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FIFTH ORDINARY MEETING. 



N. 8. Technical College, Halifax; llth March, 1912. 



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



It was announced that DAVID FRASER HARRIS, M. D. C. M., 

 D. Sc., B. Sc. (Lond.), E. E. S. E., Professor of physiology and 

 [histology, Dalhousie University, had been elected an ordinary 

 member by the council on 29th February. 



HAROLD S. DAVIS, B. A., Instructor in physics, Dalhousie 

 University, Halifax, read a paper on "The Conductivity of an 

 Aromatic Base in Water and certain Organic Solvents." (See 

 Transactions, p. 40). The subject was discussed by DR. H. J. M. 

 CREIGHTON and PROF. E. MACKAY. 



H. JERMAIN MAUDE CREIGHTON, M. A., M. Sc., DR. So., F. 

 C. S., lecturer on physical chemistry, Dalhousie University, 

 Halifax, read a paper on "The Behavior of Iron Salts, in the 

 presence of Egg Albumen and other Organic Substances, towards 

 certain Beagents." (See Transactions, p. 61). The subject was 

 discussed by C. B. NICKERSON, PROF. E. MACKAY, DR. A. H. 

 MACKAY, and D. M. FERGUSON. 



SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING. 



N. S. Technical College, Halifax; 9th April, 1912. 



THE SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, D. M. FERGUSON, in the chair. 



In the absence of the author, MR. PIERS read a paper by 

 LAWRENCE W. WATSON, M. A., Charlottetown, P. E. I., on "The 

 Geological Age of Prince Edward Island." (See Transactions, 

 p. 145). The paper was discussed by B. H. BROWN, H. PIERS, 

 and others; and a vote of thanks was passed to MR. WATSON. 



C. B. NICKERSON, M. A., Demonstrator in chemistry, Dalhousie 

 University, Halifax, read a paper on "The Qualitative Separation 

 of Metals of the Iron Group ; a New Method for the Bemoval of 

 PO/" Ions." (See Transactions, p. 95). The subject was dis- 

 cussed by DK. H. J. M. CREIGHTON. 



DAVID FRASER HARRIS, M. D., D. Sc., B. Sc. (Lond.), F. B. 

 S. E., Professor of physiology and histology, Dalhousie University, 

 Halifax, read a paper entitled, "On the Intimate Associations of 



