

CONTENTS. 



TRANSACTIONS. 



SESSION OF 1898 99 : PAeE 



1. Statistics of Expenditure and Consumption in Canada, by Prof. 

 J Davidson, M. A., Phil. D., University of New Brunswick, 



Fredericton 1 



II. On a Test, by the Freezing-Point Method, of the lonization Co-effi- 

 cients determined by the conductivity method, for Solutions 

 containing Potassium and Sodium Sulphates, by E. H. 

 Archibald, M. Sc., 1851 Exhibition Science Scholar, Dalhousie 

 College, Halifax, N. S 33 



III. On the Conductivity, Specific Gravity, and Surface Tension of 



Aqueous Solutions containing Potassium Chloride and Sulphate, 



by James Barnes, B. A., Dalhousie College, Halifax, N. S. . 49 



IV. On Finding the lonization of Complex Solutions of given concen- 



tration, and the converse problem, by Prof. J. G. MacGregor, 

 Dalhousie College, Halifax, N. S 67 



V. New Mineral Discoveries in Nova Scotia, by E. Gilpin, Jr , 



A.M., LL.D., F.R.S.C., Inspector of Mines, Halifax, N. S. . . . 79 

 VI. Phonological Observations, Canada, 1898, by A.H MacKay , LL. D. , 



Halifax 91 



VII. On a Fish ( ' Chylomycterus schatpfi) new to Nova Scotia, by 



Harry Piers 110 



SESSION OF 1899-1900: 



I. On the Relation of the Viscosity of Mixtures of Solutions of 

 certain Salts to their state of lonization, by James Barnes, 



B. A., Dalhousie College, Halifax, N S 113 



II. On the Calculation of the Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions con- 

 taining Hydrochloric and Sulphuric Acids, by the same 129 



III. On the Depression of the Freezing-Point by mixtures of Electro- 

 lytes, by the same . 139 



IV. On the Sub-divisions of the Carboniferous System in Eastern 

 Canada, with special reference to the position of the Union and 

 Riversdale Formations of Nova Scotia, referred to the 

 Devonian System by some Canadian Geologists, by H. M. 

 Ami, M.A , D.Sc., F.G.S., of the Geologcal Survey of Canada, 

 Ottawa 162 



V. The Natural History of Money, by Prof. J. Davidson, Phil. D., 



University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N. B 179 



VI. On the presence of Acid Sulphate of Copper in mixtures of 



Aqueous Solutions of Sulphuric Acid and Copper Sulphate, by 

 Charles F. Lindsay, Dalhousie College, Halifax, N. S 205 



