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PETEK EEDPATH^ /^M

r;OYKRN( )R AND BENP:F ACTOR OF McOILL UNIVERSITY

AND FOUNDER OF THE MUSEUM, LIBKARY

AND CHAIR OF MATHEMATICS

WHICH BEAR HIS NAME

WITH HISTORICAL NOTICE OF THE

PETER REDPATH MUSEUM

SIR J. WILLIAM DAWSON

C.M.G., LL.D., r.R.S., &c.

^^^^

MONTREAL
For the University, "Witness" Printing House

1894

PEEFATORY NOTE.

This memorial has been prepared with more especial reference to
the Peter Eedpath Museum, and in a form suitable for binding with
its publications and with those of the University in general. A
special illustrated volume, recording the proceedings at the opening
of the Peter Redpath Library, has already been issued.

Mr. J. Redpath Dougall, M.A., one of the Fellows of the University
and a member of the Museum Committee, has kindly assumed the
cost of publication, as a gift to the University.

The writer desires to acknowledge his obligations, on this as on
many previous occasions, to his friend, the Rev. Dr. Cornish, for his
kind assistance Avith the proofs.

J. W. D.

PETER REDPATH,

GOVERNOR AND BENEFACTOR OF
McGILL UNIVERSITY.

In a biograjihical sketch of the founder of McGill University,
prepared by the writer many years ago, tlie remark was made
that men of the stamp of James McGill are of rare occurrence
in the British colonies. At that time it could not have
been anticipated that other benefactors of McGill University,
animated by a similar spirit, were so soon to arise, and some of
them giving still larger sums in aid of education. We may now
reckon among such men the late Mr. William Molson, the late
Sir W. E. Logan, the late Major Hiram Mills, the late Mr.
David J. Greenshields, the late Mr. Thomas Workman, the
Hon. Sir D. A. Smith, Mr. W. C. McDonald, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. E. Molson and many others, as well as the honoured
subject of the present memorial, which is to be regarded not as
a mere ofhcial record, but as a tribute of affectionate esteem
and gratitude n the part of all connected with the University,
and more esptoially of the Committee charged with the care of
the Peter Eedpath Museum.

Mr. Peter Eedpath was born in Montreal, on August 1st,
1821. He was educated in St. Paul's School, Montreal, then
one of the best institutions of higher education in his native
Province, under the Eev. Dr. Black. He was one of the best
pupils of a large class, and, as I am informed by one of his
fellow-students, earned the respect and love of his class-mates

IN MEMORIAM

by his e(|[U€iljle and aniialjle temper and his kindness to the
junior boys. After completing his course in St. raul's School,
lie spent some time in Kngland in further study and in
actpiiring business training. On his return to Montreal, and
from the time when he first entered oii business and public
life, he took a leading position as one of the most prominent and
honoured citizens of his native place. He vvas recognized
as a man ecpially remarka])lc for sterling integrity, sound
judgment, refined tastes and a benevolent and kindly dis-
position; while the possession or wealtii enabled him at once to
gratify his own higher tastes and to carry out his wise and
benevolent plans for the welfare of his fellow-men.

His father, Mr. John Ivedpath, was one of those strong,
earnest, pious and clear-headed men of whom Scotland has
supplied so many to build up the colonies of the empire. A
leader in the Church to which lie belonged, and one of its office-
bearers, he was a diligent and sagacious man of business, and
displayed his ability in this way by founding the first sugar
refinery in Canada, and one of the largest on the American
continent. He was a valued director of the Bank of Montreal
and other business-enterprises, a member of the City Council at
a time when it was justly held to be composed of the elite of the
citizens, and would have been Mayor but for his generous
preference of a friend. He was an earnest promoter of the
improvement of the city, and set an example by the widening
of streets and planting of trees on his own property. While
amassing for himself a considerable fortune, and laying out
with taste his beautiful property of Terrace Bank, he was ever
ready to contribute freely of his means and to give his time
and thought to every deserving public object. He was one of
the founders of the Educational Institute at Point aux Trem-

PETEIl REDPATH

bles, and of the Presbyterian College of Montreal, a subscriber
to the first endovvnient-fuiid of Mc(Hll University, and a
fjovernor of and lil)eral contributor to the Montreal General
Hospital. In all this his son was a wortliy successor, continuing
and enlarging the public services and benefactions of his father,
and bringing them into relation with tlie advancing needs
and opportunities of a new generation. As an educational
benefactor, tlie name cf Mr. I'eter liedpath will ever be
remendjcred in connection with the Museum, tlie Library and
the University-chair whicli l>ear his name ; but he also took
part in nearly all the Subscriptions for general and special

^ purposes in the University from 1856 downwards.

