Xll PROCEEDINGS. 



Third Ordinary Meeting. 



Legislative Council Chamber, Halifdx, 9th February, IVO-J. 



The President, H. S. Poole, in the chair. 



It was announced that the following had been elected ordinary- 

 members : Parker R. Colpitt, city electrician, Halifax ; Richard 

 H. Brown, M. E., Halifax ; and that R. R. Gates, Mt. Allison 

 University, Sackville, N. B., had been elected an associate member. 



Prof. E. E. Prince, Commissioner and General Inspector of 

 Fisheries, Ottawa, presented a paper entitled "The Swim Bladder of 

 Fishes, a degenerate gland."* 



Prof. Prince also delivered a lecture on the "Colours of Animals^ 

 their nature and meaning," illustrated with lantern-slides. 



The subject was discussed by the President, Dr. A. H. MacKay^ 

 Charles Archibald, and Arthur P. Silver ; and a vote of thanks 

 was presented to the lecturer. 



The following paper was read by title : — "The Meso-Carboniferous 

 Age of the Union and Riversdale Formations of Nova Scotia, and of 

 their equivalents the Mispec and Lancaster Formations in New 

 Brunswick," by Henry M. Ami, D. Sc, of the Geological Survey 

 of Canada. 



Fourth Ordinary Meeting. 



Provincial Science Library, HaHfax; 9th March, 90o. 



The President, H. S. Poole, in the chair. 



A communication was read from the Royal Society of Canada, 

 requesting the Institute to appoint a delegate to attend the former 

 society's meeting in May next. The matter was referred to the 

 Council. 



Attention was drawn to the recent death of the Institute's treasurer, 

 William Ciiamrerlain Silver, and a resolution of regret was unani- 

 mously adopted. 



A resolution of regret was also passed on the death of A. Cameron, 

 principal of Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth, an associate member of 

 the Institute. 



* Thi-; paper will appear in part 2 of this volume. 



