APPENDIX A 
Report op the Council oe the Natural History 
Society of New Brunswick for 1890. 
The Council of the Natural History Society begs to lay 
before the members a summary of the progress of the society 
during the past year as collected from the reports of officers 
and committees. 
Essays and Lecture Committee. The course of essays 
and lectures has been carried out as usual and the meetings 
have been well attended. The following papers or addresses 
were given by members on the dates mentioned: 
1890. 
Feb. 4th, 
Mar. 4th, 
Apr. 1st, 
May 6th, 
Oct. 7th, 
Not. 4th, 
Dec. 2nd, 
1891 
Jan, 6th, 
Jan. 6th, 
Winter Plants. — By G. U. Hay. 
Surface Geology. — By W. J. Wilson. 
Physiology of Digestive system of Animals. — By Dr. 
A. F. Emery. 
The Eophyton. — By G. F. Matthew. 
Archseozoon Acadiense. — By G. F. Matthew. 
Native Ferns. — By G. U. Hay. 
The Human Heart.— By Dr. G. E. Hetherington. 
Post Pleiocene deposits at St. Martins, N. B. — By Geoffrey 
Stead. 
How the Natural History Society could assist in Education 
— By John Brittain. 
Finance Committee. The Finance Committee report 
that the 
Treasurer has a balance on hand of $102.77 
The balance on hand at beginning of year was 250.04 
The receipts for year amounted to 427.78 
And the disbursements to 575.05 
The acquiring and removing to our rooms, of the Mechanics 
Institute Museum, necessitated a large expenditure. 
Librarian. The Library has received numerous additions- 
consisting chiefly of reports from other societies. 
