PROCEEDINGS FOR 1911 XXV 
3.—The First Recorded Auction Sale in Montreal. By Robert 
Wallace McLachlan. Communicated by W. D. Lighthall. 
4.—The Origin and Treatment of Discrepancy in Trustworthy 
Records. By Hervey M. Bowman, Ph. D. Communicated by W. D. 
LeSueur. 
5.—An Organization of the Scientific Investigation of the Indian 
Place Nomenclature of the Maritime Provinces of Canada. By W. F. 
Ganong, Ph.D. Corresponding member R.8.C. 
6.—The League of the Iroquois. Prepared by Chiefs of the Six 
Nation Indians of Grand River. 
7.—Lescarbot’s Baron De Lery. By L. D. Scisco, Washington, 
D.C. Communicated by Duncan Campbell Scott. 
8.—The Loyalists of the Maritime Provinces. By Theodore H. 
Boggs, Ph.D. (Yale). Communicated by Ven. Archdeacon W. O. 
Raymond. 
On the motion of Mr. Duncan C. Scott, seconded by Dr. J. H. 
Coyne, the report of Section II was adopted. 
Report of Section III. 
The Section held two sessions on Tuesday, the 16th May, one on 
Wednesday, the 17th, and one on Thursday, the 18th, being four 
sessions in all. At these there were present 22 members, viz., Dr. 
J. C. McLennan, President, and Prof. Baker, Dr. W. Bell Dawson, 
Dr. Deville, Prof. Dupuis, Dr. J. C. Fields, Dr. Girdwood, Dr. Glashan, 
Dr. Goodwin, Dr. Hoffman, Dr. Johnson, Prof. F. B. Kenrick, Dr.King, 
Dr. Otto Klotz, Prof. W. R. Lang, Dr. James Loudon, Dr. McGill, 
Prof. Lash Miller, Mr. Plaskett, Mr. Shutt, Mr. Stupart and Prof. H. A. 
Wilson. 
The President delivered an address on “A Study of the Spectral 
Lines of Mercury.” The address was illustrated by lantern slides and 
accompanied by instrumental observations. 
The following-named papers were read and discussed :— 
2.—On the Mobilities of Ions in Gases at High Pressures, by A. J. 
Dempster, M.A.; communicated by Prof. McLennan. 
3.—A Study of the Rotation of the Plane of Polarization by Quartz, 
by H. F. Dawes, M.A.; communicated by Prof. McLennan. 
4.—Relation Between the Adiabatic and Static Elasticities of a 
Brass Rod, by E. F. Burton, B.A.; communicated by Prof. McLennan. 
5.—A Note on the Constancy of the Intensity of the Earth’s Pene- 
trating Rays at Toronto, by A. Thomson, M.A.; communicated by 
Prof. McLennan. 
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