CONTENTS. 



Proceedings, Session of 1892-93:— page 



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-bearers for 1892-93 lii 



.\dditions to List of Members, 189-2-93 liv 



Institutions to which copies of Transactions have been sent liv 



Transactions, Session of 1892-93:- 



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

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



II. — The Piotou Coal Field — a Geological Revision, by Henry 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 Miquelon, 



by the Rev. A. C. Waghorne 359 



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

 Heating Apparatus, by k. H. MacKay, LL. D., F. R S. C »74 



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

 Scotia, during tlie year 1892, compiled by A. H. M.\cK.4Y, 

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



