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MacKay upon " Organic Remains in Fresh-water Lakes in Nova 

 Scotia." 



Mr. Alex. Mackenzie followed with some Notes on Infusorial 

 Deposits in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and some of the 

 uses to which the mineral is adapted. 



The Sixth Meeting of the Session was held on April 27, 1885, 

 Sir William Dawson being in the chair. 



The minutes of the Council meeting (April 21) were read, at 

 which a communication was received from the Royal Society of 

 Canada inviting this Society to send a delegate to the Annual 

 Meeting to be held at Ottawa on May 19. A delegate was 

 appointed, the honor being conferred eventually upon Dr. J. B. 

 Edwards. 



Mr. C. Gibb renewed his offer to receive the Society at 

 Abbottsford on the occasion of their Annual Field-day. 



The portrait of Sir W. E. Logan was then presented to the 

 Society, with an address by Dr. J. Baker Edwards, to which was 

 appended a list of the gentlemen by whose subscriptions the 

 picture had been purchased. 



Dr. Blackader was elected an ordinary member of the Society. 



Mr. W. Ferrier read to the Society a paper by Mr. G-. F. 

 Matthew on " Recent Discoveries in the Cambrian of St. John." 



Sir W. Dawson then called the attention of the Society to the 

 work that was being carried on in Egypt by the Egypt Explora- 

 tion Fund, announcing that Mr. H. R. Ives, a member of the 

 Society, would receive subscriptions from those desiring to become 

 members. 



Prof. J. T. Donald then read two papers of " Chemical Notes 

 on Adulteration." 



The Annual Meeting was held on May 18, 1885, the 

 President taking the chair. 



The minutes of the Council meeting of May 12 were read to 

 the Society, in which it was recommended that Dr. Wolfred 

 Nelson and Mr. G-. Nelson should be made corresponding 

 members, as a recognition of their kindness in communicating 

 numerous specimens from Panama. 



The President then gave a long Address referring to the work 



