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HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 



VOL. IV. 



1876-77. 



PART. III. 



CONTENTS. 



Anniversary Address 1876 225-232 



Proceedings 233-235 



List or Members 236-238 



Transactions : — 

 Art. I. — Notes on Nova Scotia Composite — Asters. By John Sommers, M.D., 



Prof. Physiology, Halifax Medical College 239 



II. — Mortality Rates of Ancient and Modern Times. By A. P. Reid, M. 

 D., L. R. A. S., &c, Prof of Medicine, #c. Halifax Medical 

 College '245 



III. — Nova Scotian Geology at the Centennial Exhibition. By Rev. D. 



Honeyman, D. C. L., Representative of Nova Scotia 252 



IV. —Indians of Nova Scotia. By J. Bernard Gilpin, B. A., M. D., 



M. R. C. S 260 



V. — Notes on the Caribou. By Robert Morrow, Esq 281 



VI. — Nova Scotian Meteorology. By F. Allison, Esq., M. A., Chief Me- 

 teorological Agent ' 300 



VII. — Geology of the Site of the Belleveau Mining Operations. By Rev. 



John Burwash, M. A 309 



VIII. — Additions to the List of Nova Scotia Plants. By Henry How, D. C. 

 L.. Professor of Chemistry and Natural History, King's College, 

 Windsor, N. S 312 



IX.— Mollusca of Nova Scotia. (Corrected to date, 1877.) By J. Matthew 



Jones, F. L. S 321 



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