16 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 
REPORT OF THE STURGIS HOOPER PROFESSOR OF 
GEOLOGY. 
By Recinautp A. DaAty. 
During the year, the writer continued to act as chairman of the 
Department of Geology and to give instruction in Geology 4 
(completed by 137 students), Geology 9 (completed by 3 graduate 
students), and Geology 20c (completed by 4 graduate students). 
He served also as convener of the Geological Conference. 
The first half-year was largely occupied with the proof-reading 
of a book on Igneous Rocks and their Origin which had been 
completed in the preceding year; it was published in February, 
1914. 
The second half-year was chiefly devoted to the writing of a 
detailed report to the director of the Geological Survey of Canada 
on the geology of the Selkirk and Purcell mountain ranges at the 
Canadian Pacific Railway. The completed report was sent to the 
director in May; it is to be published as a memoir of the Canadian 
Survey. 
On June 2nd I sailed for Europe, returning on September 30th. 
Field-studies and collections were made:—in the English Lake 
district; in Ayrshire, Fifeshire, the Northwest Highlands and 
other districts of Scotland; in southern Sweden; and in Lappland. 
The principal field work was performed on the genetic problem of 
the famous iron ores at Kiruna in Swedish Lappland. The rock 
collections made in Great Britain and Sweden will have value for 
advanced students in petrology. The usefulness of the Gardner 
Fund to the Department was again shown as it enabled the writer 
to secure a superb series of lantern slides and large photographic 
prints illustrating the geology of Scotland. This purchase was 
possible through the courtesy of Dr. J. S. Flett, the Director of the 
Geological Survey of Scotland, who permitted an unlimited selec- 
tion from the thousands of fine official negatives belonging to that 
Survey. The professional benefit of the season was greatly en- 
hanced by the masterly guidance of Dr. John Horne in the Scot- 
tish Highlands, and by the unexcelled kindness of the general 
manager of the mining company at Kiruna, Dr. Hjalmar Lund- 
bohm, who by his interest and foresight expedited the investiga- 
tions in that field. 
