XII LIST OF PRESIDENTS. 



LIST OF PRESIDENTS 



OP THE NOVA SCOTIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCE, AFTERWARDS 

 THE NOVA SCOTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, SINCE ITS 



FOUNDATION ON 31ST DECEMBER, 1862. 



Term of Office. 



Hon. Philip Carteret Hill, D. c. L 31 Dec. 1862 to 26 Oct. 1863 



John Matthew Jones, P. L. s., F. K. s. c 26 Oct. 1863 " 8 Oct. 1873 



John Bernard Gilpin, M. A., M. D., M. H. c. s 8 Oct. 1873 " 9 Oct. 1878 



William Gossip 9 Oct. 1878 " 13 Oct. 1880 



John Somers, M. D 13 Oct. 1880 " 26 Oct. 1883 



Robert Morrow 26 Oct. 1883 " 21 Oct. 1885 



John Somers, M. D 21 Oct. 1885 " 10 Oct. 1888 



Prof. James Gordon MacGregor, M.A., D.SC., P.R.S., F.R.S.C 10 Oct. 1888 " 9 Nov. 1891 



Martin Murphy, C.E., D.SC., o.s.i 9 Nov. 1891 " 8 Nov. 1893 



Prof. George Lawson, PH.D., LL.D., P.I.C., F.R.S.C 8 Nov. 1893 " 10 Nov. 1895 



Edwin Gilpin, Jr., M.A., L.L.D., D.SC., F.Q.S., F.R.S.C., i.s.o 18 Nov. 1895 " 8 Nov. 1897 



Alexander McKay, M.A ' 8 Nov. 1897 " 20 Nov. 1899 



Alexander Howard MacKay, B.A., B.SC., LL.D., F.R.S.C 20 Nov. 1899 " 24 Nov. 1902 



Henry Skeffington Poole, M.A., D.SC., A.R.S.M., F.G.S., F.R.S.C. . . .24 Nov. 1902 " 18 Oct. 1905 



Francis William Whitney Doane, C.E 18 Oct. 1905 "11 Nov. 1907 



Prof. Ebenezer Mackay, PH.D 11 Nov. 1907 " 12 Dec. 1910 



Watson Lenley Bishop 12 Dec. 1910 " 11 Nov. 1912 



Donald MacEachern Fergusson, F.C.S 11 Nov. 1912 " 



NoTE-^Since 1879 the presidents of the Institute have been ex-officio Fellows of the Royal 

 Microscopical Society. 



The first general meeting of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science was held at 

 Halifax, on 31st December, 1862. On 24th March, 1890, the name of the society was changed 

 to the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, and it was incorporated by an act of the legislature 

 in the same year. 



The foundation of the Halifax Mechanics' Institute on 27th December, 1831, and of the 

 Nova Scotian Literary and Scientific Society about 1859 (the latter published its Transactions 

 from 4th January to 3rd December, 1859) had led up to the establishment of the N. S. Institute 

 of Natural Scie'nce in December, 1862. 



