ORDINARY MEETINGS. XXV 



Gas with Pressure as it issues from the Compression Cylinder." 

 (See Transactions, page 91) The paper was discussed by Dr. 

 Bronson, Dr. A H. MacKay, C.B Nickerson, E. W. Todd, 

 and Dr. S. G. Ritchie. 



Harry Piers, Curator of the Provincial Museum, HaUfax, 

 read a paper on the "Accidental Occurrence of the Pygmy Sperm 

 Whale (Kogia breviceps) on the Coast of Nova Scotia: an ex- 

 tension of its known range." (See Transactions page 95) 

 The subject v/as discussed by Dr. MacKay, Prof. D. B. Young, 

 F. C. ChurchilL; Prof. Cameron, Dr. S. G. Ritchie, and 

 others. 



Fourth Ordinary Meeting. 



Physiological Lecture Room, Dalhousie College, Carleton St., 

 Halifax, 8th March, 1920. 



The Second Vice-President, Dr. Cameron, in the chair. 



It was announced that William G. Robertson, Halifax, 

 proposed on 9th Feb., had been elected an ordinary member 

 by the Council. 



Prof. D. Fraser Harris, M.D., D.Sc, F.R.SS.E. and C, 

 Dalhousie University, read a paper on "The Descent of Man 

 in Medicine," illustrated with charts and lantern slides. A 

 vote of thanks was presented to the lecturer. 



On motion of Mr. Piers and Dr. Harris, it was resolved 

 that the N. S. Institute of Science convey to the publishers and 

 editors of Nature, London, its congratulations on the occasion 

 of the fiftieth aniversary of the establishment of that well- 

 known scientific journal, and wish them continued success in 

 the future. 



Fifth Ordinary Meeting. 



Munro Room, Dalhousie College, Carleton St., 

 Halifax, 12th April, 1920. 



The President, Dr. Bronson, in the chair. 



It was announced that Ralph F. Hopkins. Halifax, proposed 

 on 8th March, had been elected an ordinary member by the 

 Council. 



