PEOCEBDINGS FOE 1887. XXXIX 



XI. Investigation as to Maximum Bending Moments at the Points of Support of Continuous 



Girders oi'n spans. By Prof. Bovey. Communicated by Dr. A. Johnson. 

 XII. On a S2:)ccimen of Canadian Native Platinum from Bi itish Columbia. Bj' G. C. Hoffmann. 



XIII. A Practical Solution of the Gieat Social and Humanitarian Problem, Escape from Build- 



ings in Case of Fire. By C. Baillargé. 



XIV. Mici-oscopic Petrogi'apby of the Drift of Central Ontario. By Dr. A. P. Coleman. Com- 



municated by Prof. E. Haanel. 

 XV. On the Sap of the Ash-leaved Maple. By Prof. B. .1. Harrington. 



The Honorary Secretary of the Society having reported to the Secretary of this Section, a 

 vacancy in said Section, caused by the death of Dr. H. A. Bayne, one of its former members, it was 

 moved by Dr. G. P. Girdwood, seconded liy Dr. B. J. Harrington, and carried unanimously, "that the 

 nomination to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Bayne, submitted by Dr. A. Johnson, 

 Mr. C. Carpniael, and Mr. G. C. Hotimanii, lie carried by this Section, and that with the concurrence 

 of the proposers, the Society be requested to allow the proposition to be cousidered under the now 

 regulation." 



The ofScers elected for the ensuing year were : — 



Dk. T. Sterry Hunt, President. 

 E. Deville, Vice-President. 

 G. C. Hoffmann, Secretary. 



E. Deville, Chairman. 



G. C. Hoffmann, Secretary. 



Report of Section IV. 



The number of members of the Section who attended the meeting was twelve, but Mr. E. Gilpin, 

 who was not able to be jji'esent, sent a paper to be read, and Prof E. J. Chapman, who also was not 

 able to be present, sent the title of a paper which he hoped to be able to pi-e]Kire. 



The following is a list of papers which were read, either in full or by title: — 



I. Discours ^irésidentiel. Contribution à l'histoire des sciences naturelles au Canada ; Dr. 



M. Sarrazin. By Abbé Laflamme. 

 II. The Petroleum Field of Ontario. By Dr. E. Bell. 



III. On the Flora of Hudson Strait, with Eemarks on the General Distribution of Plants 



on the Northern Shores of America. By Prof. George Lawson. 



IV. On the Canadian Species of Picea. By Prof. George Lawson. 



V. On the Correlation of the Geological Structui'e of the Maritime Provinces of Canada with 



that of Western Europe. By Sir William Dawson. 

 VI. Notes on Fossil Woods and other Plant Eemains from the Cretaceous and Laramie 

 Formations of the Westei-n Territories of Canada. By Sir William Dawson. 

 VII. Notes on the Physiography and Geography of Aroostook County, Maine. By Prof. 



L. W. Bailey. 

 VIII. Illustrations of the Fauna of the St. John Group. — No. 4. By G. F. Matthew. 

 IX. Illustrations of the Fauna of the St. John Group. — No. 5. By G. P. Matthew. 

 X. The Faults and Foldings of the Pictou Coal Field. By E. Gilpin, Jun. 

 XI. A Eeview of Canadian Botany from the First Settlement of New France to the Tear 



1880. By Prof. D. P. Penhallow. 

 XII. Do any Canadian Bats migrate? Evidence in the Afiirmative. By Dr. C. Hart 

 Merriam. 



