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Minutes of last meeting read and adopted. 



Moved by J. A. U. Beaudry, and seconded by E. T. 

 Chambers, that the rules be suspended, and that the 

 Chairman cast the ballot for the election of Miss Howard 

 O'Keeffe as an ordinary member. Carried. Miss O'Keeffe 

 was then elected. 



The following highly interesting and instructive com- 

 nmnications were read and discussed : — 



" Peculiar Behavior of Charcoal in the Blast Furnace at 

 Bad nor Forges," Prof. J. T. Donald. 



" Notes on the Silicified Charcoal dealt with in Prof. 

 Donald's Paper" (illustrated by means of the lantern),. 

 Prof. D. P. Penhallow. 



"The Ornithorhyncus Paradoxus, or Duck-Billed 

 Platypus," Miss Howard O'Keeffe. 



A vote of thanks was moved by Edgar Judge, and, 

 seconded by Prof. Adams, and carried. The Chairman, in 

 presenting the vote of thanks, expressed the great, 

 pleasure the meeting had in seeing Prof. Penhallow 

 present. The following donations were presented to the 

 Society : — 



21 specimens of fossil sponges, shells, etc., from the 

 Quebec Group of the Siluro-Cambrian Bocks, from 

 Sir Wm. Dawson. 



1 King Eider (female) . K^^^^ ^_ j ^, _ 



1 King Elder (young male) j 



MoNTKEAL, March 30th, 1896. 



The fifth monthly meeting of the Society was held 

 at eight o'clock this evening in the Library, the President,, 

 Bev. Bobt. Campbell, D.D., in the chair. There were 

 present J. A. U. Beaudry, J. B. Williams, Geo. Kearley,. 

 John S. Shearer, E. L. Bond, Miss Howard O'Keefe, the- 

 Becording Secretary, and others. 



