72 THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION, 
ANNUAL REPORT 
OF DHE 
GROLOGICAL SECTION 
OF THE 
HAMILTON ASSOCTATION 
For the term ending May, Igoo. 
HAMILTON, Ont., May, 1goo. 
The section has much pleasure in submitting this its annual 
report, satisfied that substantial progress has been made in the col- 
lection of fossil specimens, and also that a greater knowledge of the 
field from which to collect fossil specimens has been acquired by 
those members of the Section who devoted their time to such © 
work. 
During the past year a large number of specimens have been 
added to the museum by Col. C. C. Grant, Mr. J. Schuler and 
Mr. H. T. Bartlett. Some of the species are new to the collectors of 
this locality. Numbers of these newly discovered species have been 
sent to experts for identification. 
Special mention should be made of the discovery by Col. C. C. 
Grant of two species of Septobolus because of their rarity ; only 
three of this family having been described by the late Dr. James 
Hall, Geologist of New York State, as occurring in the lower silurian 
rocks in America. Some varieties of Septobolus have been found 
in the the Niagara chert beds near Hamilton, these beds form part 
of the middle silurian series of rocks. 
During the autumn and winter months a rearrangement of the 
fossils in the cases was made with the object of having a fuller re- 
presentation of the characteristic specimens more readily obtainable 
for the purposes of study by those who choose to avail themselves. 
f the opportunity. Also with the view of economizing space so as- 
