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From Mr. Charlton, Laprairie, fish for the Aquaria. 

 , For the Library . — From Principal Dawson r A pamphlet offi 

 the Devonian Flora of Eastern America ; a vol., Khopalocera; 

 Afriae Australia, from W. S, M, DTJrban-; and the usual mags>~ 

 sines and papers-. 



After other routine business the following- papers were read r— 



1, On Amendments of the Game Laws of Canmta, by A.. 

 Rimmer, Tbe author explained and advocated a number of 

 amendments which have been proposed' by the Game Preservation 

 Society, and which it was believed would materially tend to the 

 preservation of game-birds, as well as- of those smaller birds, the 

 wanton slaughter of which> is so- injurious to- agriculture and horti- 

 culture. 



2. On a Mew Trilobite from ik® Quebec €howp r by T- Devine; v 

 This paper was read by Sir W. E. Logan, who noticed, in intro- 

 ducing it, the successful labours of Mr. Devinein collecting is these 

 ancient roefes, the fossils of which are of so great interest in eon- 

 section both with the questions as to the age of the group aikl 

 with general geology. The fossil now described was of special! 

 interest,, as giving tbe complete characters of a genus- previously 

 known only by parts of the body. 



3„ On the Geology of the Coimty of St. John, New Bnmswic&v 

 !>y G. F. Matthew. 



This paper was read by Principal Dawson. It contained a mi- 

 nute stratigraphical description of the Devonian rocks of the vicin- 

 ity of St. John, and of the overlying carboniferous and new red' 

 sandstone deposits* A very interesting fact was the occurrence' 

 in these beds, of successive floras of the Devonian,, lower carbon- 

 iferous, coal-formation, and mesozoie periods, all more or less dis- 

 tinct from each other. 



Mr. Leeming stated that Mr. Whiteaves would enter on his. 

 duties as scientific Curator to the Society on Wednesday, 1st April„ 

 sad after that date would be found at the rooms. 



Proceedings of the Annual Meeting. 

 The annual meeting of this Society was held in their rooms ok 

 the evening of May 18th, Principal Dawson, one of the Vice- 

 Presidents, in the chair. A large number of the members were 

 present. Mr. J. F. Whiteaves, the Scientific Curator, on behalf 

 of the recording secretary, Mr. John Leeming, read the minutes 

 of the last annual meeting ; after which the usual annual address 

 of the presiding officer was read, as follows : — ■ 



