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SCIENCE 



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



"Studies on a Timber Destroying Fungus — 

 Pomes officinalis," by J. H. Faull, Ph.D., F.E.S.C. 



"Notes on Cambrian Faunas," by G. F. 

 Matthew, LL.D., D.Sc. 



"Studies on the Protozoan Parasites of the 

 Fishes of the Georgian Bay," by J. W. Mavor, 

 B.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 

 IT. S. A. Presented by E. E. Prince, LL.D., 

 F.E.S.C. 



"Statistical Studies on the Growth of the Pol- 

 lock, Haddock and Hake," by J. W. Mavor, 

 Douglas Macallum and Dorothy Duff; with twenty 

 figures. Presented by E. E. Prince, LL.D., 

 F.E.S.C. 



"The Abscission of Flower-buds and Fruits in 

 its Relation to Environmental Changes," by Pro- 

 fessor Francis E. Lloyd, F.E.S.C. 



"On the Development of JEquorea forslcalea," 

 by C. McLean Fraser, Ph.D., F.E.S.C. 



"Bibliography of Canadian Botany for the 

 Year 1915," by A. H. MacKay, LL.D., F.E.S.C. 



"Bibliography of Canadian Entomology for the 

 Tear 1915," by C. J. S. Bethune, D.C.L., F.E.S.C. 



"Bibliography of Canadian Zoology for 1915 

 (exclusive of Entomology)," by E. M. Walker, 

 B.A., M.B., F.E.S.C. 



"Bibliography of Canadian Geology for the 

 Tear 1915, ' ' by Wyatt Malcolm. Presented by E. 

 G. McConnell, B.A., F.E.S.C. 



"Some Further Observations on the Discharge 

 of Spores in the Vredinem," by Professor A. H. 

 Eeginald Buller, F.E.S.C. 



"Upon the Germination of the Spores of Copri- 

 nus Sterquilinus," by Professor A. H. Eeginald 

 Buller and S. G. Churchward. 



"Structure of the Basin of Lake St. John," by 

 J. A. Dresser, F.E.S.C. 



"Dysentery, and the Dysentery Bacillus. A Re- 

 port of some Cases with Isolation of Organisms of 

 the Shiga Group, " by R. F. Kelso, M.D., and W. 

 Sadler, B.S.A. 



GENERAL NOTES 



The council of the society recommended to the 

 various sections the advisability of suitably com- 

 memorating the 50th anniversary of confederation 

 of the various provinces of British North America 

 by preparing papers dealing with the progress of 

 literature and science in Canada during this 

 period. Action on the part of the sections fol- 

 lowed. 



The presidential address by Professor Baker, of 

 Toronto University, was entitled ' ' Canada 's In- 

 tellectual Status and Intellectual Needs." 



In this address the retiring president, Dr. 

 Baker, discussed the educational problems of the 

 various provinces of all Canada, of native born 

 and also those of European birth. The writer 

 argued for an increased study of the French lan- 

 guage, and then turned his attention to the press, 

 the public libraries and to technical education as 

 well as education in agriculture for the Dominion. 



Museums, as factors in modern civilization, were 

 also discussed, including art museums. Canadian 

 literature, agricultural research, the work of the 

 Biological Board of Canada, and general scientific 

 research, on the lines of the Carnegie Institute, 

 followed together with the work of the Rockefeller 

 Institute and similar institutions in the United 

 States that make for the benefit of humanity as a 

 whole. Professor Baker paid a glowing tribute to 

 the benefactors in the United States who by en- 

 dowments and munificent donations, had done so 

 much to increase our knowledge in so many direc- 

 tions, thus raising the status of research work to 

 such a pitch that the summit or center of gravity 

 of scientific discovery in this world may soon be 

 found in the Republic of our neighbors. 



The officers for 1916-17 are as follows: 



Hon. President — His Grace the Duke of Devon- 

 shire, Governor-General of Canada, etc. 



President — Professor A. B. Macallum (Toronto, 

 Ont.). 



Vice-president — His Honor Mr. Justice J. W. 

 Longley. 



Son. Secretary — Mr. Duncan C. Scott (Ottawa, 

 Ont.). 



Hon. Treasurer — Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt. 



Hon. Librarian — Mr. D. B. Dowling. 



Amongst the other papers read before Section 

 II., not included in the foregoing, of special in- 

 terest in geography, archeology, ethnology, etc., 

 may be mentioned the following: 



1. "Place Names in the Southern Rockies," by 

 James White, F.E.G.S., Canadian Commission of 

 Conservation (Ottawa). 



2. "Signposts of Pre-historie Time," by W. D. 

 Lighthall, M.A. (Montreal). 



3. "An Organization of the Scientific Investi- 

 gation of the Indian Place-Nomenclature of the 

 Maritime provinces of Canada" (sixth paper), by 

 Professor W. F. Ganong, M.A., Ph.D. 



4. "The Eefugee Loyalists of Connecticut," by 

 Professor W. H. Siebert, of the Ohio State Uni- 

 versity. 



H. M. Ami 

 Geological Subvey, 

 Ottawa, Canada 