"^ Mr. Kedpath was married on October IGth, 1847, to Miss

Grace Wood, the daughter of a gentleman of Manchester,
England, noted among his fellow-citizens as an eminent
promoter of philanthropic objects, Mrs. Kedpath survives her
husband, and is his executrix, not merely in the legal sense,
but as one wisely and loyally desirous to carr}' out liis wishes,
and herself deeply interested in the educational and benevolent
enterprises of her deceased husband. In evidence of this, she
contributed to his last great gift of the new Library-building
the two large and elaborate stained glass windows containing
portraits of illustrious men in literature, science and art, which
adorn the public reading-room.

In his connection with the University, as a member of its
Governing Board, to which he was appointed in 1804, end of
which at tlie time of his death he was the senior member,
Mr. Kedpath was invaluable. He regularly attended the
meetings, was always interested in the questions under
discussion, and ready to give aid, advice and influence in
favour of every measure of imprcvement. In the midst of

IN MEMORIAM

many other avocations, he was always alive to its interests, and
was constantly contributing to its advancement in many quiet
and thoughtful ways. He was also a friend on whom every
officer of the University could reckoii, as kind and helpful in any
difficulty or emergency; and he possessed that breadth of view
which enabled him to make allowance for the failings of weaker
men. One instance of his continued and painstaking liberality
was the contribution from year to year of rare and valuable
books on English history, selected for him by competent
experts, until that Department of the University Library has
become noted for its completeness and tiie treasures which it
contains. After his removal to England, in 1880, he c jntinued
to take the same lively interest in the University, a,s was
evidenced by his great benefactions after that date. He also
kept up a regular correspondence with the Principal and others
respecting its affairs, and acted in its behalf whenever necessary.
In this respect his presence in England was often of the greatest
service, and many members of the University cherish a grateful
remembrance of the kindness and hospitality with which he
received them in the old Manor House of Chiselhurst, whicli
was his Englisli liome.

He acquired this property in 1880 as a permanent English
residence, and took great pleasure in restoring and improving
the house and grounds, till it became an ideal English country
house of tlie olden type. The place was not only quaint and
beautiful in itself, but was full of historic associations. It had
been the home of Joan, the " Fair Maid of Kent," the wife of
the Black Prince, and was successively in the possession of the
Duke of Somerset, of AVarwick the " King-maker," and of the
Duke of Clarence: and, reverting to the crown in the reign of
Henry YIIL, was granted by Queen Elizabeth as a suburban

PETER REDPATH

residence to her great statesman, Sir Francis "Walsingham,
where she is said to have sometimes visited liim. In Mr.
liedpath's possession it has opened its hospitable doors to many
noted men of our own time. To a man of his tastes it afforded
the pleasures of country life and of literary leisure, with ready
access to London and all its advantages as well as facilities for
extending hospitality to old Canadian friends whom business
or pleasure brought to the Metropolis.

Mr. liedpath's life in England was not altogether one of
repose. He engaged in serious legal studies, and became a
member of the Middle Temple. He was on the London Board
of the Bank of Montreal. He was a member of the Council of
the Canadian Institute, took much interest in the question of
Imperial Federation, and represented the North- West Terri-
tories on the Board of the lioyal Imperial Institute.

Mr. Iledpath visited Canada frecpiently after his removal to
England, the last time being in the autunni of 1893, when he
was accompanied by Mrs. lledpath. After a tour in the North-
West, they returned to Montreal to be present at the opening
of the Xew Library in October. He was at that time
apparently in good health and spirits, appeared to enjoy the
society of his old friends, and superintended with the greatest
interest the completion of the beautiful new buUding which he
had presented to the Lhiiversity, and the planning of whicli
had occupied much of his thougb.t in the two previous years.

After his return to England, no intimation of any serious
illness }uad reached Montreal, when, on the 1st of February, the
news of his sudden and unexpected death, received by cable, fell
like a thunder-clap on his many friends. No event, it may be
truly said, ever cast a deeper gloom on all connected with the
McGill University and the institutions associated with it. For

IN MEMORIAM

the moment everyone seemed paralyzed, and the only thought
seemed to be how it would be possible to express sympathy
with the bereaved widow, to take part, by representatives in
England, in the obsequies at Chiselhurst, and to engage in a
memorial service in Montreal on the 6th of February, the day
of the funeral in England. This last tribute, though hastily
arranged, was most sincere and impressive. It was held in the
reading-room of the New Library, so recently opened in the
presence of its now deceased founder. Tlie service was attended
by all connected with the University and by many of the leading
citizens of Montreal, and, as it proceeded, many moistened eyes
testified to the esteem and affection with which ]\Ir. Itedpath
was regarded. The following are extracts from the address
delivered on the occasion by his friend and former Pastor,
Eev. Dr. MacVicar, Principal of tlie I'resbyterian Theological
College : —

