XXVI PROCEEDINGS. 



The following were elected officers for the ensuing year (1903- 

 1904) : 



President, — Hen'ry Skeffixgton Poole, D. Sc., A. R. S. M., F. G. S., 

 F. R. S. C , ex officio F. R. M. S. 



Vice-Presidents. — F. W. W. Doaxe, C. E., and Professor Ebhxezer 

 MacKay, Ph. D. 



Treasurer, — William McKerrox. 



Corresponding Secretary,— A H. MacKay, Ll. D , F. H. S. C. 



Becording Secretary, —Harry Piebs. 



Librarian, — Harry Piers. 



Councillors without Office, — Maynakd Bowman, B A.; Watson L. Bishop; 

 Martin Murphy, C. E , D. Sc. ; Professor Stephen M. Dixon, 

 B A., B. A. I ; Edwix Gilpin, Jr , LL D , F. R. S. C ; Alex- 

 ander McKay ; Professor J. E. Woodmax', D. Sc 



Auditors, —KoY>Eii.iCK. McColl, C. E ; J. B. McCarthy, M. A., B. Sc. 



First Ordinary Meeting. 



Legislatwe Council Chamber, Halifax, 16th November, 1903. 



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



It was announced that MajorGenkral Campbell Hardy, R. A., 

 of Dover, England, had been elected a corresponding member, and 

 that D. Budge, General Superintendent of Halifax and Bermuda 

 Cable Company, Halifax, had been elected an ordinary member. 



Vice-President MacKay took the chair while the President, Dr, 

 Poole, read a paper "On the Age of the Conglomerate capping the 

 Cambrian Rocks of Nova Scotia." (See Transactions, p. 236). The 

 subject was discussed by Dr. Woodman, Dr. A. H. MacKay, H. Piers, 

 T. Y. Hill and W. H. Prest. 



W. C. MiLNER exhibited the manuscript of a geological map of 

 Nova Scotia, which will be issued with the raining number of the 

 " Nova Scotian." 



Second Ordinary Meeting. 



Legislative Council Chamber, Halifax, 21st December, 1903. 



The President, Dr. Poole, in the chair. 



It was announced that the following had been elected ordinary 

 members : James H. Winfield, Manager N. S. Telephone Company, 



