Civ PROCEEDINGS. 



THIRD ORDINARY MEETING. 



Council Chamber, City Hall, Halifax, 21st February, 1898. 

 The PRESIDENT in the chair. 



E. H. ARCHIBALD, ESQ., B. So., read a paper " On the Calculation of 

 the Conductivity of Solutions containing Potassium-Copper Sulphate." 

 (See Transactiont, p. 307). 



The paper was discussed by DRS. MACGREGOR and MACKAY. 



DR. MACGREGOR then delivered an address on " Physical Laboratory 

 Work of an Elementary Grade." 



The address was discussed by PROF. E. MACKAY, DR. A. H. MACKAY, 

 and MESSRS. MORTON, O'HEARN, TREFRY and MARSHALL. 



FOURTH ORDINARY MEETING. 



Legislative Council Chamber, Halifax, 14th March, 1898. 

 The PRESIDENT in the chair. 



The PRESIDENT referred to the loss the Society had sustained in the 

 death of DR. SOMERS, who had for several years been President of the 

 Institute, and who had contributed a number of papers to its Transactions. 



On motion, the PRESIDENT, the RECORDING SECRETARY, and DR. 

 MACKAY, were appointed a committee to draw up a resolution of condo- 

 lence and to forward the same to MRS. SOMERS. 



CHARLES TWINING, ESQ., exhibited a working model of a " Pivot- 

 Boat," and explained the principles upon which it was constructed. 



The subject was discussed by DRS. MACKAY, MURPHY and 

 MACGREGOR, and MR. STAYNER. 



T. C. McKAY, ESQ., B. A., of Dalhousie College, read a paper " On 

 the Electrical Conductivity and other Properties of Solutions containing 

 Barium and Sodium Chlorides." (See Transactions, p. 321.) 



