82 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



4. Contributions from the E. M. Museum of Geology and Archjeology of 



Princeton College, N. J., No. 1, Sept., 1878. 

 Bulletin No. 3, May, 1883, Vol. I., No. 1, July, 1884. . 

 3rdand4tli Annual Reports, June, 1884 and June, 1885. 



5. The American Naturalist, Feb. 1886. 



6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. XLVI., No. 2, 



Dec, '85. 



7. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, Vol. VIII., No. 1, 



Jan., '86. 



8. Scottish Geographical Magazine, Vol. II., No. 1. 



9. Historisches Jahrbuch der Gorres-Ge.sellschaft, VII. Band, 1 Heft. 



Miinchen, 1886. 



10. Electricity, 9 et 16 Janvier, 1886. 



11. Wochenschrift des Oesterreichischen Ingenieur und Architekten-Vereines 



8 Januar, '86. 



12. Journal des Societes Scientifiques, 13 Janvier, 1886. 



13. Archivio di Letteratura Biblica ed Orientale, Anno VII., No. 12, 



Dec, 1885. 



14. Verhandhingen der Berliner Gesellschaft fiir Anthropologic, Ethnologic 



und Urgeschichte, Sitzungen vom 20, 27 Juni und 18 Juli, 1885. 



15. Verhandlungen der GeseUschaft fiir Erdkunde zu Berlin, Band XII , 



Nos. 8, 9, 10. 



16. Correspondenz-Blatt der deutschen GeseUschaft fiir Anthropologic, Eth- 



nologic und Urgeschichte, XVI. Jahrgang, Nr 11, Nov., 1885. 



17. Transactions and Proceedings of the Technical Society of the Pacific 



Coast, Vols. I. and II., 1884 and 1885—14 Nos. 



Total 39. 



Mr. S. C. Duncan-Clark was elected a member. 



Mr. J. Davies Barnett read a paper on " The Mechanical 

 Value and Treatment of Hard and Soft Coal." 



To-day wood fuel is so scarce, and in quality so inferior, that it 

 cannot even in Canada be extensively used for industrial purposes. 

 In the year 1851 experiments by the Pennsylvania Centi-al Railway 

 on the evaporation of water showed that one ton of best soft coal (Pitts- 

 burg) was only equal to If coi'ds of best hard wood; but afterwards, 

 as the use of coal became better understood, the accepted relative pro- 

 portion was 2 to 1 ; and, of wood of the general average quality now 

 attainable, it will take 2^, and even 2|, cords to do the work of one 

 ton of good soft coal, if the coal is properly handled. 



Our native peat— bulky and loose in texture — is out of the com- 

 petition as a solid fuel ; due, primarily, to the short season in which 

 it can be cured naturally, or to the extensive plant required, if cured 

 artificially. 



