LVIII EOYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



3. Hibernation and Allied States in Animals, by T. Wesley Mills. 



4. Notes Supplementary to the Revision of Canadian Eanunculaceœ, by George Lawson. 



5. On the Literary History and Nomenclature of the Canadian Perns, by George Lawson. 



6. The Fossils of the Hudson River Formation in Manitoba, by J. F. Whiteaves. 



7. Notes on the Land and Fresh-Water MoUusca of the Dominion, by J. F. Whiteaves. 



8. Illustrations of the Fauna of the St. John Group, No. vii., by G. F. Matthew. 



9. On the Correlation of Early Cretaceous Floras in Canada and the United States, and on some 



new j)lants of this period, by Sir William Dawson. 

 10. Observations on the Geology of South-western Nova Scotia, by L. W. Bailey. 

 H. On the Artificial Propagation of Marine Food-fishes and Edible Crustaceans, by the Rev. N. 



Harvey. 



12. Report on a Collection of Coleoptera made on Queen Charlotte Islands, by Rev. J. H. Keen 



and .T. Fletcher. 



13. The U.se of Arsenites as Insecticides, by .1. Fletcher. 



14. On Some Sponges from the Pacific Coast of Canada and Behi-ing Sea, by Lawrence M. Lambe. 



15. On the Occurrence of Graptolites and other Fossils of Quebec Age in the Black Slates of Little 



Metis, Que., by H. M. Ami. 



Two matters were referred by the Council to Section IV. for consideration, viz., a -projiosed 

 change in the size of the volume, and a communication from Lady Blake with reference to the 

 proposed Marine Biological Station in Jamaica. 



The.se matters having been discussed by the members of the section present it was resolved : 



(I.) That while this section opposes any change in the ' Transactions ' as to size, they would 

 favour a division into two volumes, one for the Literary Sections and one for the Scieniific Sections. 



(II.) That this section regards with much interest the proposal to establish a marine station in 

 Jamaica as detailed in the communication of Lady Blake, and anticipates that highly beneficial efiects 

 to science and fishing industiies may be expected to result from the eff'ective opei'ation of such an 

 establishment. 



The section having also considered the valuable communication of the Rev. Dr. Harvey on the 

 Newfoundland fisheries, resolves to appoint the following committee to consider the whole subject of 

 Marine and Inland fisheries from a scientific point of view, to collect information in relation thereto 

 and to take such steps as such committee may think proper to diffuse information, and to bring the 

 subject before the Government in order that means may be taken for effectively promoting 

 research in this important department. Committee : — Dr. George M. Daw.son, convener ; Messrs. J. 

 M. LeMoine, A. H. Mackaj', John Macoun, George Lawson, E. Ramsay Wright, Sir William Dawson, 

 James Fletcher. 



The section regiets deeply the loss, by death, of the distinguished naturalist, the AbbéProvancher, 

 during the past year and intends to take immediate action to fill the vacancy thus caused. 



A meeting of the Printing Committee of the section, consisting of the following gentlemen, was 

 held, and all the papeis submitted at the present meeting were adjudicated upon. Committee ; — Dr. 

 Dawson, Dr. Bethune, Messrs. Fletcher and Whiteaves and Professors Bailey and Penliallow. 



The section requests that the papers of this section may bo transmitted to the publisher imme- 

 diately on receipt by the General Secretary, and that the Printing Committee be requested to publish 

 such papers and issue the usual number of separate copies to authors immediately, without reference 

 to other paj)ers which may be received later. 



The following officers have been elected for the ensuing year : 



President — Mr. J. F. Whiteaves. 



Vice-President — Prof. Macoun. 



Secretary— Prof. Penhallow. 



James Fletchbb, 



Secretary. 



