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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XLIV. No. 1145 



rearing as a means of conserving the lobster 

 industry. A. P. Knight 



Queen's University, 

 Kingston, Canada 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



The thirty-fifth meeting of the Koyal Society 

 of Canada was held, this year, in the Chateau 

 Laurier at Ottawa, Province of Ontario, under the 

 presidency of Professor Alfred Baker, M.A., 

 LL.D., of Toronto University. There was a large 

 attendance of fellows from all the provinces of the 

 Dominion. As is well known to readers of Science, 

 this society is essentially national in character; 

 and in the four sections into which the society is 

 divided, the archeological, literary, historical as 

 well as scientific leaders in thought, of English as 

 well as of French Canada, are represented. The 

 society meets but once a year in conclave, but sec- 

 tions can be called at the bidding of its officers to 

 carry out programs of lectures, reading of papers 

 or similar functions with a view of furthering the 

 aims of the society. 



Seventeen affiliated societies of Canada re- 

 ported through their official representatives or 

 delegates. The war now raging in Europe has 

 affected the society to a marked degree, not only 

 in the attendance at the annual meeting owing to 

 the number of fellows serving at the front, but also 

 in the distribution of the publications. There was 

 no distribution to enemy countries. 



Death has removed several fellows, including Sir 

 Sandford Fleming; Dr. W. E. King, astronomer; 

 Dr. Samuel E. Dawson, litterateur, historian and 

 geographer, and Monsieur Ernest Gagnon, his- 

 torian. 



The third and fourth sections of the Eoyal So- 

 ciety of Canada are those specially devoted to the 

 sciences, and papers were presented and read 

 which cover the wide field of research common to 

 all nationalities and special interest to readers of 

 Science. 



List of Papers presented in Section III, Chemical 

 and Physical Sciences 



Presidential address. By Dr. P. T. Shutt, M.A., 

 E.I.C. — "Agricultural Research in Canada." 



"The Turn of Tidal Streams in relation to the 

 Time of the Tide," by W. Bell Dawson, M.A., 

 D.Sc, M.Inst., C.E., F.R.S.C. 



"The Smelting of Titaniferous Iron Ores," by 

 Alfred Stansfield, E.E.S.C, D.Sc, A.R.S.M., pro- 

 fessor of metallurgy, MeGill University, and Wil- 

 liam Arthur Wissler, M.Sc, of MeGill University. 



"Factors connecting the Concentration and the 

 Optical Rotatory Power of Aqueous Solutions of 

 Nicotine," by Alfred Tingle and Allan A. Fergu- 

 son. Presented by Professor W. R. Lang, F.R.S.C. 



"A New Method for the Determination of Nico- 

 tine in Tobacco," by Alfred Tingle and Allan A. 

 Ferguson. Presented by Professor W. R. Lang, 

 F.R.S.C. 



' ' The Influence of Fertilizers on the Flow of 

 Water through Soils," by C. J. Lynde, Ph.D., pro- 

 fessor of physics, and R. Dougall, B.S.A., re- 

 search assistant under the Dominion Grant for 

 Agriculture, Macdonald College, P. Q. Presented 

 by Dr. H. T. Barnes, F.R.S. 



"On the Initial Charged Condition of the Ac- 

 tive Deposits of Radium, Thorium and Actinium," 

 by G. H. Henderson, B.A., B.Sc, instructor in 

 physics, Dalhousie University. Presented by H. L. 

 Bronson, F.R.S.C. 



"The Structure of Hailstones of Exceptional 

 Form and Size," by Francis E. Lloyd. Presented 

 by Professor C. H. McLeod, F.R.S.C. 



"Human Adipocere," by R. F. Ruttan, M.D., 

 F.R.S.C. 



"Formation of Ring Ice or Hoar Frost in 

 Pipes," by Professor H. T. Barnes, F.R.S.C. 



' ' Contact Resistance in Oil, " by H. E. Rielley, 

 M.Sc, and Violet Henry, M.Sc. Presented by Pro- 

 fessor H. T. Barnes, F.R.S.C. 



"The Contact Resistance between Conductors in 

 Relative Motion," by Violet Henry, M.Sc Pre- 

 sented by Professor H. T. Barnes, F.R.S.C. 



"The Solubility of Aluminium Hydroxide in So- 

 lutions of Ammonia," by E. H. Archibald and T. 

 Habasian. Presented by Professor Ruttan. 



"The Occlusion of Iron by the Ammonium 

 Phosphomolybdate Precipitate," by E. H. Archi- 

 bald and H. B. Keegan. Presented by Professor 

 Ruttan. 



' ' A Comparison of Radium Standard Solutions, ' ' 

 by J. Moran. Presented by Professor A. S. Eve, 

 F.R.S.C. 



"The Release of Radium Emanation from 

 Water at Different Temperatures by Bubbling 

 Air through the Solution at a Uniform Rate," by 

 J. Moran. Presented by Professor A. S. Eve, 

 F.R.S.C. 



' ' The Double Salts Formed by Sodium and Po- 

 tassium Carbonates," by J. W. Bain, F.R.S.C, 

 and C. E. Oliver. 



"On the Effect of Stationary Sound Waves on 

 Viscous Flow in Pipes and Channels," by Louis 

 Vessot King, M.A. (Cantab.), D.Sc. (MeGill), 

 F.R.S.C, associate professor of physics, MeGill 

 University, Montreal. 



