Proceedings of the Natural History Society. 131 

 Proceedings of the Society. 



The regular monthly meeting was held on Monday even- 

 ing, January 2Tth, Sir Wm, Dawson presiding. 



The minutes of the previous meeting having been read 

 and confirmed, Dr. Harrington reported that the Lecture 

 Committee had arranged for the usual Sommerville course 

 of seven lectures upon Food Supply and Food Adultera- 

 tions. 



The Curator reported the following donations: — 



Chinese New Testament, Mr. C. Griffen. 



Quartz Crystals from Mount Stephen, Mr. A. B. Chaffee, jr. 



Olive-sided Fly Catcher and Black Crowned Night Heron, 

 Mr. F. B. Caulfield. 



Various papers relating to the Society, Mr. J. Ostell. 



A New York newspaper under date of 1800, giving an 

 account of the death of General Washington; also a portion 

 of log, supposed to be Norway spruce, from an excavation 

 on Commissioners street, on or near the site of Maison- 

 neuve's fort, and supposed to have formed part of the same, 

 Mr. F. W. Henshaw. 



Some discussion followed respecting the last donation and 

 its relation to the fort, and Messrs. J. A. U. Beaudry, J. S. 

 Buown, Prof. Penhallow and J. McLachlan were appointed 

 a committee to collect all available evidence bearing upon 

 the character of the specimen, and present the same at a 

 future meeting of the Society. 



The balloting for new members resulted in the election 

 of Messrs. E. P. Hannaford, G. H. McHenry, Thos. E. 

 Hodgson, Edwd. H. Hamilton and M. H. Hersey. 



The Curator drew the attention of the Society to the need 

 of putting the Museum in a more attractive shape, and sug- 

 gested that a sub-division into departments, each under an 

 assistant curator, would greatly promote the usefulness of 

 the collections. 



The following papers were then presented and ordered to 

 be printed in the Eecord of Science : — 



" Fossil fish from the Pleistocene of Green's Creek, 

 Ottawa," Sir Wm. Dawson. 



" Mineralogical notes on some Canadian Minerals from 

 new Localities," Dr. B. J. Harrington. 



