ORDINARY MEETINGS. XXXV 



The following were elected officers for the ensuing year (1904-05) : 



fA-esifZcHi,— Henry Skeffinoton Poole, D. Sc. , A. R. S. M., F. 0. S., 



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

 Vice-Presidents, — Y. W. \V. Doane, C E., and Professor Ebekezer 



MacKay, Ph D. 

 Treasurer,- William McKerron. 



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

 Recording Secretary, — Harry Piers. 

 Librarian,— ^A^UY Piers 

 Councillors without 0/^ce,— iVlAYNARD Bowman, B A.; Watson L Bishop; 



Professor Stephen M. Dixon, B. A. , B. A. I ; Edwin Gilpin, Jr., 



Ll. 1) , F. R. S, C, I. S. ; Alexander McKay ; Professor J. 



Edmund Woodman, D. Sc; J. B. McCarthy, M. A., B. Sc 

 Auditors, — Roderick McColl, C. E. ; and Professor F H Sexton. 



Dr. MacKay took the chair while the President, Dr. H. S. 

 Poole, read a paper on " Pre-Cambrian Volcanic Bombs from near 

 Lake Ainslie, Inverness Co., N. S." (See Transactions, p. 339). 



Dr. Woodman gave the result of a microscopic examination of some 

 of these bombs. 



Pjrst Ordinary Meeting. 



Legislative Council Chamber, Halifax, 21st November, 190 If. 



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



Professor Stephen M. Dixon, M. A., B. A. I., read a paper 

 entitled, " A Determination of the Elements of Terrestrial Magnetism 

 at Halifax, N. S., August, 1904." (See Transactions, p. 245). The 

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

 Dr. Woodman, and a vote of thanks was presented to the lecturer. 



Second Ordinary Meeting. 



Legislative Council Chamber, Halifax, 23rd January, 1905. 



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



The Recording Secretary announced that the Rev. Bro'iher 

 Junian Peter of Fall River, Mass., U. S. A., a corresponding mem- 

 ber, had presented to the Institute a collection of dried plants 

 collected in his district. The Secretary was directed to convey to 

 Brother Peter the thanks of the society. 



Professor J. Edmund Woodman, D. Sc, gave a lecture on "The 

 Volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands," illustrated by coloured lantern- 

 slides. A vote of thanks was presented to the lecturer. 



