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HALIFAX, NOvA 6C0TIA. 



VOL. III. 1873-TL PART IV. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



f'KuCEEDINGS 332-340 



List of Members .341, 442 



Tf^n^sactions: — 



T. I,— Orthagoriscus Mola. Couch- By J. Bernard Gilpin, Esq., M. D., 



n. R. C. S 342 



II.-— Geology of Nova Scotia. Intercolonial Railway. By Rev, D. Hoxeyman, 



1). C. L , F. G. S., &c., Director of the Provincial Museum 345 



III. — Sketch of the Carboniferous District of St. George's Bay, Newfoundland. 



By .Edwin Gilpin, M. A., F.G.S 357 



IV. — On Canadian Species of Rubi and their Geographical Distribution. By 



George Lawson, Ph. D,, L. L.D., Dalhousie College 364 



V.—On the Fibrin of of the Blood. By A. Ross, Esq 367 



VL— Canadian Weather Telegraphy and Storm Signals. By Fred. Allison, 



M. A., Chief Meteorological Agent, JV. S. .. . . 370 



VII.— On the Seals of Nova Scotia. By J. Bernard Gilpin, A. B., M. D., 



M. R. C. S. 377 



I VIII.— Nova Scotian G; i^y Kev. D. Honetman, D. C. L., F. G. S., &c. 385 



IX. — Meteorology 187> 7, N. 3. By Fred. Allis(5n, M. A., Chief 



Meteorologir 394 



X. — Observations on s. i')ones found in New Brunswick, Dominion 



of Canada. By J rd Gilpin, B. A., M. D., M. R. C. S 400 



XI.— Agriculture Appljed listry. Bj A. P. Reid, M.D., L.R.C.S. 



Edin 404 



XII. — Evolution. By Angus Koss, Esq 410 



XIII. — Chemical relations of Heat with Expei'iments. By Prof. Lawson. Ph. 



D., L. L. D., Dalhousie College 436 



ArrENDix— 



Conver§a2ione 439 



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1874. 



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