PROCEHEDINGS 
OF THE 
Nova Scotian Sustitute of. Natural Science. 
NG@E. Vis PART oe 
Provincial Museum, Oct. 9, 1878. 
ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 
WiLiiaM Gossip, Es@., Vice-President, in the Charr. 
Inter alia. 
The following Gentlemen were elected Office-bearers and Council for the 
ensuing year :— 
President—WiLL1aM GOssIP. 
Vice-Presidents—FREDERICK ALLISON, A, M., Pror. G. Lawson, Ph. D. 
LL. D. 
Treasurer—W. C. SILVER. 
Secretartes—Pror. D. Honryman, D. C. L., JoHN T. MELLISH, A. M. 
Councu—J. B. Gitpin, B. A., M. D., M. R.C.S., Pror. A. P. Rem, M. D., 
Pror. J. SomMErs, M. D., Hon. L. G. PowERr, JoHN MATTHEW JoNEs, M.L. S., 
ROBERT Morrow, AuUGUsTUS ALLISON, ANDREW DEWAR. 
Resvlved, That the thanks of the Institute be expressed to the late President, 
Dr. J. B. GILPIN, for his able and efficient discharge of the duties of President, 
during his long tenure of office. 
ORDINARY MEETING, Dalhousie College, Noy. 11, 1878. 
Wo. Gossip, Esq., President, in the Chair. 
The SECRETARY announced that the Council had elected as members of the 
Institute, COLONEL Drayson, R. A., Lieut. Cot. Cockpurn, R. A., LIEuT. 
Murray Duntop, R. A., Lr. CockEerRILL, R. A, and Joun R. McLeop, Mer- 
chants’ Bank, Halifax. 
Resolved, That the thanks of the Institute be given to the Governors of 
Dalhousie College for the exce]lent accommodation afforded for the Meetings of 
the Institute for the present session. 
Resolved, That the Institute record its expression of deep regret at the great 
loss that the Institute.and science have sustained by the death of THomas Bair. 
