CXVI THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
The following officers were elected for the year 1910-11: 
President.—Watson L. Bishop, ex officio F.R.MS. 
First Vice-President.—Donald M. Ferguson. 
Second Vice-President.—Philip A. Freeman. 
Treasurer.—Maynard Bowman, B.A. 
Corresponding Secretary.—A. H. MacKay, LL.D., FRS.C. 
Recording Secretary.—Harry Piers. 
Librarian.—Harry Piers. 
Other Members of Council.—Alexander McKay, Prof. Frederic 
H. Sexton, B.Sc., F. W. W. Doane, C.E., A. L. McCallum, B.Sc., Parker 
R. Colpitt, George R. Bancroft, and Prof. Ebenezer MacKay, Ph. D. 
Meetings were held from November 1910 to May 1911, at which 
the following papers were presented: 
1. ‘Presidential address: (a) review of the Institutes work and 
suggestions for the future, (b) progress in the artificial production of 
organic compounds,” by Prof. Ebenezer MacKay, Ph. D. 
2. “A suggestion on Anthropological work in Nova Scotia,” by 
Walter H. Prest. 
3. “Notes on rainfall,” by F. W. W. Doane. 
4. “Comparison between the climatic of Halifax, N.S.,. and 
Plymouth England,” by Henry 8. Poole, D.Sc., F.R.S.C. 
5. “Mineral occurrences in granite at New Ross, Lunenburg Co., 
N.S8.,” by A. L. McCallum, B.Sc. 
6. ““Phenological observations, Nova Scotia, for 1910,” by A. H. 
MacKay, LL.D., F.R.S.C: 
7. “On the effect of gravity on the concentration of a solute,” 
by Harold 8. Davis, B.A. 
8. “Rare fishes in Nova Scotia,” by Harry Piers. 
During the year 1910, the library of the Institute received 1,810 
books and pamphlets. The total number received for the year by the 
Provincial Science Library, with which that of the Society is incorporated 
was 3,421. The total number of books and pamphlets in the science 
library on 31st December 1910, was 42,409. Of these, 32,397 (or 76 
per cent.) belong to the Institute and 10,012 to the science library 
proper. As mentioned in the last report, the library is now located in 
the N.S. Technical College, where it is proving of much use, and an in- 
creased number of readers has resulted from its improved facilities. 
The Proceedings and Transactions, vol. xii, part 3, will shortly be 
published. 
