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SUMMAEY OF MEETINGS. 
February 5th. 
Mr. Matthew read his paper on “Discoveries at a Village of the 
Stone Age at Bocabec, N". B.” This jiaper was published in Bull- 
etin No. III. 
March 4th. 
Mr. W. M. McLean gave an account of the International Fisheries 
Exhibition held in London, G. B., in the summer of 1883. Canada 
was well represented at this exhibition. Its fish products were pre- 
sented in the form of a joyramidal trophy, which attracted much 
attention. Lectures on fish culture, etc., were given by Mr. Wilmot, 
who was in charge of the Canadian exhibit. 
April 1st. 
Two papers were read on this evening. Mr. F. W. Daniel read 
a jiaper on the Gulls. He enumerated nine species, some of which 
were rare in New Brunswick. Immense numbers of gulls of several 
species are found in Passamaquoddy Bay and the numerous islands 
in the mouth of the Bay of Fundy. The second paper of this even- 
ing was by Mr. W. T. L. Reed, and gave an account of the Surface 
Geology in the Valley of the St. John River near Fredericton. An 
abstract of the paper is published in this Bulletin. 
May 6tii. 
Mr. Robert Chalmers read a paper on “ The Origin of the Grand 
Falls of the St. John River.” Mr. Chalmers stated that the Falls 
had been caused by a diversion of the river from its pre-glacial chan- 
nel, which had been blocked up by drift during the ice-age. The 
Falls are slowly working backward and are losing in height as they 
work back to the old river valley. 
June 3rd. 
The delegate to the meeting of the Royal Society of Canada gave 
a report of the proceedings of that Society at the meeting in May 
last. Dr. L. C. Allison also gave an address on the Rhizopods found 
in the vicinity of St. John. He attributed the comparative scarcity 
