HAMILTON SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. 105 



GEOLOGICAL SECTION 



Report of the Sectioiv for the Year Ending 

 May, 1906. 



During the suininer vacation quite a large number of fossil 

 specimens were collected, sonie of which were placed in the Mu- 

 seum of the Association, and other specimens were sent to different 

 museums, such as the British Museum at London, the Ottawa, the 

 Albany and Washington. lyctters from W. D. Laing, of the Brit- 

 ish Museum of Natural History, were received of the following 

 dates, acknowledging the receipt of fossil specimens : On May 24, 

 1905 (15); June 14, 1905 (7); Sept. 18, 1905 (20); Oct. 5, 1905 

 (8); Jan. 6, 1906 (15); Jan. 16, 1906 (26); Jan. 30, 1906 (6) ; 

 March 6, 1906(4); March 26, 1906 (5); April 11, 1906(11); also 

 from Prof. E. Ray Lancaster from the same museum, Sept. 18, 

 1905 (4); Dec. 12, 1905 (2); March 13, igo6 (7); also from Prof. 

 J. F.Whiteaves, Assistant Director of the Geological Association of 

 Canada, Nov. 14, 1905 (5), Feb. 27, 1906 (6) ; also from Prof. J. 

 M. Clark, of the Science Division of the New York State Education 

 Department May 17, 1905 (a box); Sept. 29, 1905 (a parcel). Re- 

 quests have been made for specimens from the Niagara formation. 

 The attention of professors of science has been drawn to the num- 

 ber of graptolite and fossil sponges that are obtained here. 



The Section learns with nitich regret that Prof. Georby of 

 Washington, who was busy on a number of graptolites sent to him 

 for description and identiiication, has been stricken with blindness. 

 These specimens, says a former member of the Section, are likely 

 to be handed over to the Albany Museum, where Prof. Ruedman, 

 who has already described a large number of fossils from the State, 

 will describe and name the graptolite specimens that are new to 

 science and identify those that have already been described. 



