PEOCEEDINGS FOE 1889. XXXV 



XI. — From The Natural History Society of Montreal, through Ee v. E. Campbell. 



The report which I have the honor to present shows an exceptionally good year's work accom- 

 plished. The aims of the Society are twofold — to promote scientific research among the members, 

 and to popularize science in the general community. 



At the monthly meetings of the Society, for the former of these two objects, nineteen papers, 

 containing original observations and investigations wore read, and received the criticism of the mem- 

 bers present. They wei-e on the following subjects : — 



1. Notes on Einged Trees, by Prof. W. L. Goodwin, Ph.D., of Queen's University. 



2. On Some Canadian Eocks containing Scapolite, with a few Notes on Eocks associated with the 

 Aj)atite Deposits, by Frank D. Adams and Andrew C. Lawson, Ph.D. 



3. On Modern Concretions from Bouchervillo, by Eev. Prof. Kavanagh. 



4. Note on Balanus Haineri in the Pleistocene at Eiver Beaudette, by Sir J. William Dawson, 

 LL.D., F.E.S. 



5. Eecent and Fossil Specimens of Mya, by Sir J. William Dawson, LL.D., F.E.S. 



6. Notes on the Lake St. John District, by E. T. Chambers. 



Y, On the Classification of the Cambrian Eocks in Acadia, by G. F. Matthew, M.A., F.E.S. 



8. Notes on the Flora of Montebello, Quebec, the estate of the Hon. Mr. Papineau, by Henry E. 

 Ami, Cor. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club. 



9. The Influence of the Nervous System on Cell Life, by Prof. T. Wesley Mills, M.D. 



10. Some Notes on the Fruit of the Sheperdia Canadensis, by Prof Penhallow, B.Sc, F.E.S.C, of 

 McGill College. 



11. Landslip on the Eiver Bayonne, by E. Cuthbert. 



12. Coal from the Northwest, by Pi-of. Harrington, Ph.D. 



13. Notes on Fossil Plants and Other Fossils in the Peter Eedpath Museum, by Sir J. William 

 Dawson, LL.D., F.E.S. 



14. Supplementary Notes to Paper on Cambrian of New Brunswick, by G, F. Matthew, M.A., 

 F.E.S. 



15. Exhibition and Explanation of Specimens Bearing on the Eeproduction in Birds, by Prof. T. 

 Wesley Mills, M.D. 



IG. Gypsum Deposits of Northern Manitoba, by J. B. Tyrrell. 



17. The Glaciation of Eastei'n Canada, by Eobert Chaliuers. 



18. Notes on Bibliography of Canadian Mineralogy, and on the Number of Mineral Species known 

 to occur in Canada, by Prof. Harrington, Ph. D. 



19. Notes on Some Birds Observed at Montreal, by F. B. Caulfield. 



These papers travel over a wide range of important scientific topics. Several of them have 

 appeared in ' The Canadian Eecord of Science,' and the rest of them will find a place in futui-e issues 

 of that journal. 



Besides these monthly meetings for original scientific work by the members, the Society arranged 

 as usual a course of popular lectures, known by the name of the Somerville Lectui-es, to which the 

 citizens were invited free of charge. The coui'se, as in several years past, formed a connected series 

 on important practical subjects, and was as follows : — 



1. Agricultural Education, by Sir J. William Dawson, LL.D., F.E.S. 



2. Forestry for Canada, by Hon. H. G. Joly de Lotbinière. 



3. Our Fruits, Past and Present, by Charles Gibb, B.A. 



4. Economic Entomology as a branch of Agriculture, by James Fletcher, F.E.S.C. 



5. The Food of Plants, by Prof. Penhallow, B.Sc, F.E.S.C. 



6. Sugar-Producing Plants, by W. F. Skaife, B.A.Sc. 



