XLIV ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



At a meeting of the Geological Society of America, held at Wash- 

 ington in December last, it was arranged between Dr. Bell and Dr. 

 Walcott, that a special Committee, to consist of Dr. Bell and Dr. F. D. 

 Adams, for the Canadian Geological Surve_y, and another Canadian 

 geologist yet to be selected, but not a member of the Geological Survey 

 staif, to represent Canada, Prof. Van Hise and Dr. Keith, for the 

 United States Geological Survey, and Prof. Seaman, to represent the 

 United States, be appointed to consider the nomenclature and classi- 

 fication of the Pre-Cambrian rocks of North America. 



Signed on behalf of the Sub-Committee, 



J. P. Whiteaves. 



The following papers were read: — 



1. Eesults of some Experiments with Fertilizers on Important 

 Farm crops during the past 15 years. By Dr. William Saunders. 



2. Bibliography of Canadian Geology and Palaeontology for the 

 Year 1903. By Dr. H. M. Ami. 



3. Canadian Geological Chronograph: or the succession of Geolo- 

 gical Formations in Canada. By Dr. H. M. Ami. 



4. Memoir of the late Dr. A. E. C. Selwyn, C.M.G. By Dr. H. 

 M. Ami. 



5. An attempt to classify Paleozoic Batrachian foot-prints. By 

 Dr. G. F. Matthew. 



6. Notes on Tertiary Plants. By Professor D. P. Penhallow. 



7. A submerged tributary of the great pre-glacial river of the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence. By H. S. Poole. 



8. Notes on some interesting Eock-contacts in the Kingston Dis- 

 trict, Ont. By E. W. Ells, LL.D. 



9. Francis Bain, the Prince Edward Island Geologist. A sketch 

 of his life and of the work accomplished in the study of the rock for- 

 mations of his native province. By Lawrence W. Watson. Presented 

 by Dr. E. W. Ells. 



10. Presidential Address to Section. Some aspects of the Evolu- 

 tion of comparative Pathology. By Professor Wesley Mills. 



11. An experimental inquiry into the effects of the blood serum 

 of normal and immunized goats upon tuberculous processes. By Albert 

 George Nicholls, M.D. Presented by Dr. J. G. Adami. 



12. The complex pharyngeal teeth of Poronotus, with notes on 

 the development of pharyngeal teeth in fishes generally. By Professor 

 E. E. Prince. 



13. Description of two rare cases of Meristic Variation in the 

 large claws of the lobster — illustrated with specimens. By Professor 

 E. E. Prince. 



