laflamme, D.D., Vice-President. 

 J. F. Whiteaves, F.G.S. . Secretary. 

 The following gentleman were nominated for the three vacancies in the Section, the names being 

 given in the order of the numlier of votes received by each : — 



1. Mr. James Fletcher, of the Parliamentary Library, Ottawa. 



2. Prof D. P. Penhallow, B. Sc, of McGill University, Montreal. 



3. Di-. Thomas Burgess, of London, Ontario. 



The Section recommend that Professor E. G. Bonney, LL.D., F.R.S. , Secretary to the British 

 Association for the Advancement of Science and, at present, President of the Geological Society of 

 London, be elected a corresponding member of the Society. 



J. F. Whiteaves, Secretary. 



Election of Officers. 



The Society then jn'oceeded to the Election of Officers for the ensuing year, and the following 

 were unanimously chosen : — 



President. — Dr. Daniel Wilson. (On the motion of Dr. Chauveau, seconded by Mi'. George 

 Stewart, jun.) 



Vice-President. — Vert Reverend Rector Hamel. (On the motion of Sir William Dawson, 

 seconded by Dr. Johnson.) 



Honorary Secretary. — Mr. John George Bourinot. (On the motion of Mr. George Stewart, jun., 

 seconded by Dr. Johnson.) 



Honorary Treasurer. — Dr. Grant. (On the motion of Abbé Casgrain, seconded by Dr. Frechette.) 



Concluding Eesolutions. 



The following Eesolutions were j)roposed and adopted : — 



1. That the Council be instructed to supply hereafter only one copy of the Transactions to the 

 Fellows of the Society, but at the same time to give them the privilege of obtaining three additional 

 copies at cost price. (On the motion of Mr. T. Macfarlane, seconded by Mi-. Carpmael.) 



2. That a statement be submitted annually to the Society of the number of copies of each volume 

 of the Transactions held by the Society. (On the motion of Mr. Carpmael, seconded by Mr. Stewart.) 