We unite this morning at the same hour in which his funeral
service is being conducted at Chiselhurst, England, in a puljlic tril)ute
of respect and honour to the memory of ]Mr. Peter Kedpath. He was
a man of good ability, sound judgment, refined and elevated taste,
and excellent culture — -a lover of literature and art ; and, what is
infinitely better, a lover of truth and of the God of Truth. After a
long and successful career, having retired from business, he removed
to England, and l)oth in this city and the old land was deservedly
called to occuj)y many })ositions of trust and responsibility. In
business he was uniformly characterized by indefatigable diligence
and unswerving integrity. His yea was yea, and his nay, nay.
Gentle, amiable and considerate of the opinions and feelings of others,
ever ready to take a broad and generous view of their actions, and
yet, when purity and principle were concerned, he was as firm as a
rock. It was vain for those who had sinister ends to serve to
attempt to turn him aside from truth and righteousness. In these
respects he furnished a notable pattern, which young men and all
others may do well to imitate. As a philanthropist he took rank

PETER REDPATII

with the foremost in t)iir hind. His benefactions in various forms to
McGill University and other public institutions bear witness to his
unstinted liberality. He had grace and wisdom given him to
administer his large resources in his life-time for tlie good of his
fellow men ; and this fact deserves to be emphasized. His last
public appearance amongst us was in this very hall, three months
ago, in the performance of a crowning act of educational usefulness.
But let it not be supposed that all his l^enevolence took visible forms
like those just mentioned. He Avas naturally unobtrusive, strongly
averse to all ostentatious dis})lay and vulgar advertising of the
good he purposed or accomplished. His unreported charities were
numerous and wisely distributed. He sought to do his alms before
God, and not before men to be seen of them. The Father who seeth
in secret alone knoweth in what abundant measure he gave heli) and
comfort to others. As a Christian he was devout, conscientious, and
consistent. His Christianity was a life and character rather than a
demonstrative profession. I had op])ortunities of knowing his views
on these matters intimately. For many years he was an exemplary
memljer and office-bearer of the Free Church, Cote Street, ncnv
Crescent Street Church. He served Avitli me there most faithfully
as a deacon during my entire pastorate, and was twice elected as an
elder, the duties of which office, through the modest estimate of his
own ability, he judged himself unable to undertake. His simple
trust in the word and in the Christ of God was the secret of his
meek and quiet sjjirit, unfailing generosity and sterling Avorth. And
I must add that in all his Christian service and public munificence
he was lovingly aided by his partner in life, with whom, in her great
bereavement, Ave to-day deeply symi)athiz(?. Finally, in this hour of
sorroAv over the removal of one of Montreal's noble benefactors, let
us seek, through the mediation of Jesus Christ, the help of His Holy
Spirit, that Ave may emulate the example of him Avhose memory Ave
honour.

Kesoliitions of condolence wei losed by many public bodies
with which Mr. Redpath had been connected or to which he
had given assistance. The following resolutions of the Cor-
poration of the University and of the Faculty of Arts may be
given as examples : —

IN MExMOUIAM

The Corporation of McGill University, on occasion of its first
meeting after the lamented decease of Mr. Peter Redpath, one of the
Governors of this University and one of its leading benefactors,
desires to place on record its deep and gratefid sense of the Ijenefits
conferred by Mr. Redpath on the cause of higher education in
Canada, not only by his liberal l)enef actions, but by his earnest, wise
and practical interest in all that concerned the welfare of this
Universitv.

In addition to many other acts of liberality, the Corporation
recalls his large contributions, extended throughout many years,
towards the formation in the University Library of a complete
collection of Standard Works and original Records on the subject of
English History, and his crowning gifts in the endowment of the
Chair of ^fathematics, and the erection and equipment of the
]Museum and Lil)rary Buildings which bear his name, together with
the contribution of funds for their maintenance.

In connection with these benefactions, the Corporation hails with
satisfaction the effort now being made by friends and admirers of
^Ir. Redpath in England and Canada to provide a suital)le monument
to Ije placed in the Library, and desires to commend to the favour-
able consideration of the Board of Governors the proposal of the
Museum Committee that a memorial tablet be placed in the ^luseum,
and that a special number of the j\[useum ^lemoirs be prepared,
giving the history of this department since the announcement of the
benefaction in 1880, with a biographical sketch of Mr. Redpath.

That the expression of the sincere sympathy of the University be
conveyed to Mrs. Redpath and to the other relatives of the deceased
in this country and in England.

The members of the Faculty of Arts of ^IcGill College, meeting
on the day when the mournful intelligence has arrived of the death
of their common friend and benefactor, Mr. Peter Redpath, and
remembering his many munificent, wise and thoughful gifts to thi=
I^niversity, and especially to this Faculty, more particularly the
Chair of Mathematics, with the costly INluseum and the Library
which bear his name, desire to express their high appreciation of the
qualities of intellect and of heart which led him to set so high a

PETER REDPATII

value on sound learning, both in literature and in science, and by
which he was prompted, in so many conspicuous ways and with such
princely liberality and untiring zeal, to promote the full equipment
and efficiency of this Faculty. His efforts in the cause of Higher
Education have won a name and place for him among the benefactors,
not of this University only, but of his country at large, and have
brought him lasting and well-deserved renown. The members of the
Faculty further desire to give expression to their heartfelt sorrow and
sympathy Avith her Avho has for so many years been his partner in
life and the true helpmate and sympathizer with him in his many
and varied acts of beneficence for the good of his fellow citizens and
of Uii nkind. To the members of the family of the deceased residing
in Canada the Faculty respectfully desire to tender their condolence
in the loss they have sustained.

