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Ordinary Meeting, March 12, 1877. 



The President in the Chair. 



W. Gossip, Esq., Vice President, having taken the Chair, Dr. Gilpin read 



an interesting paper " On the Indians of Nova Scotia." The subject was 



illustrated by sketches and pictures by different writers. (See Transactions.) 



Ordinary Meeting, April 9, 1877. 

 The President in the Chair. 



Robert Morrow, Esq., read a highly instructive paper " On the An- 

 atomy of the Cariboo.'' The subject was illustrated by a number of speci- 

 mens of the limbs, skin, head and other parts of the animal. (See Tran- 

 sactions.) 



A paper was then read "On anew method of Measuring the Resistance 

 of Electrolytes," by J. G. McGregor, M. A., I). Sc, (Lond.) In this paper 

 a new method was described combining the advantages of both Kohlrausch's 

 method and of that described by Mr. Ewing and the author in the Transac- 

 tions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (vol. xxvii.) The author had submitted 

 his method to various tests, and had found that " polarization " had been elimi- 

 nated, at least in so far that its effects could not be observed even with the 

 most delicate instruments. The measurement of the resistance of electrolytes 

 is thus rendered as easy as that of metallic conductors. 



At the close of the lecture, Mr. Mellish proposed some questions respect- 

 ing lightning and the conducting power of the atmosphere, which Dr. McGregor 

 satisfactorily answered. 



Ordinary Meeting, May 14th, 1877. 

 The President inthe Chair. 



It was announced that Thomas Weston, Esq., of the Geological Survey 

 of Canada, had been elected a corresponding member ; also, that the Rev. 

 John Burwash, of Sackville, N. B., had been elected an associate member. 



Professor Lawson read a paper by Professor How, replete with scien- 

 tific information, " On the Botany of Nova Scotia." (See Transactions.) 



Frederick Allison, Esq., M. A., Chief Meteorological Agent, read his 

 Report for the year 1876. The results of Mr. Allison's services in the work 

 of recording facts and determining laws respecting the meteorology of the 

 Province, are certainly of a most useful and valuable character. (See Tran- 

 sactions.) 



J. T. Mellish, M. A., communicated a paper by Professor Burwash, " On 

 the Albertite Mines at Belliveau, New Brunswick." (See Transactions.) 



