CONTENTS. V 



Session of 1892-93 :— Page. 



I. — Notes on the Miocene Tertiary Rocks of the Cypress Hills, North- 



West Territory of Canada, by T. C. Weston 223 



II.— The Pictou Coal Field,— a Geological Revision, by Henky S. 



Poole, F. G. S., with seven plates 228 



III.— Venus in Daylight to Eye and to Opera-glass, by A. Cameron . . 344 

 IV. — The Flora of Newfoundland, Labrador, and St. Pierre et Mique- 



lon, by the Rev. A. C. Waghorne 359 



V. — Explosive Gas generated within the Hot Water Pipes of House- 

 heating Apparatus, by A. H. Mackay, Ll. D., F. R. S. C 374 



VI. — Natural History Observations, made at several Stations in Nova 

 Scotia, during the year, 1892, compiled by A. H. Mackay, 



Ll. D., F. R. S. C 378 



Session of 1893-94.— 



I. — On the Measurement of the Resistance of Electrolytes, by F. J. 



A. McKlTTRICK 3S1 



II. — Note on Venus, — Morning Star and Evening Star at the Same 



Time, February, 1894, by A. Cameron 391 



III. — Notes on Nova Scotian Zoology, No. 3, by Harry Piers 395 



IV. — Notes on a Collection of Silurian Fossils from Cape George, 

 Antigonish Co., N. S., with Descriptions of Four New Species, 



by Henry M. Ami, D. Sc, F.G.S 411 



V. — Notes on Recent Sedimentary Formations on the Bay of Fundy 



Coast, by R. \V. Ells, Ll.D., F.G.S.A., F.R.S.C 410 



VI. — Deep Mining in Nova Scotia, by W. H. Prest 420 



VIL— Notes on the Sydney Coal Field, by E. Gilpin, Ll.D., F.G.S. ... 435 

 VIII. — List of Plants collected in and around the Town of Shelburne, 



N. S., by George H. Cox, B.A 439 



IX. — Operation of the Kennedy Scraper and Cause of Recent Failure, 

 by F. VV. W. Doane, M. Can. Soc. C. E., City Engineer, 



Halifax, N. S 445 



X. — Phenological Observations made at several Stations in Nova 

 Scotia and New Brunswick during the year 1893, compiled 



by A. H. MacKay, Ll.D., Halifax 451 



XI. — Notice of a Shower of Fibrous Substance at Gainsville, Florida, 



by George Lawson, Ll.D 456 



XII. — On the Definition of Work Done, by Prof. J. G. MacGregor. . . 460 



Index 465 



