iv CONTENTS. 



SESSION OF 1913-1914: PAGE 



Annual Meeting cxiii 



Presidential Address Fergusson xciii 



Deceased Members during the year cxiv 



Biological Chemistry cxvi 



Present trend and suggestions cxxi 



Treasurer's Report cxxii 



Librarian's Report cxxiii 



Election of Officers cxxiii 



First Ordinary Meeting cxxiv 



Second and Third Ordinary Meeting cxxv 



Fourth and Fifth Ordinary Meeting cxxvi 



Sixth Ordinary Meeting cxxvii 



TRANSACTIONS. 

 SESSION OF 1910-1911 : 



The optical activation of racemic brom-camphor carboxylic 

 acid by means of catalysts: The specificity of catalysts. 



By Henry Jermain Maude Creighton 1 



A suggestion for anthropological work in Nova Scotia. By 



Walter H. Prest 35 



The conductivity of rosaniline hydro-chloride in water and 



certain organic solvents. By Harold S. Davis 40 



Comparison of monthly mean temperatures, Halifax, N. S., 



and Plymouth, G. B. By Henry S. Poole 52 



^ Recent meteorological notes. By F. W. W. Doane 53 



SESSION OF 1911-1912: 



On the behaviour of iron salts, in the presence of albumens 



and other organic substances, towards certain reagents, 



By Henry Jermain Maude Creighton 61 



On the intimate associations of inorganic ions with native and 



derived proteins. By David Fraser Harris 76 



Report on cave examination in Hants County, N. S. By Walter 



Henry Prest 87 



Rearrangement of procedure for the removal of phosphate ions 



from the iron and alkaline earth groups. By Carle ton 



Bell Nickerson 95 



Brief account of the Micmac Indians of Nova Scotia and their 



remains. By Harry Piers 99 



The electrical resistance and temperature coefficient of ice. 



By H. J. L. Johnstone 126 



The geological age of Prince Edward Island. By Lawrence 



W. Watson '. 145 



The Canada grouse (Dendragapus canadensis) in captivity; 



its food, habits, etc. By Watson L. Bishop 150 



