XXll PROCEEDINGS 



By request of the Pcesident, Mr. Piers briefly sketched the 

 career of General Hardy and spoke of his interest in all that 

 related to this province and its natural history as well as in 

 the affairs of the Institute which he assisted in founding. 



The Treasurer, Mr. Matheson, presented his financial 

 report for the year ended Oct. 1919, shewing that the receipts 

 were $1,103.93, the expenditures $185.95, and the balance in 

 hand $917.98 (in current account), while the balance at credit 

 of the reserve fund was $361.48, and the permanent endowment 

 fund, invested in Maritime Telephone bonds, was $1,000.00. 

 The report was received and adopted. 



On motion, $500.00 will be invested in Victory Bonds, and 

 placed to the credit of the permanent endowment fund, as 

 representing life-fees. 



The Librarian's report was presented by Mr. Piers, showing 

 that 1,163 books and pamphlets had been received through 

 the exchange-list during the calendar year 1918. The total 

 number of books and pamphlets received by the entire 

 Provincial Science Library (with which that of the Institute 

 is incorporated) for the same year, was 1 ,432. The total 

 number in the Science Library on 31st Dec. 1918, was 60, 

 890. Of these, 44,390 belong to the Institute, and 16,500 to the 

 Science Library proper. 128 books were borrowed in 1918, 

 besides the many consulted in the Library. No binding or 

 purchasing had been done by the Library directly, there still 

 being no grant at its disposal. The report was received and 

 adopted. 



Dr. A.H. MacKay laid on the table copies of theTransactions, 

 vol. xiv, part 4, which had recently come from the press. 



The following were elected officers for the ensuing year 

 (1919-1920): 

 President — Professor Howard Logan Bronson, Ph.D., F.R. 



S.Cex officio F.R.M.S. 

 First Vice-President — Professor C. J. Connolly, Ph.D. 



(Antigonish.) 

 Second Vice-President — Professor John Cameron, M.D., 



D.Sc. F.R,S.E. 

 Treasurer — Donald J. Matheson, B.Sc. 



Corresponding Secretary — Professor Ebenezer Mackay. Ph.D. 

 Recording Secretary and Librarian- — Harry Piers. 



