ORDINARY MEETINGS. IxV 



be made to the grant in lieu of the grant which had been 

 suffered to lapse in a past ^ year. The Premier while re- 

 cognizing the needs of the Institute and being in sympathy 

 therewith, nevertheless felt that it would be very difficult 

 to enlarge the grant as it appears in the estimates. 



Dr. a. H. MacKay took the chair while Dr. D. Fraser 

 Harris, read a paper on "The Physical Condition underlying 

 the Varieties of Common Sensation." The subject was dis- 

 cussed by Dr. A. H. MacKay, Dr. E. MacKay, D. M. Fer- 

 GUSSON, H. B. VicKERY and Dr. A. G. Nicholls. 



It was reported that on 5th January the council had elect- 

 ed as an ordinary member, Charles C. Forward of the 

 Laboratory of the Inland Revenue Department, Halifax. 



Fourth Ordinary Meeting. 

 Physiological Lecture Room, Dalhousie College, Carleion St., 

 Halifax, N. S.; Monday Ijth May, 1917. 

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



On motion of Mr. Piers and Dr. A. H. MacKay, the 

 following resolution was unanimously adopted: — 



The Nova Scotia Insitute of Science learns with deep 

 regret of the death of its past president, Henry Skeffington 

 Poole, D. Sc, Assoc. R. S. M., F. G. S., F. R. S. C, which 

 occurred at his residence, "Spreyton," Guildford, Surrey, 

 England, on the 31st of March, 1917, at the age of seventy- 

 two years. Dr. Poole who was the only son of a foundation 

 member, joined the Institute on 11th November, 1872, when 

 Inspector of Mines, and was one of its oldest active m-embers. 

 He occupied with dignity the presidential chair from Novem- 

 ber, 1902, to October, 1905. He was an able geologist and 

 mining engineer, devoted special attention to the coal- 

 measures of Nova Scotia, on which he was an acknowledged 

 authority, and his writings have added much to our knowledge 

 on this subject. All who came into personal contact with him 

 bear witness to his fine qualities as a man. 



