188 PROCEEDINGS. 



Dr. HoNEYMAN then read a paper " On Crystalline Rocks of Nova Scotia 

 and Cape Breton." 



Dr. Gilpin read a paper " On the Eagles of Nova Scotia.'' 



RoBT. Morrow, Esq., made a few observations on the anatomy of the 

 *' Moose." He stated that he had examined the Moose very particularly 

 during the past hunting season, and had ascertained beyond doubt that the 

 Moose had no gall bladder. This was in answer to a question that had been 

 asked at a meeting last Session, when Dr. Gilpin read his paper on the Moose. 



Mr. Morrow also showed an illustration of the malformation of a kidney 

 of a Moose, while the other kidney was properly formed. 



Ordinary Meeting, Dec. 9, 1872. 



Inter alia. 



The following gentlemen were proposed as members : the Hon. Wm. B. 

 Vail, Provincial Secretary ; Mr. Edward Binney ; Mr. G. A. Sandford ; T. B, 

 Akins, D. C. L. ; Mr. Alexander James. 



The Chairman then made some observations on a specimen of Oorregonus 

 alhus from Labrador, directing attention to its structural peculiarities. 



Dr. Reid read an elaborate paper " On the Economy of Timber and the 

 preservation of Structures from fire and decay." 



The paper was illustrated by interesting experiments showing principally 

 the manner in which wood, prepared by a solution of silica or otherwise, resist- 

 ed combustion. The reading of the paper was followed by a lengthy discussion 

 in which difficulties were suggested, and other processes for preserving timber 

 for special purposes described. 



Ordinary Meeting, Jan. 13, 1873. 



Sheriff Bell in the Chair. 



Inter alia 



It was announced that the Council had duly elected as members the Hon, 



W. B. Vail, T. B. Akins, D. C. L., Messrs. Edward Binney, Alex, 



James, G. Sandford. 



Mr. H. S. Poole read a paper " On the Great American Desert, and the 

 effects of Subaerial action on the constituents of mineral veins in that region" 



Ordinary Meeting, February 10, 1873. 

 Dr. Gilpin, V. P., in the Chair. 

 Inter alia^ 

 The following gentlemen were proposed as members : the Hon. James 

 McDonald, M. P., Mr. E. Mosley, Mr. G. P. McNab, Mr. F. H. Baker. 



Dr. Gilpin read an elaborate and interesting paper, " On the Stone Age in 

 Nova Scotia." 



