CVIir ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



Thirteen meetings were held, at which the following papers were 

 read : — 

 June 7.— (1) Report of Deleg^ate to the Royal Society, by W. J. Wilson. 



(2) " Early Forms of Decoration and Art," by Miss Jack. 

 Oct. 4. — (1) " Geological and Topographical Features of Newfound- 

 land," by Dr. Geo. F. Matthew. 



(2) " Notes on Some riienomenU in Grand Manan," by D. 



I. W. McLaughlin. (Published in St. John Globe, 

 October 6, 1898). Describes remarkable sound heard 

 at midnight, September loth, 1898; auroral display 

 on evening of September 17th; very heavy ground 

 swell on September 18th. Attributes the heavy 

 swell to hurricane which swept over West Indies on 

 September 10th. 

 Prof. A. W. Duff, "among letters to the editor in Nature, 

 Vol. LIX., pp. 247-248, January 12th, 1899, refers 

 to this heavy ground swell in explaining the nature 

 and cause of secondary undulations in the Bay of 

 Fundy and elsewhere. 



(3) " Note on Lack and Cost of a Topographical Survey of 



New Brunswdck," by Prof. W. F. Ganong. 

 Nov. 1. — (i) "Note upon Natural Pavements and their possible mis- 

 interpretation in Archeology," by Prof. W. ¥,. 

 Ganong. 



(2) Note, "Attempts at Oyster Culture in Passamaquoddy 



B'ay," by Prof. W. F. Ganong. 



(3) "Bird Enemies, Natural and Unnatural; and why Birds 



should be Protected," by A. Gordon Leavitt. 

 Dec. G.— (1) " New Brunswick Butterflies," by W. Mcintosh. 



(2) " Note on the Dip of the Magnetic Needle in New Bruns- 



wick," by Prof. A. Wilmer Duff. 



(3) "Preliminary Outline for a Study of the Precise Factors 



Determining the Features of New Bininswick Vegeta- 

 tion," by Prof. W. F. Ganong. 



(4) "Note on the Nature of the Mud in our many ,Mud 



Lakes," by Prof. W. F. Ganong. 

 1899. 

 Jan. 3. — (1) "Note upon Biological Opportunity in New Brunswick," 

 by Prof. W. F. Ganong. 

 (2) " Note upon a Current Error as to the Location of (Nic- 

 tor) Bald ]\Iouniain, Tobique," by Prof. W. F. 

 Ganonff. 



