PEOCEEDINGS FOE 1889. XXXIX 



XV. — From The Hamilton Association, Hamilton, Ont., through Mr. James Fletcher. 



The Session just closing has been, on the whole, a successful one, whether the character of the 

 work done, or the interest of the members therein, be considered. 



Sis general meetings of the Association have been held during the season, at which the following 

 papers were read : — 



1. The Hittites, by the President, Rev. Samuel Lyle, B.D. 



2. Notes on Primitive Man, by Mr. William Kennedy. 



3. Notes on the Waverley Novels, (Part. II), by Eev. C. II. Mockridge, D.D. 



4. History of Pottery and Ceramic Art, by S. J. Ireland, Principal of the Hamilton Art School. 



5. Selenography, with photoifraphic illustrations of the Moon's Surfiice, by Mr. II. B. Wilton. 



6. Notes on the Lingute of the Silurian Eocks, by Col. C. C. Grant. 



T. Notes on the Origin of Chert (Flint) in our local Niagara Eocks, by Col. C. C. Grant. 



In addition to these meetings the Biological Section has held bi-monthly meetings, and has done 

 a considerable amount of " field-work." 



In Botany, this Section is engaged in getting together a comj)lete collection to represent the 

 Flora of the district. Already six plants have been noted which have not been included in any pre- 

 viously published list of the Flora Hamiltonensis. 



In Entomology, Mr. J. Alston Moffat reports that during the past season he has found twenty-five 

 specimens now to him, and some of them possibly new to Canada. 



In Conchology, Mr. A. W. Hanham has done excellent work in the collection of sixty-four species 

 of shells, one of which Pomatiopsis lapidaria, is a tei-restrial specimen of a fresh-water genus new to 

 the Dominion. 



The following papers, some of which will be printed in full in the Transactions of the Society, 

 were read before the Section: — 



1. Is Species a Natural or an Artificial Division in Nature ? by Mr. J. Alston Moffat. 



2. Notes of a Trip to the West Indies, by Mr. B. E. Charlton. 



3. The Lake Brie Shore as a Botanizing Field, by Mr. T. J. W. Burgess, M.B., F.E S.C. 



4. Notes of a Trip to South Carolina, in February, 1889, by Mr. T. W. Eeynolds, M.D. 



5. Plant Color, by Mr. A. Alexander. 



6. The Land and Fresh Water Shells of the Hamilton District, by Mr. A. W. Hanham. 



Many valuable notes on Biological subjects have been contributed hj Mr. Wm. Yates, of Hatchley, 

 Ont , a corresponding member of the Association, giving evidence of much original thought and close 

 and minute investigation. 



Thirteen new members have been added to the roll during the session, making the present mem- 

 bership 153. 



Many valuable additions to the Museum and Libi'ary have been made. 



As the Annual General Meeting is not held until the second Thursday in May the list of Officers 

 for the ensuing year, with statement of receipts and expenditure, cannot be furnished, but will be for- 

 warded to the Secretary of your Honourable Body as soon as the elections take place, for incorporation 

 in our report. 



