XXXVl PROCEEDINGS. 



Third Ordinauy Merting. 



Protnncial Science Library, Halifax, 13th March, 1905. 



The President, Dr. Poole, in the chair. 



Tt \v;is announced that Captain E. B. Tinling, R. N., of the 

 Marine and Fisheries Department, Halifax, had been elected an 

 ordinary member. 



The Recording Secretary reported that there had been received 

 from the Royal Society of London, forty volumes of its earliest Pro- 

 ceedings (from vol. 1, 1800) so far as they were in print. It was 

 directed that the thanks of the Institute be conveyed to the Royal 

 Society for this valuable gift. 



In the absence of the author. Dr. A H. MacKay read a paper 

 by Walter H. Prest of North Brookfield, N. S., on " Edible Wild 

 Plants of Nova Scotia." (See Transactions, p. 387). The subject 

 was discussed by Drs. A. H. MacKay, Poole, Barbour, A. P. Reid, 

 and Messrs. Piers, Bishop, Harris, and others. A vote of thanks 

 was presented to Mr. Prest for his paper. 



Dr. J. E Woodman read by title a paper entitled " Distribution 

 of Bedded Leads in relation to Mining Policy." (See Transactions, 



p. 163). 



Fourth Ordinary Meeting. 



Assembly Room, Province Building, Halifax, 17th April, 1905. 



The President, Dr. Poole, in the chair. 



It was announced that L. C. Harlow, B. Sc, Provincial Normal 

 School, Truro, N. S., had been elected an associate member. 



The Recording Secretary announced that the Proceedings and 

 Transactions of the Institute, vol.' xi, part 1, had been published and 

 part 2 was now in press. 



In the absence of the author. Dr. Woodman read a paper by 

 M. Y. Grandin of Cheticamp, entitled, " Notes on the Ore Deposits 

 of South Cheticamp, Cape Breton Island, N. S." (See Transactions, 

 p. 347). The paper was discussed by the President, Dr. Woodman, 

 and others ; and a vote of thanks was presented to the author. 



F. H. McLearn read a paper, entitled, " A Structural Analysis 

 of the Goldenville Anticline, Guys. Co., N. S." The subject was 

 discussed by J. Regan, H. Piers, Dr. Woodman, and Professor 

 Haycock ; and a vote of thanks was presented to Mr. McLearn. 



