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searches into the nature of the moon's surface and the various 

 theories that have been held in regard to it, and its present condi- 

 tion and appearance. He also minutely described the mountains, 

 craters, plains, crevasses and other physical features of the surface of 

 the planet, all of which were well illustrated by the famous Ruther- 

 ford photographs, which were exhibited by Mr. Hugh C. Baker. 



The paper was an excellent one, showing a very intimate know- 

 ledge of the subject. The attendance at this meeting was the largest 

 present at any meeting of the Association for many years, the room 

 being crowded to the door. Nasmith's splendid photographs of the 

 moon's surface were also on view, through the kindness of Com- 

 mander Cheyne. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



SIXTH MEETING— Thursday, gth May, 1889. 



The Rev. Samuel Lyle, B. D., presided. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. S. Symonds was elected an honorary member. 



Colonel Grant then read two papers entitled " The Colored 

 Lingular of the Silurian Rocks" and "The origin of Chert (flint) in 

 the Niagara Rocks near Hamilton." These papers exhibited the 

 writer's intimate knowledge of these subjects. They were well re- 

 ceived, and will appear in the Transactions of the Association. 



At the close of reading Colonel Grant's papers, and the com- 

 plimentary remarks made thereon, Mr. Witton, Sr., moved that the 

 general meeting do now adjourn in honor of the memory of Mr. 

 C. S. Chittenden, a member of the Association and Chairman of 

 the Biological Section, who died suddenly on the previous day. Mr. 

 Witton, who had known the deceased gentleman for thirty years, 

 paid a beautiful but deserved eulogy to his character and abilities. 



The Secretary was instructed to convey the expression of 

 sympathy of the members to Mrs. Chittenden and the family. 



The annual meeting of the Association was then held, the 

 President in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous annual meeting were read ; they 

 had previously been confirmed. The Secretary, Mr. Alexander, 

 read his Annual Report of the operations of the Association. Dr. 



