Xvi REPORT — 1897. 



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10. Report on Isomeric Naphthalene Derivatives 627 



11. Report on the Direct Formation of Haloids from Piu-e Materials 627 



12. *Interim Report on the Bibliography of Spectroscopy 627 



13. Report on the Carbohydrates of the Cereal Straws 627 



Section C— GEOLOGY. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 19. 



Address by Dr. G. M. Dawson, C.M.G., F.R.S., President of the Section 623 



1. Some Typical Sections in South-western Nova Scotia. By L. W. Bailey, 

 Ph.D 640 



2. Problems in Quebec Geology. By R. AV. Ells, LL.D., F.R.S.C 640 



3. Report on Life-Zones in the British Carboniferous Rocks 642 



4. The Stratigraphic Succession in Jamaica. By Robert T. Hill 642 



5. Preliminary Notice of some Experiments on the Flow of Rocks. By 

 Feank D. Adams and John T. Nicolson 642 



6. The Former Extension of the Appalachians across Mississippi, Louisiana, 



and Texas. By Professor John C. Beannee, Ph.D 043 



7. Report on the Investigation of a Coral Reef 644 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 20. 



1. A Group of Hypotheses bearing on Climatic Changes. By Professor T. 



C. Chamberlin 644 



2. Distribution and Succession of the Pleistocene Ice Sheets of Northern 

 United States. By Professor T. C. Chamberlin 647 



3. On the Glacial Formation of the Alps. By Professor A. Pence 647 



4. On the Asar of Finland. By P. Keopotkin 048 



5. The Chalky Boulder-clay and the Glacial Phenomena of the Western- 

 Midland Counties of England. By H. B. Woodward, F.R.S 649 



6. Glacial and Interglacial Deposits at Toronto. By A. P. Coleman, Ph.D. 650 



7. On the Continental Elevation of the Glacial Epoch. By J. W. Spencer 

 Ph.D., F.G.S 651 



8. The Champlain Submergence and Uplift, and their Relations to the Great 

 Lakes and Niagara Falls. By Feank Buesley Taylor 652 



9. *Remarks introductory to the Excursion to Niagara Falls and Gorge. By 



G. K. Gilbert G53 



10. Drift Phenomena of Puget Sound and their Interpretation. By Bayley 

 WiiLis 653 



11. The Southern Lobe of the Laurentian Ice Sheet. By Professor C. H. 

 Hitchcock 653 



12. On the Origin of Drumlins. By Professor N. S. Shalee 654 



13. The pre-Glacial Decay of Rocks in Eastern Canada. By Robert Chal- 

 3IERS, F.G.S.A 655 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 21. 

 1. Note on Certain pre-Cambrian and Cambrian Fossils supposed to be re- 

 lated to Eozoon. By Sir W. Dawson, F.R.S , 656 



