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of award in the department of minerology at the Columbian 

 Exposition. His untiring devotion last summer at Chicago 

 to the duties thus put on him, it is feared may have laid the 

 foundation of the disease which overcame his otherwise 

 vigourous constitution. 



Professor Williams was an attractive teacher and had a 

 peculiarly charming manner in both private conversation 

 and public address, and the animated and clear descriptions 

 he gave of even the most technical subjects went far to in- 

 terest his hearers in any topic he chose to speak upon. His 

 broad education, attractive personal qualities and thorough 

 acquaintance with the facts of his science gave him a promin- 

 ent place among his fellows, and although still a young man 

 he was rapidly rising to honour and fame. His loss will 

 be keenly felt by all who knew him, especially by those who 

 had the rare privilege of belonging to the circle of his in- 

 timate friends. 



Proceedings of the Society. 



Montreal, Oct. 29th, 1894. 



The first monthly meeting of the Society was held this 

 evening, Dr. Wesley Mills, President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the annual meeting were read and 

 approved. 



Minutes of Council meetings of May 28th, Oct. 15th and 

 Oct. 22nd were read. 



The following donations were reported : — Birch bark 

 war canoe, donor, C.P.E., per J. Stevenson Brown ; speci- 

 mens of iron ores and pig iron from G. J. Drummond, also 

 fossils from Radnor Forges, Quebec, from the Canada Iron 

 Furnace Company; fossils from Low Bay, N.S., from J. G. 

 Grenfell, of the Deep Sea Mission ; two living snakes, the 

 red-bellied (Stoveria occipitamaculata) and the garter 

 (Entaenia sirtalis) from J. B. Williams ; six specimens of 

 snakes in alcohol, from Trinidad, from G. H. Fisher, per 

 Alfred Griffin ; fossil bone and geological specimens from 

 R. Felch ; Gar Pike (Lepidostens osseus) from James Wilson, 



