ORDINARY MEETINGS. XC1x 
SEconD OrpinARY MEETING. 
Legislative Council Chamber, Halifax, 9th December, 1901. 
The PresipEent, Dr. MacKay, in the chair. 
The meeting was held after the adjournment of the Annual Business 
Meeting. 
It was announced that J. B. McCarruy, Esq., B. Sc., teacher of 
science in the Halifax County Academy, had been elected an ordinary 
member. 
It was also announced that the council had elected Pror. J. G.. 
MacGrecor, D.Sc., F. R. 8., of Edinburgh University, a life member,,. 
and A. H. Cooper Pricuarp, Esq., of Boston, Mass., a corresponding 
member. 
The Presipent, Dr. A. H. MacKay, exhibited a condensed form: 
of Botrychium ternatum found by Mrs.R. R. McLeod at Blomidon, N.S. 
There sterile fronds of different ages encircled the stipe of the fertile 
frond. The variety was provisionally named Aygnetis, in honour of 
the disooverer. 
The PresipENT reported progress in consideration of the resolutiom 
of 13th May, 1901, relative to the establishment of Branch Societies. 
TuHrrp OrpINARY MEETING. 
Legislative Council Chamber, Halifax, 13th January, 1902. 
The Prestpent, Dr. MacKay, in the chair. 
A paper by R. W. Exus, Esq., Lu. D., F. G. 8. A., entitled, “‘ The 
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Progress of Geological Investigation in Nova Scotia,’ 
PRESIDENT. (See Transactions, p. 433.) 
was read by the 
The subject was discussed by Messrs. H.S. Pootr, R. H. Brown, 
and Hon. 8S. HouMgs. 
The PresipENt exhibited a set of mounted plants collected in 
Labrador from June to August, 1901, by Watrer H. Prest, Esq., 
M. E. (See Transactions, p. 507.) 
Proc. & TRANS. N. S. INST. Scr., VOL. X. Proc.—K, 