Many literary and scientific periodicals and leading organs
of public opinion in Great Britain and the Colonies noticed his
large scientific and educational benefactions and endowments,
and paid deserved tribute to his memory. The following from
the London Times may be quoted in illustration : —

Besides great business aptitude, Mr. Redpath was a man of high
culture and wide sympathies. Thus he was President of the General
Hospital of Montreal, and took an active interest in the McGill
College and University there, which owes so much to the munificence
of individual Canadians. In 1880 Mr. Redpath built, at his sole
expense, a nniseum in connection with the University, intended as a
place of deposit and study of specimens in geology, mineralogy,
palffiontology, zoology, botany and archaeology. The foundation stone
of this ])uilding, a striking architectural ornament to the University,
was laid by the Marquis of Lome, when Govi-rnor-General, and was
then described by the Principal, Sir William Dawson, as one of the
largest and most generous gifts ever made to the University or to the
cause of education in Canada. More recently JNIr. Redpath made a
still more considerable addition to the University buildings in a
spacious and handsome Library, for the use of undergraduates in the
Faculties of Arts, Applied Science, IVEedicine and Law, which was
opened at Montreal on October 31st, 1893, amid great rejoicings, in

IN MEMOKIAM

the presence of the Governor-General, tlio Earl of Aberdeen, Lady
Aberdeen, and a large gathering of representative Canadians. Mr.
and Mrs. Kedpath were present on this occasion, and Lord Aberdeen
made graceful allusion to the chief gift, as well us to that of some fine
stained windows, part of the decorations of the hall, by Mrs. Redpiith.
Not contented with providing the funds (which did not fall far short
of £75,000) for the erection of the Museum and Library, Mr. Redpath
devoted much time and study in examining similar structures in
England and abroad, with a view to secure the best designs and most
convenient equipment for the latter. As a result of his carefully-
thought-out plans, the library, for its size (it will hold some L30,000
volumes), affords ])y its arrangements for readers and the housing of
books an accommodation hardly equalled in any other such institu-
tion. For some years past Mr. Redpath, though a frequent visitor to
Canada, has settled in England, where he became a member of the
Middle Temple, was elected on the London Board of the Bank of
Montreal (of which his father had been a director), and busied
himself in helping to furnish the new museum and library in
Montreal by frequent contributions of specimens and books purchased
in Europe. He also took much interest in the Royal Colonial
Institute, serving on the council of that body, and was memljer of
the governing body of the Royal Imperial Institute, being sj)ecially
appointed to represent the North-West Territories of the Dominion.
His death, which took place at his residence, the ]\Ianor House,
Chiselhuvst, in his 73rd year, Avill be deplored on both sides of the
Atlantic by a wide circle of friends, to whom his genial manners,
high sense of honour, and active, unobtrusive benevolence had
greatly endeared him.

The Canadian Gazette of London gives the following testi-
mony to his career and to the estimation in which he was held
by his countrymen : —

His memory will be chiefly cherished by reason of his broad and
liberal sym})athy with the cause of higher education. Though not a
resident of Canada for many years past, he never forgot that it was
in Canada that his wealth had been acquired, and so long as the
name of McGill L^niversity survives, Canadians will need no other
monument to the wisely -planned nuniilicence of Peter Redpath. As

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Natural Philosophy,'*'' and promised an annual subscription of 8400 for
ten years in aid of the Faculty of Ai^plied Science. Nine years later,
following in the footsteps of his friend Sir Donald Smith, he marked
the semi-jul)ilee of Sir William Dawson's principalship by announcing
his intention to erect a costly and capacious museum l)uilding on the
college grounds, wherein the large geological collections of the
Principal, and the collections of Dr. P. P. Carpenter, Dr. Holmes,
M and others, might be fittingly housed. In September of that year
the foundation stone was laid by the Governor-General, Lord Lome,
and at the close of 1881 the handsome dressed limestone building,
which still remains the finest of its kind in Canada, was completed,
at a cost of a])out $140,000, besides a large annual sum for the
cost of maintenance for ten years.

