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On the suggestion of the President, the English and European scientists at- 

 tending the meeting were elected members of the Association. 



President Dawson announced that the annual meeting of the British Science 

 Association opened on the same day as this meeting, and suggested that a mes- 

 sage of greeting and congratulation should be cabled to it from the American As- 

 sociation, a suggestion that met with the approval of those present. 



The meeting was then declared adjourned, and the Association resolved it- 

 self into the various sections which met in their respective apartments for organ- 

 ization. The proceedings were the same in all of these sections, and consisted 

 of the election of one Fellow from each section to represent it on the Standing 

 Committee during the ensuing year ; also, the election of the Sectional Commit- 

 tees, which are composed of three Fellows from each section together with the 

 Vice-President and Secretary, and which select the papers to be read and make 

 other arrangements for the meetings of the sections respectively ; the election of 

 the Nominating Committee, composed of one member or Fellow from each section ; 

 the election of three members or Fellows from each section, to act with the Vice- 

 President and Secretary of that section as a sub-committee to recommend to the 

 Nominating Committee, the Vice-President and Secretary of such section re- 

 spectively for the next meeting of the Association. 



EVENING PROCEEDINGS. — THE RETIRING PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather the spacious Queen's Hall 

 was completely filled on the occasion of the public address of the retiring Presi- 

 dent of the Association, Prof. George J. Brush, of New Haven, Conn. Among 

 the audience was a large representation of the elite of Montreal. The new Presi- 

 dent, Dr. Dawson, occupied the chair, and on the platform were the past Presi- 

 dents, the present Vice-Presidents and invited guests. 



PROGRESS OF AMERICAN MINERALOGY. 



Prof. Brush's address consisted of a sketch of the progress of American Min- 

 eralogy, of which the following is a condensed report : 



After remarking that the change in the constitution of the Association effect- 

 ed at its last meeting had relieved the retiring President from attempting a gener- 

 al review of the progress of science during the past year, he said : During the 

 last quarter of the eighteenth century, while great activity existed and rapid ad- 

 vance was made in the study of chemistry and mineralogy in Europe, almost 

 nothing was accompHshed in this new country. It is true that students in other 

 departments of science, especially members of the medical profession, in the 

 cities of Philadelphia, New York and Boston, attempted to arouse an interest in 

 mineralogy, beheving that the diffusion of a knowledge of this science would be 

 of the utmost importance in the material development of the country. There 

 were, however, no text books to aid the inquirer. There were no collections of 

 minerals to stimulate the student. In the absence of these it was almost impossi- 



