PROCEEDINGS 



Or THE 



llobrt §cotmn Institute of (Science. 



NEW 



SP^SSION OF 1908-1909 ^^'^^^ 



Annual Business Meeting. 



Assemhhj Committee Room, Province Building, Halifax; 

 Uth October, 1908. 



The President, Dr. Ebenezer Mackay, in the chair. 



Presidential Address: (1) Progress of the Lnstilutc since 1890; 



(2) Progress of Technical Education; (3) Technical 



Education and Pescarch ; (-1) Tlic 



Institute in the Puhlic Service. 



B}' Professor E. Mackay. Ph. D.. Dalhousie College, Halifax. 



In opening the present session of the Institute of Science, I 



"wish at the outset to take the opportunit}' — the first that ha? 



presented itself — of expressing to the members of the Institute 



my appreciation of the honor which they conferred up(~)n me one 



year ago in electing me to occupy fhe chair. 



It has been the custom to make the opening meeting of each 

 year an occa^sion for reviewing in its various aspects the work of 

 the past, and especially that of the past year. In accordance with 

 this usage we are to receive reports on our library and our finances, 

 and it is my duty and privilege to present to you some report upon 

 our present condition and activity as a scientific organization. 



Proc. & Trans. N. S. Inst. Sci,, Vol. XII. Proc.-D 



(xlvii 



