CXVI THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
3. “Sacred Plants in India,” by Captain J. H. Barbour, R.A.M.C., 
F.L.S. 
4. “Brief accounts of the Micmac Indians of Nova Scotia, and 
their remains,” by Harry Piers. 
5. “The optical activation of racemic bromcamphor carboxylic 
acid by means of catalysts; the specificity of catalysts,” 
by H. Jermain M. Creighton, M.A., M. Se., Dr. Se., F.C.S. 
6. “Conductivity of an aromatic base in water and certain or- 
ganic solvents,” by Harold 8. Davis, B.A. 
7. “Behaviour of iron salts, in the presence of egg albumen and 
other organic substances, towards certain reagents,’ by 
H. Germain M. Creighton, M.A., M.Sc., Dr. Sc., F.C.S. 
8. “Geological age of Prince Edward Island,” by Lawrence W. 
Watson, M.A. 
9. “Qualitative separation of metals of the iron group, a new 
method for the removal of P O,!" ions,” by C. B. Nickerson, 
M.A. 
10. “On the intimate associations of inorganic ions with native 
and derived proteins,” by Prof. David Fraser Harris, M.D., 
ID eta Spy said aioe op 
11. “The Canada grouse (Dendragapus canadensis) in captivity; 
its food habits, ete.” by Watson L. Bishop. 
12. “The electrical resistance and temperature coefficient of ice,” 
by J. H. L. Johnston, B.Sc. 
13. “Phenological observations in Nova Scotia, 1911,” by A. H. 
MacKay, LL.D., F.R.S.C. 
14. “Mastodon remains in Nova Scotia,” by Harry Piers. 
15. “On the electrical conductivity of acetophenone solutions of 
certain alkaloids and other organic bases,” by H. Jermain 
M. Creighton, M.A., M.Se., Dr. Sc., F.C.S. 
During the year 1911, the library of the Institute received 1,688 
books and pamphlets. The total number received for the year by 
the Provincial Science Library, with which that of the Society is in- 
corporated, was 3,088. The total number of books and pamphlets in 
the Science Library on the 31st December, 1911, was 45,497, of which 
34,085 (or 75 per cent) belong to the Institute. 
The proceedings and transactions, vol. XII, part 3, has been issued 
and distributed; and vol. XII, part 4 as well as vol. XIII, parts 1 and 
2jare now all in press. 
The Institute was founded in December 1862, and it is proposed to 
hold a celebration in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary thereof, 
in December, 1912. 
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