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Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article-pdf/4/1/371/3415142/BUL4-0371.pdf by guest on 30 September 2021 BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA V o l. 4,, pp. 371-458, Frontispiece September 23,1893 PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING, HELD AT OTTAWA, CANADA, DECEMBER 28, 29 AND 30, 1892 Herman LeRoy Fairchild, Secretary CONTENTS Page Session of Wednesday, December 28.............................................................................. 372 Report of the Council................................................................................................ 372 Report of the .Treasurer.-........................................................................................... 376 Election of Officers for 1893................y.............................................................. ... 378 Election of Fellow s.................................................................................................... 378 Memorial of Thomas Sterry Hunt (with bibliography); by Raphael Pumpelly......................................................................... ........................................... 379 Memorial of John Strong Newberry (with bibliography) ; by J. F. Kemp. 393 Memorial of James Henry Chapin (with bibliography) ; by W. M. Davis. 406 On the Geology of natural Gas and Petroleum in southwestern Ontario (discussion by I. C. White and H. M. Ami) ; by H. P. H. Brume'll.........408 Note on fossil Sponges from the Quebec Group (Lower Cambro-Silurian) at Little Metis, Canada (abstract) ; by J. Wm. Dawson.............................. 409 Evening Session of Wednesday, December 28......................... ................................. 411 A fossil Earthquake (abstract) ; by W J McGee............................................. 411 Session of Thursday, December 29............................................................................... 415 Third Annual Report'of the Committee on Photographs.................................... 415 Notes on the glacial Geology of western Labrador and northern Quebec ; by A. P. Low.......................................................................................................... 419 Height of the Bay of Fundy Coast in the Glacial Period relative to Sea- level as evidenced by marine Fossils in the Bowlder-clay at Saint John, New Brunswick (discussion by Warren Upham) ; by Robert Chalmers.. 422 Tfre supposed post-glacial Outlet of the Great Lakes through Lake Nipis- sing and the Mattawa River ; by G. Frederick W right.............................. 423 Notes on the Geology of Middleton Island, Alaska ; by George M. Daw­ son.............................................................................................................................. 427 Session of Friday, December 30 ..................................................................................... 432 Evening Session of Friday, December 30................................................................... 434 The Huronian Yolcanics sbuth of Lake Superior (abstract) ; by C. R. Van H ise.................................................................................................................. 435 On two Overthrusts in eastern New York ; by N. H. Darton........................ 436 Register of the Ottawa Meeting, 1892 ........................................................................... 440. List of Officers and Fellows of the Geological Society of America........................ 441 Index to Volume 4 ........................................... ................................................................. 451 L V I —B u m .. G koì,. S oc. A m., V oi,. 4, 1892. ( 3 7 1 ) Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article-pdf/4/1/371/3415142/BUL4-0371.pdf by guest on 30 September 2021 372 PROCEEDINGS OF OTTAWA MEETING. S e s s io n o f W e d n e s d a y , D e c e m b e r 2 8 The Society met in the railway committee-room of the House of Com­ mons. President G. K. Gilbert presided during the several sessions of the meeting. At 10.20 a m the President called the Society to order and after a word of salutation introduced His Excellency, the Governor-General of Canada, Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley, who extended a hearty welcome to the Fellows of the Society. Science, he said, was cosmopolitan and did not admit of distinctions of race, creed or national boundary; as far as science was concerned, all were one brotherhood. He assured the visitors that they would be shown every hospitality while in the city. The President made reply to the welcome of His Excellency, referring in complimentary terms to Canadian hospitality. The Council report Was read by the Secretary as follows: REPORT OP THE COUNCIL To the Fellows of the Geological Society of America, in Fifth Annual Meeting, 1892: Meetings of the Council.