ORDINARY MEETINGS. XXIU 



books were borrowed, besides those consulted in the Library. 

 No binding or purchasing had been done. Since the outbreak 

 of tlie present war in August, 1914, no publications have 

 been receivetl from societies or other institutions in the 

 enemy's countries, or in the zone of militarj-' operations; 

 and some societies with headquarters in districts affected, 

 have announced that for the present they have had to cease 

 publication. In sending out our Transactions, all societies 

 in hostile countries have been omitted as recipients, as 

 well as those within the zone occupied by the enemy. The 

 report was received and adopted. 



It was announced that the Transactions, vol. xiii, 

 parts 3 and 4, and vol. xiv, part 1, had been distributed 

 to members and others on the exchange-list. 



The chair was taken by Dr. A. H. MacKay, and a paper 

 was read on "The Beneficial Action of Certan 'Poisons'; 

 and the Influence of Poisons on Protoplasm and on Enzymes 

 respectively," by the president, Prof. David Fraser Harris, 

 M. B., C. M., M. D., D. Sc.,.F. R. S. E., of Dalhousie Uni- 

 versity, Halifax. (See Transactions, page 96.) The subject 

 was discussed by H. B. Vickery, C. B. Nickerson, Prof. 

 Cameron, Dr. A. H. MacKay, and D. ]M. Fergusson, 



Third Ordinary Meeting. 



Civil Engineering Lecture Room, N. S. Technical College, 

 Halifax; 10th April, 1916. 



The First Vice-President, Dr. A. S. Mackenzie, 

 in the chair. 



John Cameron, M. D., D. Sc, F. R. S. E., professor of 

 anatomy, Dalhousie Univer.sity, Halifax, read a paper on 

 "Some Recent Researches on the Anatomy and Psychology 

 of the Ancient Egyptian of the Twelfth Dynasty." 