Subsequently, however, Mr. Redpath made an even more sub-
stantial gift to Canada's foremost University, in the form of a new
university liljrary. The proceedings at the opening of this library on
the last day of October will be fresh in the memory of our readers.
The Governor-General was present in his capacity as ofllcial Visitor
of the College, accompanied by Lady Aberdeen ; and the large
gathering, representative of all classes of the community, which then
aisembled, little thought that they were taking part in the last ])ublic
act of one of the most faithful of McCxill's benefactors. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Redpath were present, and the Governor- General, when
receiving a beautifully-wrought gold key, the presentation of which
symbolized the transfer of the building to the University, made
graceful reference to the enlightened and generous public spirit
which had ever signalized the attitude of the leaders of Montreal
commerce, and Mr. Redpath chief among them, towards the cause of
higher education. " Many years of a successful and upright career,
and of much public usefulness, have," said Lord Aberdeen, " rendered
the worth and name of Mr. Peter Redpath so familiar that it is
unnecessary, nor would it in liis presence be acceptable to himself, to
dilate upon his claims to public esteem and good-will." These
remarks fittingly describe the appreciation in which Mr. Redpath
was held in all parts of Canada. His Excellency also spoke of the

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of Mathematics.

IN MEMOKIAM

share Mrs. Rcdpath luul in the presentation of that day, for the
beautiful staininl glass windows at each end of the lil)rary were her
gift. This was tlie last public appearance of Mr. 'Redpath, and he
had thus the satisfaction of witnessing the completion of this his
final act of educational beneficence.

In England Mr. Redpath was one of the best-known friends of
Canada. No Dominion day dinner or Canadian festival was deemed
complete without his genial presence, and though his name seldom
figured upon toast lists and the like, he was always one of the
foremost to advance any worthy Imperial or Anglo-Canadian move-
ment. From its commencement he, together with the late Sir Alex.
Gait and Mr. R. R. Dobell, represented Canada upon the general
committee of the Imperial Federation League. He took much
interest in the Royal Colonial Institute, serving on the council of
that body, and he was appointed to represent the North- West
Territories upon the governing body of the Imperial Institute. He
was, moreover, a member of the London Board of the Bank of
Montreal, of which his father had been President, and was upon the
directorate of that other well-known Canadian institution, the Canada
Company. Thus his thoughts and activities were ever directed to
tl:o advancement of the best interests of the country which had given
him liirth and prosperity, and his shrewd common sense, kindly
geniality, and quiet benevolence will be much missed on this side of
the Atlantic.

The beautiful oil painting by Sydney Hodges, a gift to the
University by citizens of Montreal, in the Hall of the Museum,
perpetuates his form and features to successive generations of
students and graduates who enjoy the benefits of his bounty,
and it is intended to place a memorial tablet in Mexican onyx
in the Museum, and a bust, and also a portrait (the gift of the
graduates and students), in the Library. These buildings
themselves and their valuable and instructive contents will,
it is hoped, constitute for ages to come the proper monuments
of a man of whom Canada should be proud — a man who, in his
life-time, sought neither personal honours nor distinctions, but
whose name will go down to posterity as one of the true
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The Peter Redimtti Museum.

The handsome structure erected as a University Museum by
Mr. Eedpath is the most prominent paiL of the western
extension of the McGill College buildings. It stands on an
elevated terrace, immediately west and in advance of the
William Molson Hall, and facing the College grounds. Its
material is the beautiful gray limestone of the Trenton forma-
tion, quarried near Montreal. It is in the Grecian style, and of
stately and graceful proportions. Its length is 130 feet and its
breadth GG feet, exclusive of slightly projecting transepts at
either end. It is planned in such a manner as to give the
largest possible amount of well-liglited space within, and, for
its size, is one of the best museum-buildings anywhere. It is
not intended for a large general collection, but for series of
typical specimens for teaching purposes in all departments of
Katural Science, and to render these as accessible as possible,
both for the use of individual students and for demonstrations-
by professors and lecturers to large classes.

The basement contains the residence of the janitor and the
heating apparatus, which consists of two large daisy furnaces,
and hot-water pipes, with a special arrangement of hot-air
chambers for ventilation. In the basement are also work-
rooms for preparing specimens, lavatories, and store-rooms
furnished with cabinets for duplicates and undetermined
specimens.

IN .MKMOUIAM

Tlie first Hoor lias at tlie back a capacious lecture-theatre,
seated for 200 students on raised seats, and with space for
additional seats when re(iuired, and for the use of lantern
a])paratus and screens, and for cases to contain the specimens
required for class-room use. It is furnished with shutters for
darkenin<i- the room when necessary. In front of this, on one
side, is the Herbarium, the nucleus of which was the collection
of the late Dr. Holmes, presented by him to the University,
but wliicli, under the care of Prof. Penhallow, has been
extended till it may be regarded as complete for Canadian
Botany, and lias besides lap'e exotic collections; as well
as very full suites of Canadian woods with microscopic pre-
parations representing their structure, and models and large
specimens for lecturing purposes. ( )ii the opposite side of the
central passage are a professors' room, class-room and board-
room and otfice, with a special library of reference.

