PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



SESSIOISr OF 1890-91. 



Annual Business Meeting. 



Halifax, Sth October, 1890. 

 Prof. J. G. MacGreoor, President, in the chair. 



The minutes of tlie hist annual meeting were read and approved. 



The President addressed the Institute as follows : — 



Gentlemen,— I rejoice that one of the duties which is laid upon me by the regu- 

 lations of the Institute to be performed at this meeting, viz, to give a sketch of the 

 life and scientific work of members deceased during the year, is this year so very 

 light. We have lost none of our members by death since last annual meeting. 



The Institute has not only retained all its old members. It has also had an 

 unusually large number of accessions. An addition of nine has been made to the 

 list of our corresponding members, and there have been proposed and approved as 

 ordinary members or associate members, thirty -four. A comparatively small num- 

 ber of the latter, not many more than half, have qualified for membership by pay- 

 ment of the annual fee. But I believe that is due to their not having received 

 notice of the approval of their proposed membership by the council, through some 

 defect in our arrangements. I am happy to say that among the new members 

 there are quite a number who are likely to add very materially to the working 

 strength of tlie Institute. 



Though thus somewhat increased, our membership is nevertheless but little if 

 any greater than it was in 1864, and it should be our aim to add to it to a very 

 large extent. We ought to have on our list the name of every nian in Nova 

 Scotia who has the ability to make additions to our knowledge, and.the names of 

 all those besides, who, though they may not have the opportunity or the requi. 

 site preparatory training to enable them to advance science themselves, are willing 

 to encourage others in their efforts by their interest and their annual fees. 



