1 PROCEEDINGS. 



and on motion of H. Piers and Dr. A. H. MacKay, it was 

 unanimously 



" Resolved that the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 

 on the occasion of its meeting to commemorate the com- 

 pletion of half a century's work in the field of science in 

 Nova Scotia, extends its hearty congratulations to its sole- 

 surviving original member and former vice-president, Major- 

 General Campbell Hardy, R. A., of Dover, England, the 

 talented author of 'Forest Life in Acadie,' and that it further- 

 more expresses its high appreciation of his work for it in the 

 past, and of his continued interest in all of its affairs; and 

 that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to General Hardy." 



Third Ordinary Meeting. 



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



Halifax; 10th Fehrdury, 19 IS. 



The President, D. M. Fergusson, in the chair. 



The following telegram from the Honorary Secretary 

 OF THE Royal Society of Canada, dated at Ottawa, 20th 

 Januar}^, 1913, and received the day after the commemora- 

 tion meeting, was read by the Recording Secretary: 



" Harry Piers, Nova Scotian Institute of Science, Halifax. 

 The Royal Society of Canada congratulates the Nova Scotian 

 Institute of Science upon the completion of a half century 

 of endeavour. Most hearty wishes for continued usefulness 

 and success. — Duncan Scott." 



The Recording Secretary stated that he had forwarded 

 a due acknowledgment of the message to Mr. Scott. 



An interesting letter from General Campbell Hardy, 

 our sole^surviving original member, dated at Dover, 20th 

 January, was read, thanking the Institute for the cablegram 

 sent to him on the occasion of the commemoration meeting, 

 and giving reminiscences of the establishment of the society, 

 etc. 



