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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
Brief Record of Meetings of the Natural History Society 
of New Brunswick from its Formation to the Year 
1881. 
The summary of the meetings from the year 1881 will be 
found in the Society’s first Bulletin, published in 1882. 
This brief record of the meetings will show the present 
members of the Society who those men were, who were active 
in promoting its interests in the first twenty years of its exist- 
ence when the fortnightly or monthly meeting was the only 
occasion when scientific questions were discussed. 
March 7, 1862. — At this meeting two honorary members were elected, 
Dr. J. W. Dawson and Dr. W. Bry done- Jack, and several corresponding 
members, of whom only S. W. Hatheway, Esq., of Boston, survives. The 
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Arthur Gordon, was invited to become Patron 
of the Society. 
March 21, 1862. — At this meeting Moses H. Perley, the Vice-President, 
read an excellent paper on the Physiography and Geology of Newfoundland. 
He was a Commissioner for defining the coast limits in connection with the 
Colonial fisheries. 
^ April 4, 1862. — Dr. H. C. Preston read his paper on Entomology and 
presented specimens of native insects. 
Outline of the Business at the Regular Meetings from 1862 
to 1882, When the Society Began to Publish its Annual 
Bulletin. 
January 29, 1862. — The inaugural meeting, particulars of which may be 
found on a preceding page. 
February 14, 1862. — The constitution is adopted and officers elected. 
LeB. Botsford, M. D., President; M. H Perley, Vice-President; R. P. Starr, 
Recording Secretary; H. W. Frith, Corresponding Secretary; E. Allison, 
Treasurer; G. F. Matthew, Cuirator; Wm. Jack, W. P. Dole and C. F. Hartt, 
members of Council. 
April 25, 1862. — Mr. C. F. Hartt read a paper on “Gold,” and exhibited 
a map of the gold fields of Nova Scotia. 
November 28, 1862. — Resolution of condolence passed relative to the 
death of the Vice-President, Moses H. Perley. He had died in the early 
part of the season on the coast of Labrador, when engaged in the Fisheries 
service. One hundred copies of his paper on Newfoundland were received 
by the Society. 