Ascending the main staircase at the right-hand side of the
entrance, the visitor first reaches a vestibule in which are
Archaolofjical CuUcctioiifi, and large slabs of fossil footprints.
The arclueological collections include series of aboriginal lelics
from all ])arts of the Dominion of Canada, and of America,
Europe and the East. Among tiiese may be mentioned the
collections of Sir William Dawson, in the Lebanon caves in
Egypt and in Palestine, collections made by Drs. G. M. and li
Dawson in the (.^ueeii Charlotte Islands, and a totem-post, 32
feet high, presented by Dr. Buller ; collections made by Dr.
Nelson in Central America, and by liev. Mr. Robertson in the
New Hebrides ; Dr. Lambert's collection of skulls, mummy and
other relics of the Cuanches of the Canary Islands; and a
series of skulls and casts illustrating various types of men. On
the walls of this vestibule are also placed portions of the collec-

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tions of tracks from the Potodani sandstone, and footprints of
Hatracliians from the carljoniferons. Passin*; from this tlie
visitor enters the main tloor of the great Mnseum Hall, on
either side of which and along the centre are arranged the
Collections oi' Fossils, which are placed primarily in the order
of geological time, from the older to tlie newer formations, and
subordinately to this in the order of Zoological or l^otanical
classification. This arrangement enables the visitor or student
either to see the general order of succession of animal and
vegetable forms in the geological history of the earth, or to
trace any particular group of animals or plants througli the
several geological formations. At the extreme end (jf the Hall
are placed the collections of Minerals and Hocks, arranged in
regular series to facilitate their systematic study.

The basis of the collection in Palu'ontolouv is that r)f Sir
William Dawson, which is especially rich in Car])oniferous and
Devonian animals and plants, ami in the fossils of the Pleisto-
cene of Canada ; and to this large additions have been made by
subsequent collection or by exchange for tlie du))licate
specimens. Important additions have also 1)een made by
purchase from the Wni. Molson Fund, the Logan Memorial
Fund, and the donations of Mr. J. H. K. j\lolson ; also l)y
donations from the Geological Survey, and of Col. Gi'ant of
Hamilton, and other friends. The collection of minerals and
rocks is based on those of the late Dr. Holmes and of Sir
William Dawson, and large and important additions have been
made through the exertions of Dr. Harrington, who has also
commenced a collection of economic minerals of Canada.

Ascending a second fiight of steps, the visitor enters the
gallery of the great Hall. Here the collections in Zoohxjn are
placed, the Invertebrate aninuils in the table cases in regular

IN MKMOIUAM

series, beginning with the liunihler forms, un»l tlie Vertebrate
animals in the upright cases in similar order. The whole
arrangement here is intended to be of an educational character.
The collection of Sir William Hawson forms the bjisis of the
Canadian portion. In ]\[ollusca, the collection of the late Dr.
r. r. Carpenter is a prominent feature of the collection, being
one of the finest and most })erfectly arranged in the worM.
The MeCullocii collection of birds, nuide by the late i)r. ^I.
McCulloch, of Montreal, and presented by his heirs, forms the
nucleus of the collection in Ornithology. The collection of
Mr. Couper and the late IMr. ])0wles, purchased for the museum,
and that p'-esented by Mr. Pearson, constitute the larger part
of the Entomological specimens.

Further details as to the collections will be found in the
" Museum Guide," issued for the information of visitors.

The announcement of the gift of the Museum building was
made on the 2ud of April, 1880, at a l)anquet given by
the Principal on the occasion of his 2oth year of office, at
which about three hundred of the u'raduates of the Universitv
and many distinguished guests were entertained. On this
occasion Mr. Ived})ath very quietly and modestly stated his
wish to secure l»etter acconnnodation for the specimens which
had been accunudated by the University, and for the lectures
and demonstrations in Natural Science. The announcement
was received with enthusiastic applause and many expressions
of gratitude, though there was no idea at the time of the
magnitude and character of the building which ]\Ir. liedpatli
proposed to erect.

A site having been selected, and plans prepared by Messrs.
Hutchison & Steele, architects, the foundation stone was laid
by the Eight Hon. the Marquis of Lome, Governor-General of

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Canada, and A'isiior of the University, on September 22nd,
1880; and as the proceedings on that occasion contain much
information as to the Museum and Mr. Redpath's purposes in
its foundation, they are given here in full as reported at the
time in the ^Montreal Gazifh': — *

The Convocation of the University, with many invited guests,
among wlioiu were His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec
and His AVorsliip the Mayor of ^Fontreal, having assembleil in tlie
Library in the William ^Sfolson Hall, proceeded with His Kxcellency
tlie Governor-General to the new biiildint,', where a capacious plat-
form luid been erected for ladies and invited guests, and where all
necessary preparati. 'Us had been made, under the superintendence of
the architects.

