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the year 1846 when his first paper appeared, 93 were in 

 botany, 5 in ehemistr}-, 4 in zoologj^ and 5 were miscellaneous. 

 Besides this he wrote many official reports, a few treatises, etc. 

 To the Transactions of the Institute he contributed some 24 

 articles, mostly on botanical subjects, some of which were not 

 published. A full bibliography of his writings to the end of 

 1894, will be found in the Trans. Roj^al Soc. of Canada, vol. 

 xii. From the University of Giessen he received the degree 

 of Ph. -D., and LL. D. from McGill. He was a Fellow of the 

 Botanical Society and of the Royal Physical Society of 

 Edinburgh, and of the Institute of Chemistry of G. B., and 

 original Fellow and president (1887-8) of the Roj^al Society of 

 Canada, honorary member of the Edinburgh Geological and of 

 the Scottish Arborcultural Societies, a corresponding member 

 of the Roj'al Horticultural Society (Lond.) and of the Society 

 of Natural Sciences of Cherbourg. (See obituary by Prof. 

 MacGregor, Trans., ix., p. xxiv., with portrait; and by Dr. 

 MacKay in App. B, Proc. Royal Society of Canada, 1896.) 



Edwin Gilpin, Jr., M. A., LL. D., D. Sc, F. G. S., F. R. 

 S. C, I. S. 0., economic geologist. — Born at Halifax, 28th 

 October, 1850, son of Verj^ Rev. Dean Gilpin and nephew of 

 Dr. J. B. Gilpin; died at Gilpinville, North West Arm, Halifax, 

 10th July, 1907. Educated at Halifax Grammar School and 

 King's College, Windsor, graduating in 1871; after which he 

 took a special course in mining, geology and chemistry (M. A., 

 1874). Won the Welsford (1868), General Williams (1869), 

 and Alumni prizes. After leaving college he practised as a 

 mining engineer, being connected with the Albion colliery of 

 the General Mining Association, in Pictou county. On 

 21st April, 1879, he became inspector of mines for Nova 

 Scotia, in 1881 a member and secretary of the board of 

 examiners of colliery officials, and in October, 1886, deputy 

 commissioner of public works and mines, holding these 

 various appointments up to his death. Was also lecturer on 

 coal mining in Dalhousie College. On 9th November, 1903, 

 he was granted the imperial service order for long and valuable 



