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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 
FREDERICTON NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
The Fredericton Natural History Society is now entering 
upon the twelfth year of its history. Its meetings are held in 
the High School building, in the evening of the second Mon- 
day in each month, except in the vacation season. During 
the past year the programme for the monthly meetings was as 
follows: 
1905. 
Jan. 9. 
Feb. 13. 
Mar. 13. 
April 10. 
May 8. 
Oct. 9. 
Nov. 14. 
Dec. 12. 
1906. 
Jan, 8. 
The Weapons of Birds, by Mr, Wm. Moore. 
The Annual Meeting. The Origin, Growth and Purposes of the 
Society, by the President. 
Vegetable Ferments, by Dr. John Brittain. 
Some Queer Fishes, by Dr. L. W. Bailey. 
The Hydrography of New Brunswick, by Mr. Joseph Bailey. 
The Gypsum Deposits of New Brunswick, by Dr. L. W. Bailey. 
Photography, by Mr. L. B Kidner. 
Lantern Views on Geology and Astronomy, by Dr. Bailey and 
Mr. G N. Babbitt. 
The Wild Animals of New Brunswick, by Mr. Wm. Moore. 
To stimulate the younger members of the community to 
study natural history, the Society has offered prizes for each 
of the years 1904 and 1905. The 1904 prizes were awarded as 
follows: 
Collection of, and Notes on Weeds; 1st prize, Miss Queenie Harrison, of 
Nashwaaksis; 2nd prize, Miss Mattie Moore, of Scotch Lake. 
Collection of Insects; 1st prize, Master Kenneth Campbell, of Kingslcear. 
In the early part of 1905 the Society purchased a reflec- 
toscope at a cost of $150. It has since been used to great 
advantage in throwing upon a screen representations of the 
pictures of natnral objeets, or views of the_ natural objects 
themselves 
