CONTENTS. 



Pass. 



Officers 1890-91 "J. 



Transactions, Session 1890-91 ^ 



Gen. Sir J. H. Lefroy, K.C.M.G., C.B., F.R.S 1 



Forty-Second Annual Meeting ^^ 



Forty-First Annual Report ^* 



Appendix I. Membership. , ■*" 



" II. Financial Statement 47 



III. Papers read, Session 1889-90 50 



Report of The Biological Section 52 



" Geological and Mining Section 54 



" Philological Section 55 



" Historical Section 56 



' ' Librarian 57 



' ' Sociological Committee > • • • 59 



Forty-Second Annual Report 60 



Appendix I. List of Members 65 



" II. Financial Statement 65 



III. Papers read, Session 1890-91 68 



Librarian's Report 70 



Report of The Biological Section 72 



" Geological and Mining Section 74 



*' Historical Section 75 



Kotes on Nickel 77 



George Mickle, B.A. 



Metallurgy 81 



Alloys 83 



Coins 83 



Production of Nickel 84 



The Luminiferous Ether 93 



J. M. Clark, M.A., LL.B. 



The Bceothick Indians 98 



Alan Macdougall, M. Can. Soc. C. E. 



Surnames and Place-Names of the Isle of Man 103 



Rev. Neil MacNish, B.J)., LL.D. 



Gaelic Names 108 



Manx Surnames 108 



Art in Canada To-day 113 



J. W. L. Forster. 



Bone Caves — with especial reference to Prehistoric Man ... 116 



Arthur Harvey. 



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