CONTENTS 



PROCEEDINGS. 



PAGE 



SESSION OF 1906-1907: 



Presidential address, by F. W. W. Doane, C. E - i 



The Institute's work " i 



Research work iv 



Sanitary scientific work v 



Report of treasurer ix 



Report of librarian ix 



Exchange of publications x 



Officers for 1906-1907 x 



Ordinary meetings x 



Institute's seal xi 



Reminiscences of a Nova Scotian naturalist: Andrew Downs. 



By Major-General Campbell Hardy, R. A xi 



Self-recording rain-gauge for Halifax " xxx 



The run-off from a small drainage area near Halifax. By 



H. W. Johnston, C. E. (Title only.) xxx 



SESSION OF 1907-1908: 



Annual meeting xxxi 



Presidential address, by F. W. W. Doane, C. E xxxi 



( 1 ) Obituary references to Edward Gilpin xxxi 



(2) " Daniel McNeil Parker xxxiv 



( 3 ) " George Thomas Kennedy . . xxxv 



(4) " E. B. Tinling xxxv 



( 5 ) Technical education xxxvii 



Report of librarian and secretary xli 



Officers elected for 1907-1908 xlii 



Ordinary meetings xliii 



Influence of radium on the decomposition of hydriodic acid. 



By H. Jermain Creighton, M. A. (See p. 1) xliii 



(1) Fish-eating habits of medusae; (2) The present and 

 future of our fisheries. By Prof. E. E. Prince. (Titles 



only.) , xliv 



(iii) 



