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of Acadia College, has been actively working during the session and 

 a number of papers were read at its various meetings. 



Meetings weve held from ISTovember until May, 1903. The 

 following papers were communicated during the session: — 

 l._" Presidential Address/' by A. H. MacKay, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S.C. 

 2. — "Middleton Fungi, with general Remarks," by E. E. Gates, Esq., 



of Mt. Allison University, 

 3. — " Nova Scotian Fungi," by A. H. MacKay, Esq., LL.D. 

 4. — " Guns and Gunnery," by Major English, E.A. 

 5. — " The Swim Bladder of Fishes, a Degenerate Gland," by Prof. 

 E. E. Prince, Commissioner and General Inspector of 

 Fisheries, Ottawa. 

 6. — " Colours of Animals, their nature and meaning," by Prof. E. E. 



Prince, Ottawa. 

 7. — " The Meso-Carboniferous Age of the Urdon and Eiversdale For- 

 mations of Nova Scotia, and their equivalents the Mispec and 

 Lancaster Formations of New Brunswick," by Henry M. Ami, 

 Esq., D.Sc, Ottawa. 

 8. — "Note on Didyonema ivebsteri," by Henry S. Poole, Esq., F.G.S., 



F.E.S.C. 

 9. — " Exhibition and description of three abnormal specimens recently 

 received at the Provincial Museum," by Harry Piers, Esq., 

 Curator Provincial Museum. 

 10.—" The Mira Grant," by Edwin Gilpin, Jr., Esq., LL.D., F.E.S.C, 



Inspector of Mines. 

 11.— "The Yellowstone National Park," by Prof. J. E. Woodman, 



D.Sc, School of Mining and Metallurgy, Dalhousie College. 

 12. — "Note on a Lichen-mimicking Caterpillar," by C. B. Eobinson, 



Esq., B.A., Pictou Academy. 

 13.— " Wireless Telegraphy," by Parker E. Colpitt, Esq., City 



Electrician. 

 14. — "Is there Coal under Prince Edward Island," by Henry S. Poole, 



Esq., F.G.S., F.E.S.C. 

 15._" Geology of Moose Eiver Gold District, Halifax County, N.S.," 

 by Prof. J. E. Woodman, D.Sc, School of Mining and Metal- 

 lurgy, Dalhousie College. 

 16, — " Analyses and Sections of Nova Scotian Coals," by Edwin Gilpin, 



Jr., Esq., LL.D., F.E.S.C, Inspector of Mines. 

 17._"Phenological Observations, Canada, for 1903," by A. H. MacKay, 



Esq., LL.D., F.E.S.C. 

 18.—" Botanical Notes," by A. H. MacKay, Esq., LL.D. 



