XXXII EOYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



3. Contributions to a Flora of Nova Scotia, Part II., by Prof. G. Lawson, LL.D. 



4. Notes on the Fletcher Stone, by K. G. T. Webster, B.A. 



5. Notes oil the Fletcher Stone and a Stone beai'ing the Figure of a Moose from Yarmouth 



Count}', by E. B. Bi-own, Esq. 



6. Teredo navalis at Little Bras d'Or, C.B., by M. Murphy, D.Sc. 



7. Limnoria terebrans at the Narrows, Halifax Harbour, by the same. 



8. Subsidence of the South-western coast of Nova Scotia, by W. H. Prest, Esq. 



9. Nova Scotia Gold Districts: their Geological Formation as proved by Borings in the 



Kiliag Gold District, by H. S. Mackay, Esq. 



10. Notes on Nova Scotian Zoology. Part II., by H. Piers, Esq. 



11. On the Graphical Treatment of the Inertia of the Connecting-rod, by Prof. J. G. Mac- 



Gregor. 



12. The Nidification of the Winter Wren, by H. Piers, Esq. 



13. On the Granulation and Ee-solidification of Granite, by Eev. M. Maury, D.D. 



14. A Catalogue of Silurian Fossils of Arisaig, N.S., by Henry M. Ami, A.M., D.Sc. 



15. The Flora of Newfoundland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, by Eev. A. C. Waghorne. 



16. On the Visibility of Venus to the Naked Eye, by Principal A. Cameron. 



17. On the Silurian of Cape Breton, by E. Gilpin, .Jr., A.M., LL.D., F.G.S., F.E.S.C. 



The institute has issued the 'Proceedings and Transactions' of the session of 1890 91, which, 

 owing to the recent change of name, form part 1 of volume I. of the tecond series of its publications. 

 Copies of this part have been forwarded to about 650 scientific societies, college and school libraries 

 and other institutions. 



The library has been growing rapidly during the year, exchange relations having been effected 

 with a large number of scientific societies not previously on the institute's list. 



The institute is still without a home of its own, and is much hampered in its work through lack 

 of convenient accommodation for its collection of books, etc. But negotiations are in progress with 

 the Nova Scotia Historical Society with the object of securing rooms to serve as meeting room and 

 library for both societies, and it is hoped that by a combination of resources adequate accommodation 

 for both may be secured. 



XIII. — From The Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, through Dr. Geo. Stewart. 



The society has pursued its course during the year quietly and steadily. It has now, in the 

 fifteenth year of Its existence, become a recognized institution of Manitoba, and continues to receive 

 its grant of $250 a year from the Legislature of Manitoba. During the past year, besides enjoying 

 commodious quarters for its Increasing library in the Winnipeg City Hall, where it receives accom- 

 modation, lighting and heating free of charge, the society was also paid $600 from city funds toward 

 its general library. 



On the 19th of June, 1891, the society met on the field of " Seven Oaks," near Winnipeg, to 

 unveil the monument erected by the kind assistance of Lady Selkirk, under the auspices of the 

 society, to the memory of Governor Semple and his officers and men, who fell at that spot seventy-five 

 years before. Lieutenant-Governor Schultz performed the ceremony of unveiling, and addresses were 

 made by the governor and leading men of the country. The society has since published an interest- 

 ing souvenir of the proceedings, a copy of which is hereivith enclosed, along with the ' Annual 

 Eeport' for 1891 and other publications of the society. 



The society continues to have at its monthly meetings papers read dealing with the district under 

 its care, viz., " the region north and west of Lake Superior." During the past year these papers have 



