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there will be a large garden party given at 
the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto 
Island. His Excellency, the Governor- 
General, and the Countess of Aberdeen 
will in the evening give a reception to the 
members in the Parliament buildings of the 
Province of Ontario. On Friday there will 
be meetings of the Sections until about 
three o’clock, when there will be a Convo- 
cation of the University of Toronto to con- 
fer the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws 
upon Lord Kelvin, Lord Lister, Sir John 
Evans and the President of the American 
Association, Professor Wolcott Gibbs. After 
Convocation is over there will be several 
garden parties for the members. In the 
evening will be the lecture of Professor 
Roberts-Austen, F. R. §., on ‘Canada’s 
Metals.’ This will be illustrated by dem- 
onstrations of electric furnaces in the re- 
duction and separation of the various 
metals. On Saturday morning the Sections 
will meet and adjourn early, in order that 
the members may take the various excur- 
sions which are arranged for from Saturday 
to Monday. The members will be offered 
a choice in these, there being four routes, 
one to Muskoka, the lake region of Can- 
ada, a second to Niagara Falls, a third to 
Hamilton and Dundas, thence to Niagara 
Falls, a fourth to Georgian Bay. The mem- 
bers of the Geological Section are to visit 
and examine the Niagara Gorge, under the 
guidance of Messrs. G. K. Gilbert, J. W. 
Spencer and F. B. Taylor, all of whom have 
given special attention to the geology of 
the Niagara region. Arrangements are be- 
ing made whereby members of this party will 
have an opportunity of going up by the 
Gorge Railway and returning by the Ni- 
agara Falls and Victoria Park Railway or 
vice versa. These two trips will enable 
them to cover all the special points of in- 
terest in connection with the much debated 
geology of Niagara Falls. 
Members of the Section for Mechanical 
SCIENCE. 
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Science will also visit Niagara to examine 
the Hydraulic Companies’ works and the 
plant for the manufacture of carborundum. 
The various Hydraulic Power Compan- 
ies have extended a special invitation 
to the members of the Association, and 
it is expected that a large number will 
avail themselves of the privilege ac- 
corded. It is probable that amongst the 
visitors on this occasion will be a large 
number of the most eminent electricians . 
and engineers. 
The excursionists to Muskoka will stay 
at the various hotels and lodging houses in 
the Muskoka region over Sunday. Another 
party will have an opportunity of visiting 
the many thousand islands in Georgian Bay. 
This group will go partly by rail to Pene- 
tang, thence by boat through Georgian Bay 
to Parry Sound, returning on Monday 
morning. On Monday the majority of the 
Sections will again meet. On Monday 
afternoon the Geological Section will ex- 
amine the glacial region of Scarboro’ 
Heights and the Don Valley, which are of 
special interest to students of the glacial 
age, the deposits there being very extensive 
and of great thickness. A number of 
garden parties are also arranged for the 
members during this afternoon. 
In the evening Professor John Milne, 
F.R.S., recently of the University of Tokyo, 
will deliver an illustrated lecture with dem- 
onstrations on ‘Earthquakes and Vol- 
canoes.’ On Tuesday morning the Sec- 
tions will again meet. In the afternoon 
there will be a Convocation of Trinity 
University to confer the Honorary Degree 
of D.C.L. on Lord Lister, Sir John Evans 
and Professor Forsyth, this ceremony being 
followed by several garden parties. In the 
evening there will be a Conversazione with 
music and refreshments in the main build- 
ing of the University of Toronto for all the 
members of the Association. On Wednes- 
day the Sections will meet for their con- 
