PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



^ 



Saba Srotian Jnstitntf of palural §cknci; 



OF 



HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 



VOL. IIL 



1870-71. 



PALT I. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



PrOCFIEDINOS . : 1 



Donations '• 3 



List of Members- 4 



Transactions : — 



A. ,. I.— On the Geology of Nova Scotia. By Rev. D. Honetman, D.C.L., F.G S., 

 Member of the Geoloyical Society of France, ^c. Director of the 



Provincial Museum 6 



11. — On Nova Scotian Diurnal Lepiiloptera By J. M. Jones, Esq., F. L. S,, 



President of the Institute of A^atural Science 18 



III,— On tlie Copper and Nickel Mines at Tilt Cove, Newfoundland. By Elias 



Marett, Esq., St. John's, A^eufoundland 27 



IV. — On the Gt-ology of Nova Scotia. By Rev. D Honetman, D. C. L., 



F. G. S., c^c 31 



V. — On the Geology and Physical Geography of the North East Coast of 



Kent, England. By Alfred S. Foord., Fsq , London 40 



VI. — On the Maninialia of Nova Scotia. By J. 15erxard Gilpin, A. B., M. 

 D., M. R. C S,, Vice President of the Institute of A7iiural 



Science 46 



Vil.— On the Geology of Nova Scotia. By Rev. D. Honetman, D. C. L., 



F. G. S.,&c... 62 



VIII. — On the Kricacra) of the Doniinion of Canada and a'ljjoent parts of 

 British America. By George Lawson, Ph. D., L. L. D., Professor 



of Chennsirij, DaJhousie Colleye, Halifax, J\r. S 74 



IX. — On the Mtteorohigy of Hilitax. By Frederick .Allison, Esq. ... 80 



>i. — On the Meteorolojry of Caledonia Mines, Little Glace Bay, Cape Breton. 



By H. Poole/Ksq., M. E . 89 



Appendix. — Notes of Excursion to Montague Gold Mines 93 



HALIFAX, NOVA SGOTfA— V/M. GOSSIP, 87 GRANVILLE ST. 



ENGLAND—REEVES & TURNER, 196 STRAND, LONDON 

 UNITED STATES— THE NATURALIST AGENCY, SALEM, MASS. 



1872. 



Price. ^' 



