PROCEEDINGS 



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A^OLUME II, PART I. 



Anniversary Meeting, October, 3, 1866. 



In accordance with the Bye-Laws of the Institute, the Anniversaiy Meeting was 

 held on Wednesday, October 3, 1866, at 8 p.m., when the following gentlemen were 

 elected office bearers for the ensuing year :— ^ 



President— 3. M. Jones, F. L. S. 



Vice-Presidents. — Lieut.-Col. C. Hardy, R. A., J. Bernard Gilpin, M. D. 



Treasurer. — Capt. Lyttleton. 



Secretary. — William Gossip. 



CoMnc;/.— Colonel W. J. Myers, F. M. S., J. R. DbWolf, M. D., Edin., Jos. 

 Bell, J. H. Duvar, W. C. Silver, P. S. Hamilton, Capt. King, Royal Artillery, 

 Professor Lawson, L. L. D. 



Ordinary Meeting, Nov. 5, 1866. 

 J. M. Jones, President, in the Chair. 

 Dr. J. B. Gilpin, (Vice-President), exhibited a very carefully prepared drawing of a 

 large sized specimen of the Brook Trout (Salmo fontinaUs) in nuptial tint of bright 

 V, Vermillion beneath, and sides spotted of the same colour. The specimen from which 

 >c the sketch was taken, had been procured at River Bank, Preston, by W. C. Silver, 

 J Esq. 



"'■*^. Dr. Gilpin next read a paper " On Nova Scotian Mammals — Part 3," which treated 



"^ of the Mustelidoe known to the Province. Sevei-al life-like drawings illustrating the 



■^"^^ figure and habits of the different species, accompanied the paper. (See Transactions.) 



-Si The President read a paper by Edgcumb Ciievallier, Esq., of H. M. Naval 



^ Yard, Pembroke, entitled, " Suggestions on the importance of continuous Meteorological 



<~y^ Observations.^' (See Appendix.) 



Mr. J, D. Nash, exhibited a specimen of Sulphur Ore from Cape Breton, the purity 

 of which was tested and proved by experiments. 



Mr. J. R. Willis exhibited two phials containing samples of chalky mud brought 

 up by the lead from a depth of two miles, during the sounding process for the laying of 

 the Atlantic Cable. The substance partook somewhat of the character of the Bermuda 

 chalk mud, though of darker colour, and appeared to be perfectly free from siliceous 

 matter. 



