APPENDIX F CXV 
Officers. 1912-13. 
PATRON: 
H.R.H. The Dare of Connaught, Governor-General of Canada. 
President.—L. H. Newman, B.S.A., Ottawa. 
Vice-Presidents.—Mr. Arthur Gibson, Mr. J. W. Gibson, M.A. 
Secretary.—E. H. Blackader B.A. M.D. 
Treasurer.—Mr. W. T. Macoun. 

Council.—Dr. C. Gordon Hewit, Mr. E. D. Eddy, B.8.A., Mr. J. W. 
Eastham, B.Se., Mr. J. J. Carter, Dr. Harlan I. Smith, Mr. E. A. Howes, 
B.S.A., Miss A. L. Matthews, Mrs. W. D. Oakely. 
XIII.—Report of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, Halifax. 
Presented by A. H. MacKay, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S.C. (Delegate). 
The Nova Scotia Institute of Science begs to present the following 
report on its proceedings during the fiftieth annual session (1911-12). 
The following officers were elected for the year 1911-12: 
President.—Watson L. Bishop, ex officio, F.R.M.S. 
First Vice-President.—A. H. MacKay, LL.D., F.R.S.C. 
Second Vice-President.—Donald M. Fergusson. 
Treasurer.—Maynard Bowman, B.A. 
Corresponding Secretray.—Prof. Ebenezar Mackey, Ph. D. 
Recording Secretary and Librarian.—Harry Piers. 
Other members of Council.—Philip A. Freeman; Prof. Frederic 
H. Séxton, B.Sc.; F. W. W. Doane, C.E., A. L. McCallum, B. Sc.; 
Parker R. Colpitt; H. Jermain M. Creighton, M.A., Dr. Sc., F.C.S.; 
Prof. Clarence L. Moore, M.A. 
Auditors.—Prof. D. 8S. MacIntosh, B.A., B.Se., and Alexander 
McKay, M.A. 

Meetings were held from November 1911 to May, 1912, at which 
the following papers were presented :— 
1. “Presidential address: (a) review of the Institute work; (b) 
death of Dr. R. W. Ellis,” by Watson L. Bishop. 
2. “Report on our exploration in Hants county, N.S.,” by Walter 
Henry Prest. 
