CONTENTS. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Session of 1890-91 :— Page 



Presidential Address, by Prof. J. G. MacGregor i 



Act of Incorporation v 



Experiments on Nova Scotian Building Stone, by H. G. C. Ketchum. . . vii 

 Occurrence of Paraffin Tallow and Petroleum in Nova Scotia, by R. B. 



Brown vii 



The Magdalene Islands, by A. H. Mackay, B. A., B. Sc, F. R. S. C. . . viii 

 Specific Gravity and Absorption of Building Stone from Nova Scotia 



and New Brunswick, by H. G. C. Ketchum xi 



List of Members xii 



List of Institutions to which copies of Transactions have been sent xv 



Session of 1891-92 :— 



Presidential Address, by Prof. J. G. MacGbegor xxxi 



Officers for 1891-92 xxxv 



The Fletcher Stone and other inscribed stones in Yarmouth Co., by R. B. 



Brown, Yarmouth xxxvi 



Nova Scotia Gold Districts, their geological formation, as proved by 



borings in the Killag Gold District, by H. Squarebrigs McKay xxxix 



A suggestion as to the cause of the differences of colour in Granite rocks, 



by Rev. M. Maury, D. D., Waltham, Mass xliii 



Additions to List of Members during 1890-91 xlv 



Institutions to which copies of the Transactions have been sent xlv 



Session of 1892-93:— 



Presidential Address, by M. Murphy, D. Sc. , Provincial Engineer . ... xlvii 



Obituary Notice of Dr. J. B. Gilpin xlvii 



Obituary Notice of Mr. A. Downs xlviii 



Office-hearers for 1892-93 lii 



Additions to List of Members, 1892-93 liv 



Institutions to which copies of the Transactions have been sent liv 



Session of 1893-94:— 



Office-bearers for 1893-94 Ivi 



Prin. G. R. Marshall on " A supposed Shower of Worms" Ivi 



Mr. D. M. Bliss on "The Coming Development of Artificial Illumination" . Ivii 

 Mr. John Forbes on "Some Modern Methods in Manufacturing with 

 certain Analogies suggested by a Partial Study of the Evolution 



and Nature of some of the Processes Employed " Ix 



Additions to List of Members Ixix 



Additions to Exchange List Ixix 



