REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND MINING SECTION. 55 



proved by the Governor-General in Council ; also referring to an 

 interview had by the Chairman and Secretary of this Section with the 

 Deputy Minister of the Interior on the subjects of (1) Prompt pub- 

 lication of the Survey's reports on raining affairs ; (2) Cooperation of 

 the Dominion ancT Provincial Governments in the collection of such 

 information, and (3) Legislation making the furnishing of information 

 ■compulsory. 



In thus directing the attention of the authorities to an important 

 ■subject, the section has been able to do good work, and recent publi- 

 cations of reports justify the action taken by this section. 



A number of interesting papers have been read dui'ing the year, 

 and the discussions arising therefrom have aided materially in 

 familiarizing many with facts relative to the minerals and mineral re- 

 sources of our Province. 



The Section has also taken much interest in the project of estab- 

 lishing in this city a Provincial Mineralogical Museum, and trusts 

 that its efforts in this direction may yet be crowned with success. 



Officers have been elected as follows for the current year : 



Chairman — W. Hamilton Merritt. 



Vice-Cliairman — Arthur Harvey. 



Secretary and Curator — David Boyle. 



Managing Committee — R. W. Phipps, A. F. Chamberlain, A* 

 Elvins, John Notman, P. H. Bryce, M.D. 



The present year is confidently regarded by the section as likely to 

 prove more than usually profitable to the section in all that relates to 

 the investigation and study of geology and mining in Ontario. 



W HAMILTON MERRITT, 



Chairman- 

 ARTHUR HARVEY, 



Vice-President. 



DAVID BOYLE, 



Secretary. 



