TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



^tuvn ^totim Institute of ^tmut. 



SESSIO]^ OF 1890-91. 



I. — Notes on the Surface Geology of South- Western Nova 

 Scotia.— By Prof. L. W. Bailey, M. A., Ph. D. 



( Received Oct. 22nd, 1890.) 



In all regions the features which distinguish their surface 

 geology necessarily have an interest from the intimate connec- 

 tion which they hold with their topography, drainage, agricul- 

 tural and commercial capacity, as well as from the fact that they 

 mark the last phases or series of events by which these features 

 have attained their present form. In the Province of Nova 

 Scotia all these relations find ample illustration, and are well 

 deserving of careful study ; but here, as will presently appear, 

 the subject has an added interest from the relation which these 

 geological features bear, in some instances at least, to the distri- 

 bution and development of our mineral wealth. 



Having, during the past summer, in connection with the work 

 of the Dominion Geological Survej^, had an opportunity of mak- 

 ing a somewhat careful examination of certain portions of the 

 Province, and more particularly the counties of Queen's and 

 Shelburne, the author proposes to state here a few of the results 

 of his observations, as bearing upon the topics referred to. He 

 would be glad to know that they are in accordance with those of 

 other observers in portions of the Province with which he is not 

 familiar. 



