VI CONTENTS. 



TRANSACTIO>iS. 

 Session of 1902-1903: — page 



Is there coal beneath Prince Edward Island? — By Henry S. 



Poole, F. G. S., F. R. S. C 1 



Sections and analyses of Nova Scotian coals. — By Edwin Gilpin, 



Jr., LL. D., F. R. S. C, Inspector of Mines 8 



Geology of Moose River gold district, Halifax Co., N. S. — By 

 Prof. J. E. Woodman, D. Sc. Scliool of Mining and Metal- 

 lurgy, Dalhousie College Ix 



The Mira grant, Cape Breton Co. — By Edwin Gilpin, Jr., LL. D., 



F. ±i. S. C, inspector of Mines 89 



Contribution to the study of solutions of hydroxylamine and its 



salts. — By W. H. Ross, B. Sc, Dalhousie College 95 



Middleton fungi, with general remari<s. — By Reginald R. Gates, 



Mt. Allison University, Sackville, N. B 115 



Fungi of Xova Scotia, a provisional list.^By A. H. MacKay, 



LL. D., F. R. S. C, Superintendent of Education 122 



Phenological observations in Nova Scotia and Canada, 1902. — 



By A. H. MacKay, LL. u., F. R. S. C 144 



Ice-borne sediments in Minas Basin, N. S. — By J. Austen Ban- 

 croft, Acadia College, Wolfville, iN. S 158 



Session of 1903-1904: — 



Distribution of bedded leads in relation to mining policy. — By 



Prof. J. E. VVoodman, D. Sc, Dalhousie LTniversity 1G3 



Notes on hydravilic lime and cement. — By Francis H. Mason, 



F. C. S., Metallurgist 179 



Local variations and other notes on Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrin- 



chium aiigustifolium ) . — By Capt. J. H. Barbour, M. B.„ 



R. A. M. C 191 



Sunken land of Bus (lat. 35 north, long. 53 west.) — By Henry 



S. Poole, D. Sc, Assoc R. S. M., F. G. S., F. R. S. C 193 



Swim bladder of fishes, a degenerate gland. — By Prof. E. E. 



Prince, F. R. S. C, Dom. Commissioner of Fisheries, Ottawa 199 

 Earthquake of March 21, 1904, in ^'ova Scotia.— By Prof. J. E. 



Woodman, D Sc, Dalhousie University Z27 



Age of conglomerate capping the Cambrian rocks of Nova 



Scotia.— By Henry S. Poole, D. Sc, Assoc R. S. M., F. G. S. 236 

 Determination of elements of terrestrial magnetism at Halifax, 



N. S., August, 1904.— By Prof. Stephen M. Dixon, M. A., 



Dalhousie University 245 



Faults at Battery Point, Sydney, ^i. S.— By T. T. i^ulton, B. Sc, 



B. E. 260 