After prayer ])y the Veneralile Archdeacon Leach, Mr. Kedpath
stated the nature and objects of his gift as follows : —

Mr. Chancellor and Gentlemen op the Convocation, — A desire
to aid the ]NrcGill University in the educational work which it is
carrying on, and which, notwithstanding its very limited means, it is
endeavouring to extend, has prompted me *o sujjply one of its many
wants by the erection of a Museum on the grounds of the University.
The utmost space which can in the existing buildings be devoted to
museum jturposes is altogether inadequate, even for the exhibition
of the specimens already belonging to the University, not to mention
the extensive geological collection whicli the Principal proposes to
present when sufficient accommodation shall be provided. Tiiis
])uilding is, therefore, intended as a place of deposit and study of
specimens in Geology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology, Zoology, Botany
and Archaeology, and it will probably more than meet all the
immediate refjuirements of the University in that direction. It is
intended that the use of the museum and its contents shall be in the
first place for the professors and students of McGill College and

* It should Ije added here that, in accordance with the wish of Mr.
Redpath, a i^lan and elevation were prepared by the architects for a facade
of buildings in a line with the Museum, so that its position might work
in with any future extension, whether by a corresponding building on the
east side or by a great central block and two wings.

IX MEMOUIAM

University, and secondarily, f(a' all students of Natural Science and
for the public, under such rej^ailations as may from time to time he
enacted by the Corixn-ation of the University, with the approval of
th«^ i>oard of Governors. When the undertaking was commenced I
did not anticipiit(! any such (•eremony as that which has brou<^ht this
assembly together to-day. 1 am deeply sensible of the honour
conferred by His Excellency the (lovi'rnor-General in consenting to
take a part in it, and I desire now, for myself, to thank His
Kxcellency for his presence on the occasion.

Principal Dawson then addressed the Convocation and s[)ectators
as follows : —

]My Loud anu (Jkntf^emen of Convocation, Ladies and (Jentj.e-
MEN, — It falls to me to address to you a few explanatory words
respecting the munilicent donation to the University which we have
met to-day to inaugurate. And iirst, I must return the thanks of
the Mcdill University to Mr. Ked])ath for his generous gift, one of
the largest ever made to the University or to the cause of education
in Canada, standing next in amount to our original endowment, and
ranking with tlu> nobh; gift of tlu; lat(5 Mr. Wm. Mitlson in 18(51.
It may indeed seem a large amount to be. dcvotcMl to one branch <tf
University work ; l)ut, viewed in this way, it may serve as a uu'asure
of the greatiu'ss of that work in the aggregate. It must be ])orne in
mind that a University Museuui is not mertdy a placi; for the
exhibition of specimens, but a teaiihing iustitution and a laboratory
of original research. This ^luseuui will indeed l)e a great Natural
Science; Department of the University, in which the classes in Ceology
and lUology will receive their iustruction, ami in which will !»»'
carried on with advantage those honour studies which will train
original workers in all dei)artm(Mits of natural science. From this
place will go forth tin; men, and I trust the won;en also, best titted
to interrogate nature and bring to light the hidden tniasures of our
Domini(;n, and to avert by the aid of .science the injuries with which
any of its industries may lie threatened. From it may emanati*
from time to time new discoveries tending to the honour of our
country and the advancement of science. By its means we shall be
enabled to extend the cultivation of a taste for the study of nature,
beyond the limits of our regular classes, and to do mtich in the
education of special students and of the public generally in those

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(U'li<jhtful anil iniin'ovintf stiulios wlu(;li will he roprosonted here.
Finally, to this Museum will resort, for information and guidance, all
those wlto are interested in the aspects of nature in this countrv and
in the develojunent of our natural resources. Thus w(! may claim
for such an institution as this a large and important mission in
science, education and the practical l)usiuess of life. Nor must we
regard it as without a use in relation to the higher interests of
humanity. Xature proclaims the power and divinity of its Author;
and howev(!r its testimony may l)e ohscured by any temporary
influence of false philosopliy, no human ])ower can ultimately silem^e
this testimony, which is, perhaps, more profoundly imj)rcss(Ml upon
the mind by Avell-arrangcnl collections of natural objects than in any
other way. The gift comes also at an appropriate time, when our
collections have outgrown the means for th-cir exhi])itiou, when we
require the sj)a(;e they occupy for other uses, when the museum of
our old and useful Natural History Society has reached the limit of
its space, and when the only national collection in Canada, that of
the (leological Survey, is about to be removed from us. Su(;h
objects as those to which 1 have referred have been attained in older
and more advanced countries by institutions even greater than that
now ])rovided for us. I iuhhI not refer here to the niiignificent
national and educational museums of the Old World. We have
sullicient examples on our own continent ; examples furnished by
national and local lilxu-ality, as well as l)y private l)enefactions. I
may instance the great National Museum at Washington, which is
intended to rival, and if possible suri)ass, the IJritish Museum ; the
Central Park Museum of New York, on which that great city has
lavished vast sums of money; the Zoological Museum of Harvard,
whose revenues would sullice to support some entire Universities in
this country; or thi; foundations of .Mr. Peaboby, which have
established great museums in several American (cities. With us
these potent agencies of civilization are in their infuncy; but we
should be the more thankful for that which we celebrate to-day. In
conclusion, permit me tt) say that in this Museum I recognize what
should be a beginning of gn^ater things in other departments of our
work. 1 could wish to see a building similar to this for our Faculty
of Applied Science, on the other side of (Mu* grounds ; I could wish
to see a Senate-house and Dining-hall of still more stately proiwrtions ;

