REPORTS ELECTION OF OFFICERS. CXXlll 



The Librarian's report was presented by H. Piers, 

 showing that 1,763 books and pamphlets had been received 

 by the Institute through its exchange list during the year 

 1912; and 1,298 have been received during the first eight 

 months of the present year (1913). The total number of 

 books and pamphlets received by the Provincial Science 

 Library (with which those of the Institute are incorporated) 

 during the year 1912, was 3,385. The total number in the 

 Science Library on 31st December, 1912, was 48,882. Of 

 these, 35,848 (about 73 per cent.) belong to the Institute, 

 and 13,034 to the Science Library proper. The number of 

 books borrowed was 440, besides those consulted in the 

 library. No binding or purchasing was done by the library, 

 directly, during the year, there being no regular grant for 

 the library's support. The report was received and adopted. 



D. S. McIntosh, M. Sc, instructor in geology, Dalhousie 

 University, delegate appointed to represent the Institute, 

 read a report on the work of the Twelfth Session of the 

 International Geological Congress, which was held at Toronto, 

 Canada, from 7th to 14th August, 1913, there being 950 

 members enrolled and 433 in attendance. The Nova Scotian 

 excursion, 20th to 29th July, was one of the most interesting 

 of those held. The report was received and adopted. 



It was reported that Horace Greeley Perry, M. A., 

 professor of biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, N. S., 

 had been elected an associate member on 12th May last. 



The following were elected officers for the ensuing year 

 (1913-14): 



President, — Donald MacEachern Fergusson, F. C. S., 

 ex officio F. R. M. S. 



First Vice-President, — President Arthur Stanley Mac- 

 kenzie, Ph. D., F. R. S. C. 



Second Vice-President, — Alexander Howard Mac Kay, 

 LL. D., F. R. S. C. 



