134 Canadian Record of Science. 



Proceedings of the Natural History Society. 



The Third Monthly Meeting of the Session took place on 

 Monday evening, January 18th, 1886, Sir fm. Dawson 

 being in the chair. The minutes of the pi-evious meeting 

 were read, also those of the council meetings of December 

 22nd, 1885, and January 12th, 1886. 



Dr. W. H. Hingston presented the Society with a copy 

 of his work on " the Climate of Canada." 



Mr. T. D. Watson, through Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, presented 

 the Society with a specimen of Walking Stick, Spectrum 

 femoranthum (Say), and a dipterous insect, Pyrgota undata 

 (Weidman). 



Dr. Harrington reported that the list of the Course of 

 Sommerville Lectures had been completed as follows, viz. : — 

 February 4th, " Antiseptics and Disinfectants." By Alfred 



H. Mason, F.C.S., F.S.Sc. 

 February 11th, " The Chalk Formation." By Eev. W. J. 



Smyth, M. A., Ph. D. 

 February 18th, " The Source of Igneous Bocks." By Thos. 



Macfarlane, F.B.S.C. 

 February 25th, " The Chemistry of Bread and other Farin- 

 aceous Foods." By Dr. Casey A. Wood, CM. 

 March 4th, ''• Cotton and Cotton Manufactures." By Wil- 

 liam Hobbs. 

 March 11th, " Breathing and Ventilation." By Dr. J. B. 



McConnell. 

 March 18th, " The History of a Modern Volcano." By Sir 

 William Dawson, LL.D., F.B.S. 

 Prof. Penhallow reported tbat, having been in Quebec a 

 few days ago, the question of a renewal of the annual grant 

 was referred to, in the presence of some of the members of 

 the Cabinet, when the assurance was given that the proposed 

 petition to be presented to the Government, on the eve of 

 the next session of the Provincial Parliament, would receive 

 favorable consideration. 



The President named the following Committee to prepare 

 the necessary petition and press upon the Ministry the 



