CONTENTS. 



P ROCEEDINGS, SESSION OF 1903-1904 : 



Presidential Address, by Henry S. Poole, D. S., Assoc. Roy. Sc. Mines, 



F. G. S., F. R. S. C xvii 



Progress of the Institute xviii 



Application of Science to Mining ^ xix 



Report of Treasurer xxiv 



Report of Librarian xxir 



Report of King's County Branch of the Institute xxv 



Officers for 1903-1904 xxvi 



Ordinary Meetings xxvi 



T. V. Hill.— The Creation and Development of the Inorganic Foundation 



of the Earth. ; (Title only) xxvii 



Prof. J, E. Woodman, D. Sc— Drainage Development of Rivers. (Title only) xxvii 



E. Ste'«ivart.— AddjeBs on il^orestry. (Title only) xxviii 



R. H. Canjpbell. —Address on Forestry. (Title only) xxviii 



Frank H. Reid.— Birds ?,nd the Selection of their Nests. (Title only) xxviii 



Dr. H. Y. Hind.— Importance of a knowledge of Rock Foldings to Miners. 



(Title only) xxviii 



Prof. J. Woodman.— Structure of the Meguma (Gold-bearing) Series, with 



reference to the Theory of Cross-folds. (Title only) xxix 



Prof. J. E. Woodman.— Bibliography of the Meguma (Gold-bearing) Series 



of Nova Scotia. (Title only) xxix 



Transactions, Session op 1903-1904: 



Distribution of Bedded Leads in relation to Mining Policy.— By Prof. J. E. 



Woodman, D. Sc, Dalhousie University 163 



Notes on Hydraulic Lime and Cement.— By Francis H. Mason, F. C. S., 



Metallurgist 179 



Local Variations and other notes on Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium 



angustifolium).—Bj Capt. J. H. Barbour, M. B., R. A. M C 191 



Sunken Land of Bus (lat. 35 west, long. 53 north).— 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 Nova Scotia.— By Prof. J. E. Woodman, 



D. Sc, Dalhousie University 227 



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 of Battery Point, Sydney, N. S.-By jT. T. Fulton, B. Sc, B. E. 260 

 Subsidence of Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia. (Introductory to paper by 



Mr, McIntosh).-By Henry S. Poole, D. Sc, F. G. S 262 



Question of Subsidence at Louisbourg, Cape Breton. — By Kenneth 



Mcintosh, C. E., St. George's Channel, N. S 264 



Phenological Observations in Canada, 1903.— By A. H. MacKay, Ll. D., 



F. R. S. C, Supt. of Education 271 



Botanical Notes in Nova Scotia.-By A. H. MacKay, Ll. D., F. R. S. C, 



Supt. of Education 286 



Structure and Succession at North Sydney and Sydney Mines, C. B.— By 



Lorau A. DeWolf e, M. A., North Sydney 289 



Contribution to the Study of Hydroxylamine.— By G. M. Johnstone 



MacKay, B. A. (Published in this- part by permission of the CouncU). 324 



Appendix II: 



List of Members, 1903-1904 r 



