CONTENTS OF NUMBER I. 



Published Feb. 28. 



Article. Page 



I. — The Air-Breathers of the Coal Period in Nova Scotia ; 



by J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S., &c 1 



II. — On the Gold Mines of Canada, and the manner of 



working them; by T. Sterry Hunt, F.R.S 13 



III. — On the Parallelism of the Quebec Group with the 



Llandeilo of England and Australia, and with the Chazy 



and Calciferous formations ; by E. Billings, F.G.S 19 



IV. — On a new method of preparing Chlorine, Carbonate of 



Soda, Sulphuric Acid and Hydrochloric Acid; by 



Thomas Macfarlane 39 



V. — On the Land and Fresh-water Mollusca of Lower 



Canada; by J. F. Whiteaves, F.G.S., Ac...". 50 



Natural History Society of Montreal 65 



Botanical Society of Kingston 76 



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 1863. 



