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while any hypothesis dealing with the ultimate nature of ether and 

 matter is put forth provisionally, Kelvin's concepts of it seem to have 

 met with the m'ost favour because of its simplicity and the facility it 

 ofEers for explaining oitherwise as yet unsolvable phenomena. 



October 21st, G. E, Lumsden presented his views relative to 

 '' Ancient Lunar Coast Lines," illustrated by numerous lantern slides. 



November 4th, W. F. King, C.E., chief astronomer, Ottawa, con- 

 tributed a paper on '' Astronomy in Canada," dealing with the outlook 

 for the work here and having especial reference to the new Government 

 Observatory at Ottawa. 



November 18th, C. H. Chant, M.A., Ph.D., explained very fully 

 the "New Developments in Wireless Telegraphy," with illustration of 

 the different systems developed from their inception to the present 

 time in connection with this interesting subject. Dr. Chant is some- 

 what of an expert, having been engaged in investigating the nature of 

 phenomena presented from a physical standpoint and hopes shortly to 

 be able to demonstrate with some approach to precision the precise 

 nature of the etherial disturbance taking place when a wireless mess- 

 age is being transmitted. 



December 2nd, Mr. Arthur Harvey under the heading of " Vagaries 

 of the Mariners' Compass," presented curves which he had plotted from 

 records obtained at the observatory, showing apparently that the motion 

 of the North Magnetic Pole is irregular and not uniform as has' gen- 

 erally been supposed. 



Dece nber 12th, Mr. A. F. Miller read a paper on "Stellar M'otions," 

 the purport of which was to show in what way the various apparent 

 motions might be so analyzed as to indicate the true movements of the 

 stellar bodies in space. 



December 30th, election of officers for 1903. 



List of Officers. 



Honorary President — The Hon. Eichard Harcourt, M.A., LL.D., 

 K.C., M.P.P., Minister of Education. 



President— Mr. E. F. Stupart, F.E.S.C, Director of the Toronto 

 Observatory and Superintendent of the Dominion Meteorological Ser- 

 vice. 



First Vice-President— Mr. C. A. Chant, M.A. (Tor.), Ph.D. (Har.), 

 Lecturer in Physics, Toronto University. 



Second Vice-President — Mr. W. Balfour Musson, 37 Yonge street, 

 Toronto. 



Treasurer — Mr. J. Edward Maybee, M.E., 103 Bay street, Toronto. 



Secretary — Mr. J. E, Collins, 131 Bay street, Toronto. 



