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SESSION OF 1922-1923 

 Vol. XVI. Part 1. 



61sT Annual Session 

 Annual Business Meeting 



Physiological Lecture Room, Dalhousie College, Halifax 

 20th November, 1922. 



The President, Dr. John Cameron, in the chair. 



Other members present: Prof. C. B. Nickerson, D. J. 

 Matheson, Prof. D. S. Mcintosh, Dr. A. H. MacKay, Prof. 

 D. Eraser Harris, Dr. S. G. Ritchie, Prof. J. A. Dawson, E. W. 

 Todd, Prof. W. P. Copp, Prof. H. P. Bell, Dr. A. R. Cunning- 

 ham, H. E. Read, and H. Piers. 



The President made some remarks on the papers which 

 had been presented during the last session. A noteworthy 

 feature had been the course of popular lectures; while there had 

 been but few original papers, the preparation of which is the 

 chief aim of the Society. 



The Recording Secretary referred to the death of two 

 members during the year: Dr. Frank Woodbury had passed 

 away on 3rd February, and a minute of regret at his decease 

 was passed on 13th February. The Rev. Edward Henry Ball, 

 D.C.L., a member of the Institute since 1871, had died at 

 Chester, N. S., on 11th April, 1922, and the Secretary gave a 

 brief sketch of his life and of his study of our provincial flora a 

 number of years ago. 



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