XX 11 ORDINARY MEETINGS. 



WATSON L. BISHOP, Esq., exhibited a specimen of quartz, one side 

 of which was flat and striated. It had been found by Mr. J. R. Glen- 

 dinning about six feet below the surface in an earth cutting by the road- 

 side at the foot of the First Lake, Dartmouth, K. S. 



The following papers were read by title : 



" Note on Coal Gas as a Probuble Source of Argon." By PROF. G. 



LAWSON. 



" On the Visibility of Mercury to the Naked Eye." By A. CAMERON, 

 Esq., Principal of Yarmouth Academy. 



," Tidal Erosion and Deposition in Minas Basin/' By PROP. A. E. 

 COLDWELL, Acadia College, Wolfville, X. S. 



" True Surfaces and Accurate Measurements." By D. W. ROBB, 

 Esq., A. S. M. E, Amherst, N. S. (See Transactions, p. 21.) 



A bound copy of CAPT. TROTT'S paper on Submarine Cables was pre- 

 sented by the author to the library of the Institute. 



HARRY PIERS, 



Recording Secretary. 



