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announce the somewhat sudden death of one of our members, 

 Mr. N. J. Giroux, of the Canadian Geological Survey, Ottawa, 

 which occurred at his father's house in River Beaudette, Province 

 of Quebec, on the 30th day of November, 1896. Mr. Giroux 

 was held in high esteem by all his confreres on the staff, and 

 aside from the general feeling of regret at his unexpected death, 

 his loss at this time is especially unfortunate, since the results of 

 his last two years' work in the interesting area between the 

 lower Ottawa and the Saint Lawrence, in the study of which he 

 has recently been engaged, were nearly ready for publication 

 and would have made a very valuable contribution to our know- 

 ledge of this interesting field, both as regards the distribution 

 and the fossil contents ot the Paleozoic formations of the Ottawa 

 basin. 



Mr. Giroux was born at River Beaudette on October 22, 



1859. He graduated from I'Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, in 

 affiliation with Laval University, in 1880, taking the degree of 

 C.E. from that institution and the gold medal for standing in 

 his year. After a year in the North-west Territories, in connec- 

 tion with the Dominion Lands Survey, he was engaged as assis- 

 tant engineer on the Grenville Canal, leaving that work in 1883 

 to join the staff of the Geological Survey of Canada as assistant 

 to Dr. Ells. In this capacity he did much excellent work for 

 some years, and in 1890 took charge of surveys in the rough 

 countries north of the Saint Lawrence, in the vicinity of the 

 Saint Maurice waters. After three years in this arduous field 

 he took charge of his last field of work, to the south of the lower 

 Ottawa river, which he was rapidly bringing to completion 

 when his labours were cut short by his death. 



Mr. Giroux's principal publications have appeared in his 

 summary reports of progress, which are issued in connection 

 with the annual reports of the Geological Survey. The five vol- 

 umes, 1 891-1897, contain his writings. Among other papers is 



