64 Canadian Record of Science. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATURAL History Soctery. 
The regular monthly meeting was held on Monday even- 
ing, November 30th, Hon. Senator Murphy, Vice-President, 
in the chair. 
The minutes of meeting of October 26th were read and 
approved. 
Minutes of council meeting of the 23d instant were also 
read. 
The Librarian reported the gift of a copy of Dana’s 
Manual of Mineralogy from Mr. Horace T. Martin. On 
motion of Mr. J. Stevenson Brown, seconded by Mr. F. B. 
Caulfield, the thanks of the society were tendered to Mr. 
Martin. 
It was moved by Mr. J. S. Shearer, seconded by Mr. J. S. 
Brown, that the by-laws be suspended, and that the Hon. J. 
K. Ward be elected a member of the society. Carried. 
Mr. Ward was then elected by acclamation. 
Sir William Dawson read a very interesting paper on 
‘““Mrees cultivated on McGill College Grounds.” 
After a lengthy discussion of the paper, a vote of thanks 
to Sir William Dawson was moved by the Rev. Dr. Smyth, 
seconded by Mr. Edgar Judge. Carried. 
Mr. Horace T. Martin communicated some notes on old 
engravings of the beaver. 
The meeting then adjourned. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MicRoscoPicAL Society. 
The regular monthly meeting of the above society was 
held on Monday evening, Dec. 14th. the lecturer being Sir 
Wm. Dawson, who chose for his subject ‘‘The use of the 
Microscope in the Study of Fossils.” The lecture was most 
interesting, owing to the fact that Sir William gave, in 
clear, concise terms, the accumulated results of years of 
continuous research, and at the same time demonstrated 
some of the difficulties that the early investigators had to 
contend with, owing to the poor instruments at their com- 
