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requested to draw up a letter of condolence and forward 

 same to the family of the late Mr. E. T. Chambers. 

 Carried. 



Member elected. — On motion of Mr. H. McLaren, 

 seconded by Prof. E. W. MacBride, the rules were sus- 

 pended, and Mr. Harry Swift was duly elected an ordinary 

 member of the Society. 



Prof. F. D. Adams was called upon to give his paper, 

 entitled, " The Extinct Volcanoes of Central France." 



This proved most interesting and invoked a spirited 

 discussion, in which the following took part : — Rev. Dr. 

 Campbell, Prof. E. W. MacBride, Messrs. P. S. Poss and 

 C. S. J. Phillips. 



It was then moved by Mr. P. S. Ross, seconded by 

 Mr. Jos. Fortier, that a cordial vote of thanks be tendered 

 to Dr. Adams for his able exposition of so interesting 

 a subject. Carried. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



.• Montreal, March 25th, 1901. 



The fifth monthly meeting of the Society for session 

 1900-1901 was' held this evening in tlie Library at 8 

 o'clock. 



Present — Rev. R. Campbell, D.D., in the chair ; Messrs. 

 Edgar Judge, J. A. U. Beaudry, C.E. ; F. W. Richards, 

 H. McLaren, A, E. Norris, Prof. 0. E. Leroy, P. S. Ross, 

 Miss H. O'Keefe, Prof. E. W. MacBride, Messrs. Jos. 

 Fortier, R. W. McLachlan, Alex. Robertson, Mr. and Miss 

 Duckett, C. S. J. Phillips and about 22 others. 



The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Prof. 0. E. Leroy then gave a very interesting com- 

 munication on "Some Characteristic Land Forms of 

 Grlacial Origin," which was listened to wuth sreat atten- 

 tion, Prof. MacBride, Messrs. Robertson, Duckett and 

 others participating in the discussion. 



