SKETCHES OF DECEASED MEMBERS. PIERS. 



C1X. 



He was the leading authority on our coal and iron deposits, 

 and in fact knew more about our geology and mineral 

 resource (excepting probably gold) than possibly any other 

 man. His genial, kindly and extremely modest character 

 was marked by every one who came in contact with him. His 

 many maps and reports as well as other papers are a monu- 

 ment to his energy and display his great knowledge of a 

 subject of which he had made a life-long study. He passed 

 away in the midst of active work. He was elected a corres- 

 ponding member of this Institute on 3rd March, 1891, and 

 published three- valuable papers in its later Transactions. 

 (See The Nova Scotian, Mining Number, October, 1903, p. 59, 

 with portrait; Journal of Mining Soc. of N. S.. vol. xv., 1910, 

 p. 131, with excellent portrait.) 



The curious may be interested in considering the foregoing 

 list in the light of origin, as indicated by birth-place: 



* English parentage, f 1 Irish parentage. t 1 Scotch parentage. 



PBOC. & TRJLN*. N. S. INST. Sci., VOL. XIII. 



PBOC. 



