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FRONTISPIECE.” Portrait of the late ANDREW Downs, Cor. Memb. Z. S.. . face Ixxxili 
PROCEEDINGS, SESSION OF 1901-1902 : 
R. W. McLachlan, Talk on Roman Coins. (Title only.) ....-... -....--.-- Ixxniii 
A. H. Cooper Prichard, Exhibition and remarks on Roman ‘Coins of the 
Proyineial Museum? seeds ic ainw RAE aah cies ve eae Sateen voce. DX 
Presidental Address, by Dr. A. H. Mackay... ...--.1:.-+- F.1..-s-+ eceves« . Ixxxiv 
Obituaries of Dr. J. R. DeWolfe, Capt. W. H. Smith, and Rey. 
Moses Harvey tis) ie ntetce ce wane aete ene~ o Seen steees Ixxxiv- 
Work ofthe Instita te: :xon.tie son oo et soo te as <n ge eee eee Ixxxvi 
Provincial Museum and Science Library ..../....-.... -.- IxxxvVii, Ixxxviii 
Provincials Progress. cs > ono) tetas Be abies. site Stages a chate oe meaee IxxxvViii 
Malaria, Yellow Fever and Sheep-fiuke object lessons........ xci, xcli, xev 
Marine Bielogical Station sec aio. ce sts x ee clic Gin ois set acle Fc o o Xvi 
Treasurer’s and Librarian’s Reports -..2.0........9..-0.4.. vat eae OFT OWE 
Report of Wolfville (Kings Co) Branch of fh Institute............... ....-- xeviii 
Officers “Tor 51901-1902 = B29 a hee Peat Sle aloe Ron RE gees Goad RS Ss ee ae xevili 
Dr. A. H. Mackay, ona Condensed Form of Botrychium ternatum found 
at Fslomid on; «7a aa et Saas ea sw sg ee Oe hic epee one 2 2aeeRS 
Miss A. Louise Jaggar, Notes on the Flora of Digby County, .; (Title 
ODDLY) SORe Soe Se F. voin pe ec oe ee Tine Bogs See RED Cheon) aanieatee ete SAG 
R. S. Boehner, B. Se., on the Standardization of Hy drochlerie Acid with 
Borax,. (Title only ses a5. ev lee Be Sipe ey aoe ia ees ci 
Sketch of the Life of Andrew Downs, founder of the first Zoological Garden in 
America,—by Harry Piers (me TW DOTUN DUG tae so Pies okra ashe Se cil 
The Kings County Branch of the N S. Institute of Science: outline of purposes 
and aims of the Society, —by Pr of. hy) Hay eock. = Soe a. ors ee ee eee cix 
TRANSACTIONS, SESSION OF 1901-1902: 
I. On a Determination of the Freezing-point Depression Goustant 
for Electrolytes,—by T. C. Hebb, M. A., Dalhousie College, 
HALA x: Soe Se eR ine gree hee ia ae ee ee ee 409 
II. On the Determination of Freezing-point Depressions of Dilute = 
Solutions of Electrolytes,—by T. C. Hebb, M. A., Dalhousie — 
| F.0Y DNC as wend beat RD RR EPS ter PURE ORI 8 i END BNE cach ee a ee 422 
III. The Progress of Geological Investigation in Nova Scotia,—by R f 
W. Ells, Li. D., F. R.S. C., of the Geological Survey of Canada, 
OGTR SES Sass Re ee ee oe oon Se ee 433 
IV. Onthe Upper Cambrian Age of the Dictyonema Slates of Angus 
. Brook, New Canaan and Kentville, N. S.,—by H. M. Ami, D. Se., 
F GS. FR S. C., of the Geological Survey of Canada, 
Otbanwas Sess tees posters Bee taal eS oes cache onto Sec ee ee 447 
¥. Notes on Dr Ami’s Paper on the Dictyonema Slates cf Angus ~— 
Brook, New Canaan and Kentville,—by Henry S. Poole, Assoc. 
Roy.-Sch=Mines;-B. GIS: WR. S. Cz, Halifax4 cies. ie, fev 451 
VI. Supplementary Notes on Drift Ice as Eroding and Transporting 
Agent,—by Walter H.Prest, M; E., Bedford .......... 5.0.5. 455 
VII Agricultural Credit,—by Prof. John Davidson, Phil. D., Univ. of 
_-New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.-B? S.ac<<stius seis ove oe ee 458 
VIil. Phenological Observations in Nova Scotia and Canada, 1901,—by 
A. H, Mackay, LL. D., F. R. S. C., Supt. of Education, Halifax. 486 
IX. Labrador Plants (collected by W. H. Prest on the Labrador Coast 
north of Hamilton Inlet, from 25 June to 12 Aug,, 1901.)—by A. 
HoMackay; EnaDy& Gy Halifax —oacin. toss atone tacts Lames SUT 
APPENDIX IV: 
List of Members, 1901-1902..... Ente es SS Sg A AA EA Gare Seo eS en ee XIII 
INDEX (TO VOLUME IRR tc ie FS ye deport ican dial a wR Ow oc nites Rn vee ante Een cee XVII 
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