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With this comparison I must conclude this paper, Already 

 extended beyond my first intention ; but, with permission of the 

 Institute, I hope on some future evening to complete these climatic 

 remarks, by noticing the occasional phenomena and periodic events, 

 which, with their causes and effects, contribute largely to our 

 meteorological knowledge, and the probable and possible productions 

 of our country. 



Art. VII. —Geology of the Site of the Belleveau Mining 

 Operations. — By Rev. John Burwash, M. A., Com- 

 municated by John T. Mellish, M. A. 



(Read May, 1877.) 



I. — Character of the Rocks. 



The following paper is compiled from notes of observations 

 made during a visit to the property of the Belleveau Albertite and 

 Oil Company, in July, 1876. I may be allowed to state that my 

 stay was short, and that my opportunity for personal observation was 

 limited ; but through the kind attention of Mr. Patrick, the Mana- 

 ger of the Mine, who conducted me to the principal exposures, and 

 gave me the benefit of his knowledge of the locality which he has 

 thoroughly studied, I was able to make a much better use of my 

 time, and to obtain a much better knowledge of these rocks than 

 would otherwise have been possible. I found Mr. Patrick practi- 

 cally well acquainted with the stratigraphy of the Carboniferous 

 series in Nova Scotia, and his opinion of the position and relations 

 of these beds, is well worthy of attention. 



The place where the Company have sunk their shaft is situated 

 in the Parish of Dorchester, between Memramcook and Peticodiac 

 Rivers, about a mile from the latter, and about five and one-half 

 miles in a direct line from the Albert Mine. It is, Mr. Patrick 

 informed me, on the same line of upheaval as the latter ; that is, 

 taking the general direction of the strike at the Albert Mine, you 

 would come to the Belleveau property. 



There are two principal kinds of rock — shales and conglomer- 

 ates. The shales are very characteristic of all places where veins 



