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John Bayne MacLean, ordinary, moved by Dr. Campbell, 

 seconded by Edgar Judge ; D. W. Koss, ordinary, moved 

 by Edgar Judge, seconded by Dr. Campbell ; W. A. 

 Hastings, ordinary, moved by Edgar Judge, seconded by 

 Dr. Campbell ; E. C. Emberson, associate, moved by 

 A. Holden, seconded by Dr. Campbell. 



Mr. E. Chambers then announced several additions 

 to the Library, and Mr. Alfred Griffin, the Curator, 

 reported the following list of donations to the Museum : — 



A. A. McCulloch, 20 McTavish Street, about 2,000 

 Shells, a number of Eggs, a number of Mineral Speci- 

 mens, a small number of Fossil Shells, a Girdle from the 

 Sandwich Islands; Alfred Joyce, Phillips Square, Duck 

 Hawk, shot on mountain, March, 1900 ; G. Egg, 24 Tapper 

 Street, Garter Snake, 3 feet 4 inches long (abnormally 

 large), taken at Abbotsford, July, 1899 ; J. A. U. Beaudry, 

 107 St. James Street, a number of Geological Specimens. 



A vote of thanks w^as then moved and seconded to the 

 various donors and unanimously carried. 



The following communications were then given to the 

 Society : — " The Bate of Propagation of the Venous 

 Pulse," by W. S. Morrow, M.D., which was listened to 

 with great interest. Questions were asked by several of 

 the members, and answered by Dr. Morrow, after which 

 a vote of thanks was moved by J. A. U. Beaudry, seconded 

 by Dr. Jackson, and carried unanimously. 



" Note on the Glaciation of Mount Orford, P.Q.," by 

 J. A. Dresser, M.A., was then read by Dr. Campbell in the 

 absence of the author. 



Dr. Campbell also read a paper by G. F. Matthew, 

 LL.D., F.E.S.C, on " A Forest Fire at St. John about 

 2,000 Years Ago." 



It was then moved by Edgar Judge, seconded by 

 A. Holden, and carried, that the thanks of the Society be 

 tendered Messrs. Dresser and Matthew. 



The meeting then adjourned. 

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