IV LIST OK PRESIDENTS. 



LIST OF PRESIDENTS 



OF THE Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science, afterwards 



THE Nova Scotian Institute of Science, since its 



foundation in 1862. 



Term of Office. 



Hon. Philip Carteret Hill, D. c. L 31 Dec. 1862 to 26 Oct. 1863 



John Matthew Jones, F. L. 8., K. R. S. c 26 Oct 1863 " 8 Oct. 1873 



John Bernard Gilpin, M. A., M. D., M. K. c. s 8 Oct. 1873 " 9 Oct. 1878 



William Gossip 9 Oct. 1878 " 13 Oct. 1880 



John Somers, M. D 13 Oct. 1880 " 26 Oct. 1883 



Robert Morrow 26 Oct. 1883 " 21 Oct. 1885 



John Soiners, .M. D 21 Oct. 1885 " 10 Oct. 1888 



Prof. James Gordon MacGregor, M. A., D. sc, K.K.S.. F.R.SC. 10 Oct. 1888 " 9 Nov. 1891 



Martin Murphy, c. E., D. sc, I. s. o 9 Nov. 1891 " 8 Nov. 1893 



Prof. George Lawson, ph. d., ll. d., f. i. c, f. r. s. c 8 Nov. 1893 " 10 Nov. 1895 



Edwin Gilpin, Jr., M. A., LL. D., D. SC, F. O. S., F. R. 8. C, LS.0.18 Nov. 1895 " 8 Nov. 1897 



Alexander McKay 8 Nov. 1897 " 20 Nov. 1899 



Alexander Howard MacKay, b. a., b. sc, ll. d., f. r. S. c .20 Nov. 1899 " 24 Nov. 1902 

 Henry Skefflngton Poole, M A., d. sc, a. r. s. m., f. g. s., 



F. R. S. C 24 Nov. 1902 " 18 Oct. 1905 



Francis William Whitney Doane, c. e 18 Oct. 1905 " 11 Nov. 1907 



Prof. Ebenezer MacKay, ph. D II Nov. 1907 " 



Note— Since 1879 the presidents of the Institute have been ex-o/^cio Fellows of the 

 Royal Microscopical Society. 



The first general meeting of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science was 

 held at Halifax, on 31st December, 1862. On 24th March, 1890, the name of the society 

 was changed to the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, and it was incorporated by an 

 aet of the legislature in the same year. 



