﻿Proceedings of Natural History Society. 125- 



Montreal, April 27th, 1896. 



The sixth monthly meeting of the Society was held in 

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

 Eev. Eobert Campbell, D.D., in the chair. 



Present : J. Stevenson Brown, Hon. Justice Wurtele, 

 J. B. Williams, C. J. Williams, Jos. Fortier, John S. Shearer ,_ 

 Geo. Sumner, E. T. Chambers, James Gardner, Geo. Kear- 

 ley, J. A. U. Beaudry, Wm. Jackson, Dr. Stirling, Albert 

 Holden, Prof. Donald, H. B. Cushing, and others. 



Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. 



Mr. Shearer, on behalf of the Field-Day Committee, 

 reported progress, and recommended St. Jovite as the 

 objective point. 



On motion of J. A. U. Beaudry, seconded by Jos. For- 

 tier, the rules were suspended and Mr. Joseph Haynes 

 was elected^ one ballot being cast. 



Prof. Adams then read two very interesting papers,. 

 entitled " A Visit to the Lake Dwellings at Robenhausen,- 

 Switzerland," and "Notes on a Remarkable Deposit of 

 Stalagmite from Gold Hill, Nevada." 



A very hearty vote of thanks was tendered to Prof., 

 Adams, on motion of J. Stevenson Brown seconded by 

 J. A. U. Beaudry. 



The thanks of the Society were tendered to Sir William 

 Dawson for his kindness in exhibiting the specimen of 

 stalagmite referred to in Dr. Adams' paper, as well as to» 

 Mr. Higbich, by whom the specimen was sent to the- 

 Peter Redpath Museum. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



