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: mAs: FRONTISPIECE, Portrait of J ohn Somers, M.D. 
_ PROCEEDINGS, SESSION OF 1898-99: . —- : cA ae ea 
Presidential Address, by ‘len -Nioleny. Esq.. toca ees wsewapeese 
Obituary Notices of John Somers, M. D., Tales Marcon, and. Rev. 
John Ambrose, D.-C. L...:-..- ea oy eS eae Mite wise gears ee 
“Notes on the Early History of the Institnte.......... Kis Fi ee 
The Position of Science in our Educational System foie ty 
Report of the Treasurer.......... z 
‘Report of the Librarian sae Ce Siesta EN hae uta tate ae 
Ordinary-Meetings ¢o..200. 00.008 .00.55-- Rep. aoe 
_ Dr. A. H. MacKay on the Diatomacex: of Nova Scotia pte 
- -Lee Russell, Esq., B. S:, on School-Room Air ........... eee Ghat 
Prof. J. G. MacGregor, and Mr. W. A. Macdonald, on The Varia mi 
tion with tension, of Jay clastic properties of vulcanised india- r 
; EMD OGD 5 55 eae a ea nce epee Po en akan seat gen gh pais 
5 A Seam SESSION’ OF 1898-99: Se ~ Rapes 
I. Statistics of inependitare and Consumption in Canada, by Prof. = 
“Davidson, M. A., Phil. dD, University of New Brunswick, 
Fredericton ...... rca’: -sipie PRE ee Oo RED eens We eee ee ee SY 
Il. Ona Test, by the Freon Point “Method. of the Janisation Co-efti- , 
‘ cients determined by the conductivity method, for Sc lutions 
containing Potassium and Sodium Sulphates, by E.H. Archibald, _ 
M. Se., 1851. Exhibition Science Scholar, Dalhousie College. iv 
: Halifax: INS Si ee IS cen eek gi Se eR miisteei hs dee ri 
Ill. On the Conductivity, Specific Gravity, and Surface “Tension. of | 
Aqueous Solutions containing Potassium Chloride and Sul; vhate, — 
by James Barnes, B.A.; Dalhousie College, Halifax, N. S.. va 49 
IV. On Finding the Ionization of Complex Solutions of given siricoanee Seas 
2 tion, and the converse problem, ba Prof. Ta MBeGrskor: Dal-— 
housie College, Halifax, N: S.. ‘ 
V. Sew Mineral Discoveries in Nova ‘Bestia, by. E. Gilpin, Jr. A. M. 
LL. D., F.R S.C., Inspector of Mines, Halifax, N.S 
VI. Phenological Observations, eee pe bs by A. H. Banani irs LL. LD <= 
; PRA EAE Fs. Skee oo he I eee Se a Sa eee ne aes 9 
VII. Ona Fish new to Nova Scotia, by Harry Piers, Esa. Seat geeks 
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List of Members, 1898-99 =:........ 2-5-4 eR eRe be GER Oe ete e nesters 2 