—During the past year the Council has held two meetings, coincident with the meetings of the Society, each with four sessions. A large amount of administrative business has been done, with earnestness and unity. Meetings of the Society.—The records of the two meetings held during the year, at Columbus and Rochester, will be found in full in the printed proceedings of the Bulletin. The attendance has been small, at Columbus twenty-three and at Rochester thirty-four. The prosperity and success of the Society is, however, not dependent upon the size of its meetings. The brief ex­ perience would seem to indicate that a larger attendance would be secured at the great cities of the east, but as an international society it would not be proper to localize its sessions for the sake of larger meetings. Membership.—The Society has lost three Fellows during the year by death: Dr J. S. Newberry, Dr T. Sterry H unt and Professor J. H. Chapin- Four names have been dropped, by application of the rules, for non­ payment of dues. The latest printed roll of membership bears the names of 209 living and 9 deceased Fellows. At the summer meeting 13 men were elected, of whom 12 have Qualified, namely: A. E. Barlow, H. P. H. Brumell, M. R. Campbell, A. del Castillo, H. W. Fairbanks, L. S. Griswold, A. P. Low, V. F. Marsters, W. B Scott, C. H. Smyth, Jr., Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article-pdf/4/1/371/3415142/BUL4-0371.pdf by guest on 30 September 2021 REPORT OF TIIE COUNCIL. 373 J. Stanley-Brown, C. L. Whittle. From the list will be taken one name by resignation and one for delinQuency, leaving a total fellowship of 219. Three elections are announced at this meeting: Professor H. F. Reid, Mr. F. W. Sardeson and Mr J. F. Whiteaves. Nine nominations are before the Council. AftL-r long and serious consideration the Council has determined not to present any names for Correspondents at the present time. Bulletin Publication.—Volume 3 has been distributed to all Fellows, subscribers and exchanges direct from the Secretary’s office. The cost of the volume is given later in this report. The proceedings of the summer meeting, making the first two brochures of volume 4, are almost ready for distribution. Bulletin Distribution.—The following tables show the distribution of the three volumes. In explanation it should be said that the edition of volume 1 was only five hundred copies, and that the first two volumes were sent to the Fellows directly from the printers; also that the stock oi volume 3 has not been wholly unpacked. It is found more convenient to make the tables cover the whole distribution from the Secretary’s office during the past two years. A comparison of last year’s report with this will give the details for the past year. Bulletin Distribution from the Secretary’s Office Daring 1891 and. 189% BY COMPLETE VOLUMES Vol. 1. Vol. 2. Vol. 3. In reserve..................................................... 102 340 395(?) Donated to institutions (“ exchanges ”) 81 81 81 Held for ‘1 exchanges ” .............................. 10 10 10 Sold to Libraries, etc................................. 54 55 53 Sold to F ellow s.......................................... 11 9 Sent to Fellows to supply deficiencies... 2 1 Donated by Council................................... 3 3 1 Bound for office use.................................... 1 1 1 Sent to Fellows in brochures, as issued. 209 Number of complete copies received 264 506 750(?) BY BROCHURES Vol. 1. Vol. 2. Vol. 3. .. 39 90 13 0 3 2 4 17 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article-pdf/4/1/371/3415142/BUL4-0371.pdf by guest on 30 September 2021 374 PROCEEDINGS OF OTTAWA MEETING. Bulletin Sales.—As announced by the Secretary, in January, a circular letter advertising the Bulletin was sent to several hundred libraries in the United States and Canada. Subscriptions have been received from about thirty libraries, and a large number of irregular sales effected. A set of books kept by the Secretary shows the details. The financial result is given in the following tables: Receipts from sale of Bulletin during 1892 BY SALE OF COMPLETE VOLUMES Vol. l. Voi,.2. Vol.3. Total. From Fellows...................... .......... $14 50 $19 00 $4 50 $38 00 From libraries, etc............... 170 00 175 00 142 00 487 00 Total................................ .......... $184 50 $194 00 $146 50 $525 00 By last report (1891).......... .......... 115 10 102 50 217 60 Second total.................. .......... $299 60 $296 50 $146 50 BY SALE OP BROCHURES Vol. 1. Vol. 2. Vol. 3. Total. From F ellow s.................................
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