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Parker, Hon. Daniel McNeil, M. D. — Sketch of life xxxiv 



Perkins, Prof. George H., Ph. D. — Skeleton of a whale [llonodon 

 monoceros, Linn., fossil] in the Provincial museum, 

 Halifax, Nova Scotia ; with notes on the fossil Cetacea 

 of North America 139 



Perrin, Joseph; and Russell, John. — Catalogue of butterflies and 

 moths, mostly collected in the neighborhood of Halifax 

 and Digby, N. S 258 



Pickford, Charles, death of .« Iviii 



Piers, Harry. — Occurrence of opal in granite near New Ross, Lunen- 

 burg County, Nova Scotia 446 



Occurrence of ti'a in Nova Scotia 239 



Presidential address, (1906, by F, W. W. Doane), work of the 

 Institut£, research work, sanitary scientific work, 1. 

 (1907, by F. W. W. Doane), deceased members, tech- 

 nical education, xxxi. (1908, by Dr. E. Mackay), pro- 

 gress of the Institute since 1890, progress of technical 

 education, technical education and research, the Insti- 

 tute in the public service, xlvii. ( 1909, by Dr. E. 

 Mackay), deceased members, work of the Institute, the 

 atomic theory, Ivii. 



Prince, Prof. E. E.— (1) Fish-eating habits of Medusae: (2) the 



present and future of our fisheries. ( Title only. ) . . . . xliv 



Provincial Museum, Halifax, skeleton of a whale in. By Prof. G. 



H. Perkins, Ph. D 139 



Quinone, action of organo-magnesii»m compounds on. By C. C. 



Wallace 301 



Radium, a few chemical changes influenced by; a new method for the 



detection of amygdalin. By H. J. M. Creighton 34 



Radium, tiie influence of, on the decomposition of hydriodic acid. 



By H. J. M. Creighton 1 



Rain-guage, self-recording, at Halifax xxx 



Ramsay, Lake, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. See Occurrence of 



tin in Nova Scotia. By H. Piers 239 



Russell, Joliii. Hee Perrin, J. 



Rusts (Uredinece) of Nova Scotia. By W. P. Eraser, M. A. (See. 



.special index, pages -i'/O and .).'/}. ^ 313 



Scheelite in Nova Scotia. By A. L. ilcCallum 250 



Seal of Institute xi, xxx 



Skeleton of a whale, Monodon monoceros, Linn., from Jacquet River, 

 New Brunswick, in the Provincial Museum, Halifax; 

 with notes on fossil Cetacea of North America. By 

 Prof. G. H. Perkins, Ph. D '. 139 



Solute, effect of gravity on the concentrate of a. V>y H. S Davis. ... 291 



