PROCEEDINGS. D 
ORDINARY MEETING, Febpuary 10, 1879. 
The PRESIDENT 7 the Chair. 
The SECRETARY announced that CHarues R. F. Twrnine@, C. E., had been 
elected by the Council as a member of the Institute. 
Mr. Epwin GIupiy, M. E., read a paper ‘‘ On the Limonites and Limestones 
of Pictou County.” 
Dr. J. B. GILPIN also read a paper “On the Salmonide of Nova Scotia.” 
The paper was illustrated by numerous drawings and sketches. 
The PRESIDENT announced the death of J. J. MAckrnzin, M. A., Ph. D., 
Professor uf Physics in Dalhousie College, and a Member of the Institute. Dr. 
Mackenzie was a native of Pictou County, and studied at Dalhousie College, where 
he graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 1869, subsequently taking the higher degree 
of M. A. He afterwards proceeded to Europe, where he spent several years in 
studying at the Universities of Berlin, Liepzic and Paris. In Prof. Helmholtz’s 
Physica) Laboratory in Berlin, he conducted an elaborate series of investigations 
on the Absorption of Gases by Liquids, the results of which were published as a 
graduation thesis when he took the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. His re- 
moval at an early age, when entering apparently upon a career of great public 
usefulness, is deplored as a great loss to Science. 
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ORDINARY MEETING, March 10, 1879. 
The PRESIDENT in the Chair. 
Mr. Henry Louis, Assoc. R. 8. M., read a paper “On the Ankevite of Lon-. 
donderry Mines.” 
The PRESIDENT communicated a paper by PrincipaL Dawson, McGill Col-~ 
lege, Montreal, “ On Nova Scotian Geology.” 
The Communication was the proof sheet of a reply to Dr.. Honeyman’s article. 
in last year’s Transactions, and intended for publication in. the Canadian; 
Naturalist. 
ORDINARY MEETING, April 14, 1879: 
The PRESIDENT in the Char. 
A paper ‘On Magnetism” was read by ANDREW DEWAR. 
A paper was also read by Dr, IloNEYMAN, “ Notes to Geological Retrospect 
of 1878-9.” 
ORDINARY MzETING, May 12, 1879.. 
The PRESIDENT 2: the Chair.. 
Before the Minutes were read the PRESIDENT referred to the loss the Insti- 
tute had recently sustained by the decease of FREDERICK ALLISON, Es@., after a 
lingering illness,—as follows :— 
“Mr. ALLISON had been a Member of the Institute fora number of years. At 
the time of his death he was one of its Vice-Presidents. He was a man of high 
character and attainments, M. A. of the University of King’s, Windsor, and 
one of its Governors, and held the important position of Provincial Meteorolo-- 
