3<5 JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS 



fit. After some discussion the matter was placed in the hands of the 

 President, who was empowered to act in the best interests of the 

 Association. 



A vote of thanks was tendered to Lieut.-Col. J. M. Gibson, M. 

 P. P., for his successiul efforts in obtaining an annual grant of four 

 hundred dollars from the Provincial Government in aid of the funds 

 of the asssociation. 



The motion of Mr. W. A. Robinson, that the annual subscrip- 

 tion to the Association should in future be two dollars was unani- 

 mously carried. 



It was resolved on the motion of Mr. A, Alexander, that the 

 Council of the Association be authorized to prepare an abstract of 

 the Proceedings of the Association to be printed, along with a 

 selection of the papers read before the Association, for circulation 

 and distribution among similar Associations. 



Mr. Geo. Dickson, M. A., read a paper on Meteorological 

 Cycles. 



This being the Annual Meeting, the Association then proceeded 

 with the election of officers for the session 1884-5, when the follow 

 ing gentlemen were elected, viz : 



President, - - J. D. Macdonald. 



First Vice-President, - - H. B. Witton. 



Second Vice-President, - Rev. C. H. Mockridge, D. D. 



Corresponding Secretary, - Geo. Dickson, M. A. 



Recording Secretary, - A. Alexander. 



Treasurer, - - Richard Bull. 



Librarian and Curator, - - Wm. Turnbull. 



Council — VV. A. Robinson, Alex. Caviller, A. F. Forbes, T. 

 Mcllwraith, R. Hinchliffe. 



Auditors— A. T. Neill and VV. H. Ballard, M. A. 



