PROCEEDINGS. 



FIRST ORDINARY MEETING. 



Civil Engineering Lecture Room, N. 8. Technical College, Halifax; 



13th May, 1911. 



THE PRESIDENT, WATSON L. BISHOP, in the chair. 



A paper by WALTER HENRY PREST, of Bedford, N. S., entitled, 

 *'A Suggestion for Anthropological Work in Nova Scotia," was 

 read by DR. A. H. MACKAY. (See Transactions, p. 35.) The 

 subject was discussed by DR. MACKAY, H. PIERS, Dr. E. MACKAY, 

 G-. W. T. IRVING, and the author. The consideration of what, if 

 any, exploratory work might be undertaken, along the line sug- 

 gested by the paper, was referred to the council. (For the results 

 of such work, see W. H. Prest's "Keport on Cave Examination in 

 Hants County, N. S.", in Transactions, vol. xiii, pt. 2, p. 87.) 



SECOND ORDINARY MEETING. 



Reading Room, N. S. Technical College, Halifax; 

 81st May, 1911. 



THE PRESIDENT, WATSON L. BISHOP, in the chair. 



It was announced that the following had been duly elected 

 ordinary members by the council: C. B. NICKERSON, M. A., 

 demonstrator in chemistry; CLARENCE D. HOWE, B. So., professor 

 of civil engineering; HOWARD L. BRONSON, professor of physics; 

 D. S. MACINTOSH, B. So., lecturer on geology; and HAROLD S. 

 DAVIS, B. A. ; all of Dalhousie University, Halifax. 



On motion of H. PIERS and A. L. McCALLUM, it was resolved 

 thai the Nova Scotian Institute of Science learns with deep regret 

 of the death of its corresponding member, DR. EGBERT WHEELOCK 

 ELLS, F. B. S. C., and desires to express its high appreciation of 

 him and of the very valuable work he had done for Canadian 

 geology, particularly in the Maritime Provinces. 



