LXX XVIII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
The Proceedings and Transactions, Vol. XII, part 2, have been 
published and distributed; and part 3 is now in press and will soon 
appear. 
Meetings were held from October, 1909, to May, 1910, at which 
the following papers were presented :— 
1.—Presidential Address, by Prof. Ebenezer MacKay, Ph.D. 
2.—“A new Nova Scotian Insect, the birch-leaf saw-fly (Phle- 
botrophia Mathesoni), MacGillivray,” by H. A. MacKay, LL.D., F.R.S.C. 
3.—“ On a New Method of Estimating Iodides,’’ by H. $S. Davis 
and H. W. Matheson 
4.—‘Notes on the Recent Earthquake of 20th December, 1909, 
in Cape Breton, N.S.”, by D. S. MacIntosh, B.A., B.Sc. 
5.—“ Variation of the Hill Effect with the Temperature and Previous 
Heat Treatment in the Use of Magnetic Metals,” by Thomas C. McKay, 
M.A., D.Sc. 
6.—“The History of Erosion in the Cornwallis Valley, N.S.,” by 
Professor Ernest Haycock, B.A. 
7.—“Recent Results in Wireless Telegraphy,’ by Thomas J. 
McKavanagh. 
8.—“The Rusts of Nova Scotia,” by William P. Fraser, M.A. 
9.—“ Action of Organo-metallic halides in Quinone,’ by C. C. 
Wallace, B.A. 
10.—‘A Possible Change in the Concentration of Solutions due 
to Gravity,” by Harold 8. Davis, B A. 
11.—“The Occurrence of Opal at Lake Ramsay, Lunenburg County, 
N.S.,” by Harry Piers. 
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 22nd September, 1910. 
VII.—Report of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick. 
Presented by Dr. G. U. Hay, F.R.S.C., Delegate. 
The Natural History Society of New Brunswick reports with satis- 
faction, a year of unusual activity and growth. The membership is 
now 654. The donations to the library and museum have been un- 
usually large and valuable. There have been 5,384 visitors to the 
museum during the past twelve months. 
Several members of the Society have been actively engaged in field 
work, the results of which are published in the bulletin of the Society. 
