ordinary meeting: november 2nd, 1883
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ORDINARY MEETING.
NOVEMBER 2ND, 1883.
HENRY HICKS, Esq., M.D., F.G.S., President, in the Chair.
The donations to the library since the previous meeting- wereannounced, and the thanks of the Association were accorded tothe donors.
The following were elected members of the Association :-G. G. Chisholm, Esq., B.Sc. (Edin.); C. A. Hindley, Esq.;
Hugh Miller, Esq., F.G.S.; and Miss A. C. M. Sutherland.The President then delivered the Inaugural Address of the
Session 1883-4 :-
THE SUCCESSION IN THE ARCHEAN ROCKS OF AMERICA, COMPARED WITH THAT IN THE PRE-CAMBRIAN ROCKS OF EUROPE.
CONTENTS:I.-Preliminary. Ir.-The early conditions of the globe, as bearing on
the characters of the formations. IlL-As to the origin of the Pre-Cambrian rocks. IV.-Early indications of volcanic activity. V.-Prevalenceof special mineral characters and wide distribution of the rocks. VI.Reasons as to their having attained tbeir peculiar characters in very earlyperiods. VII.-The series as recognised in America. VIlL-Ottawaseries. IX.·-Grenville series. X.-Norian series. XI.-Hnronian series.XII.-Montalban series. XIlL-Taconian series. XIV.-Evidences as tothe order (')f succession of the series. XV.-The series as tbeyoccur indifferent areas in Europe. XVI.-Or'::er of succession in the British Isles.XVII.-Condition of the minerals in tbe oldest rocks. XVIlL-Lcwisianseries, XIX.-Other series in Scotland. XX.-Series in Ireland. XXLDimetian series. XXIL-Arvonian series. XXIIL-Pebidian series. XXIV.-Norway and Sweden. XXV.-Finland and Russia. XXVL-CentralEurope. XXVIL-The Alps. XXV IlL-Corsica, Elba, and Sardinia.XXIX.-Spain and France. XXX.-Couclusions.
I. Pl'elirninal'y.-It occurred to me, that as it is probable aconsiderable number of the members of this Association will visitCanada during the meeting of tbe British Association in thatColony next August, it migbt not be inappropriate in this addressto bring together the facts, as far as they are available, which havebeen relied upon in the attempts made to institute a comparisonbetween the oldest rocks in America and those presumably oflike age in Europe. In consequence of the evidence which recent
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