XXll PROCEEDINGS. 



On motion it was resolved that at the forthcoming state 

 funeral of Sir Charles Tupper, Bart., the Institute be repre- 

 sented by its Council. 



Second Ordinary Meeting. 



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

 Halifax; 22nd February, 1916. 



(The President, Dr. D. Fraser Harris, in the chair.) 



The Recording Secretary reported what steps he had 

 taken, under the resolution of the last meeting, to secure a 

 place for the Institute in the state funeral of Sir Charles 

 Tupper; but no such place had been assigned the society, 

 and no definite reply had been received to his communication. 

 The Institute, therefore, had been unable to attend in a 

 body as had been intended. 



The annual report of the Treasurer (Mr. Bowman), 

 dated 6th Oct., 1915, was presented, showing that the receipts 

 for the year ending 30th Sept., 1915, were $269.00; the 

 expenditures, $34.30; and the balance on hand $234.70; 

 while the reserve fund balance was $321.23. The report 

 was received and adopted. 



The Librarian's report, dated 9th Oct., 1915, was pre- 

 sented by Mr. Piers, showing that 1,803 books and pamphlets 

 had been received by the Institute through its exchange 

 list during the year 1914; and 913 had been received during 

 the first nine months of the year 1915, namely January to 

 September inclusive. The total number of books and 

 pamphlets received by the Provincial Science Library (with 

 which that of the Institute is incorporated) during the 

 year 1914, was 2,848. The total number in the Science 

 Library on 31st Dec, 1914, was 54,658. Of these, 39,417 

 (almost 72 per cent.) belong to the Institute, and 15,241 

 to the Science Library proper. Two hundred and forty-four 



