

PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



§tow j^otiau institute of §tetm 4 al $t\tm. 



VOL. IV. PART II.' 



Provincial Museum., Oct. 13, 1875. 



Anniversary Meeting. 

 J. B. Gilpin, B. A., M. D., M. R. C. S., in the Chair. 

 Inter alia. 

 The following gentlemen were elected office-bearers for the ensuing 

 year: — 



President—S. B. Gilpin, B. A., M. D., M. R. C. S. 



Vice-Presidents — William Gossip; F. Allison, M. A. 



Treasurer — W. C. Silver. 



Secretaries — Rev. D. Honeyman, D. C. L., F. G. S., and John T. Hel- 

 lish, M. A. 



Council — A. P. Reid, M. D., J. Somers, M. D., A. Dewar, Robert 

 Morrow, J. M. DeWolfe, M. D., M. R. C. S., Sheriff Bell, Prof. 

 Lawson, Aug. Allison. 



Ordinary Meeting, Nov. 13, 1875. 

 William Gossip, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 Dr. Gilpin, the President, read a highly interesting and instructive 

 paper " On the Serpents of Nova Scotia." 



A number of gentlemen expressed their satisfaction with the treatment of 

 the subject, and several adduced evidence confirmatory of the view that 

 serpents swallow their young on the approach of danger. (Printed in Trans- 

 actions 1874-5.) 



Ordinary Meeting, Dec. 13, 1875. 

 The President in the Chair. 

 It was announced that the Council had elected Lieut. Hope Edwards, 

 60th Rifles, and Mr. Lewis P. Fairbanks, members of the Institute ; and 

 Mr. William McKenzie an associate member. 



Rev. Dr. Honeyman read a paper " On the Qeology of Nova Scotia. 



