PROCEEDINGS 



,Scotian Jnstitute of .Science, 



SESSION OF 1899-1900. 



ANNU&.L BUSINESS MEETING. 



Legislative Council Chamber, Halifax, 20th November, 1899. 

 The PRESIDENT, ALEXANDER McKAY, ESQ., in the chair. 

 The PRESIDENT addressed the Institute, as follows : 



GENTLEMEN, A review of the last year's work of this Institute 

 may well he very brief. Meetings were held at the usual times, 

 except in February, on account of a severe storm. Twelve papers 

 were read and discussed, and another was read by title. These cover a 

 wide range of subjects : Social science, geology, sanitary science, 

 mineralogy, medicine, chemistry and botany, zoology and physics. 



Prof. Davidson, of the University of New Brunswick, opens up a 

 field new to the Institute by a valuable paper " On Statistics and 

 Expenditure in Canada." In this and related studies there are splendid 

 opportunities for unlimited research and the display of the highest 

 order of talents. A paper by Prof. Russell on " School Room Air " 

 will be of much interest and value to teachers. The tests recom- 

 mended are inexpensive, and such as can be generally used. Teachers 

 who have once made these tests will ever afterwards be more alive to 

 the almost criminal carelessness of those who allow children to occupy 

 badly-ventilated school rooms. Dr. A. P. Reid also deserves the 

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