PROCEEDINGS FOR 1902 XXXIX 
Report of Section IV. 
Four meetings were held. The minimum attendance was fifteen 
Fellows, and nine papers were presented, abstracts of most of which, 
more or less full, were read by the authors. In addition to these, the 
following were presented: “A Bibliography of Canadian Entomology,” 
by Dr. C. J. S. Bethune; “ Report of Phenological Observations in 
Canada,” by Dr. A. H. MacKay; “ Bibliography of Canadian Zoology 
for 1900 and 1901 (exclusive of Ethnology),” by Dr. J. F. Whiteaves. 
A committee, consisting of Dr. A. H. MacKay, Sir James Grant, 
Prof. Macallum, Prof. Wright, Dr. William Saunders and Dr. Pen- 
hallow, was appointed to consider increased facilities for biological work 
in Canada. This committee reported urging that the Government be 
asked to increase the appropriation for this purpose, and take such other 
measures for increasing the effectiveness of this important work as they 
may deem best. 
Dr. Bell sent in a provisional report from the Committee on Geo- 
logical Nomenclature, which is as follows :— 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE NOMENCLATURE OF 
GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS IN CANADA. 
OTTAWA, 22nd May, 1902. 
THE SECRETARY, SECTION IV., 
Royal Society of Canada, Toronto. 
SIR: 
At the last meeting of the Royal Society, I was requested by Section IV. 
to select a committee of geologists, of which I was to act as convener, to 
take into consideration the nomenclature of geological formations in Canada. 
In the beginning of May a committee for this purpose was named, and a 
meeting called for the 10th of the month. The following geologists were 
invited, and all accepted:—Dr. J. F. Whiteaves, Dr. R. W. Ells, Mr. Hugh 
Fletcher, Mr. R. G. McConnell, Dr. Robert Chalmers, all of the Geological 
Survey; Professor W. C. Miller, Provincial Geologist, Toronto; Professor F. 
D. Adams, McGill University, Montreal; Mr. B. E. Walker, Toronto; Dr. 
George F. Matthew, St. John, N.B.; Professor H. S. Poole, Dalhousie Univer- 
sity, Halifax. 
The meeting called for the 10th of May was held in my office in Ottawa, 
and was attended by all the members except the three last mentioned—Mr. 
Walker was about to sail for Europe, and Dr. Matthew and Professor Poole 
were unable to come so far. 
After considerable discussion, it was the general opinion of the Committee 
that there is need for a uniform and better understanding as to the signifi- 
cance, not only of the proper names in use (for the divisions of the geologi- 
cal scale), but as to the relative comprehensiveness and classification of 
geological divisions themselves. 
