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PROCEEDINGS 
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Hova Scotian Institute of Natwal Science. 
VOL. Vi, PART Il. 
Provincial Museum, October 26, 1883. 
ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 
ROBERT Morrow, F. R. M. S., President, in the Chair. 
INTER ALIA. 
The following gentlemen were elected office-bearers for the ensuing year. 
President, —ROBERT Morrow, F. R. M. S. 
Vice Presidents, —JOHN SOMERS, M. D., WILLIAM GossIP, Esq. 
Secretartes,—REV. D. HONEYMAN, D. C. L,, F. R. S. C., &e. 
ALEXR. McKay, Superviset Public Schools. 
Treasurer,—W. C. SILVER, Esq. 
Council,—_WM. H. HARRINGTON, AUGUSTUS ALLISON, SIMON D. MACDONALD, 
fF. G. S., Martin Murenuy, C. E.. James R. DEWoLr, M. Ds, EpwIn GILPIN, 
PR. S. C.. &c., J. G. MACGREGOR, D:. Sc., F. R.S. C., &c., GEORGE LAWSON, 
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ORDINARY. MEETING, Nov. 12, 1883. 
Dr. SOMERS, Vicé Président, zz the Chair. 
A Paper was read by Wm. Gossip, Esq., delegate to the Royal Society of Canada, 
giving an account of his visit to Canada, and of proceedings of the R. S, C. 
A Paper by EDWIN GILPIN, F. G. S., Inspector of Mines, ‘* On the De Bert Coal 
Fields,” was read by the Secretary. 
ORDINARY MEETING, Dec. 12, 1883. 
Dr. SOMERS, Vice President, z7 the Chaz. 
Dr. HoNEYMAN, by request, read a Paper entitled *‘ Natural History of the Cana- 
dian Department of the Great International Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883.” 
ORDINARY MEETING, Jan. 1884. 
Dr. SOMERS, Vice President, 2 the Chazz. 
A Paper was read by EDWIN GILPIN, F. R. S. C., &c., ‘‘ On Manganese Ores ot 
Cape Breton.” 
J. G. MacGREGor, D. Sc., read a Paper ‘‘ On two Special Aurore.” 
A Paper was also read by GEORGE Lawson, Ph. D., Lu. D., F. R. S., &c., “On 
the Northern Limits of Indigenous Grape Vines.” 