IN MEMOKIAM

I could wisli to see our physical apparatus and class-rooms as well
provided for as our natural science collections ; I could wish to see
additional (>ndowments of chairs : and, not least, enlarged provision
for aids to poor and deserving students. We cannot hope to secure
all these things at once, hut may venture to anticipate that the
foundation of the Peter Redpath Museum may stimulate other
friends of education to provide like liberal aids for all these other
portions of educational work.

The Chancellor, the Hon. Mr. Justice Day, then invited His Excel-
lency to lay the corner-stone, presenting him with the silver trowel
which had been prepared for the occasion. A copper casket, hermeti-
cally sealed, was then placed in a cavity prepared for it. It contains
the following deposits : —

The Calendar of the McGill University for 1880 and '81 ; the
Examination Papers of Session 1879 and '80; I'rinted Extract from
the Will of the late Hon. James INlcGill; the Koyal Charter and
statutes ; the Regulations of the Corporation and Pamphlets relating
to the University; Deed of Gift by Mr. Peter Redpath, and Resolu-
tion of Board of Governors thereon ; the newspapers of the day,
together with the silver coins of the Dominion.

After the stone was duly laid, His Excellency addressed the
meeting as follows : —

Mr. Chancellou, Members of Convocation, Ladies and
Gentlemen, — Now that my part in the physical exercises, which I
cannot say I have graced, but have accomplished, is over, I have been
asked to take also a part in the intellectual exercises of this day by
Sfiying a few words to you. When I first came to Canada, and
afterwards at the time when Confederation w%as coming into being,
the first political lesson that I learnt with regard to this country was
that the Federal Government would have nothing whatever to do
Avith education. The earliest lesson that I learnt, on arriving in
Canada fourteen years afterwards, was that the head of the Federal
Government was frequently oxj)ected to attend on such occasions as
that on which we are assemliled to-day, which has certainly a
great deal to do with education. Perhaps, however, I may flatter
myself by sui)})osing that my prcisence here to-day has been desired
more in the capacity of a friend than as an official, and I hope that
this may be the footing on which you will always allow me to meet

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you and see what you are doing. I can assure you I will never
betray any of your secrets to my jNIinisters, except under the advice
of my honourable friend on my right (the Lieutenant-(lovernor
Robitaille), Avho is the natural protector and guardian of this
University and of education in this Province. I share most heartily
M'ith you in the joy you must exi)erience at the prospect of possessing
so fine a hall for the accommodation of the treasures which are
ra])idly accumulating in your hands. Tliat the necessity for a large
building should have been so promptly met by the sympathetic
support and far-seeing generosity of ]\[r. Rediiath ])roves that the race
of benefactors, illustrated by the names of JMolson and McGill, has
not died out amongst us. The removal of the geol :ical collections
belonging to the nation from Montreal to Ottawa, which has been
determined upon, as bringing more immediately under the eye of the
liCgislature and the knowledge of the Government the labours and
results attained by our men of science, necessarily deprives the
residents of Montreal, who are students, of the facilities hitherto
afibrded by the presence in this city of those collections. It is
satisfactory to know that this loss will Ijc palliated by such noble
gifts as those which have furnished you with other collections, which
are now to find at last a proper place for their display. You, who
have in your Chancellor and members of Convocation such eminent
and wortliy representatives of judicial attainment, of classical learning,
of medical and surgical knowledge and of scicmtific research, will well
know how to give full value to the last of these subjects, namely, to
the culture of the natural sciences. l>esides the direct utility of a
knowledge of zoology, botany, geology and chemistry and of the
kindred branches grouped under the designation of natural science,
the pleasure to be derived from them is not amongst the least of the
advantages of their study. However forbidding the country in
which he is placed, however uninteresting the other surroundings of a
man's life may be, he need never miss the delights of an engrossing
occupation, if the very earth on which he treads, each leaf and insect,
and all the phenomena of nature around him, cause him to follow
out new lines of study, and gave his thought a wider range.
It is your great good fortune that in your Princiiial you have
{ leader who is an admirable guide, not alone in the fairy realms
of science, liut also through those sterner, and to some less attractive

IN memoria:\i

regions which own the harsher rule of the exigencies of the daily
life around us. He has traced in the rocks the writing of the
Creator, and, with the magic light, only to be borne by hini who has
earned the power through toil of reason and of induction, he has
been able to see in the spirit and describe the processes of creation.
His knowledge has i)ierced the dark ages, when through countless
{T'ons the earth was being prepared for man ; he has shown how
forests — vast as those we see to-day, but with vanished forms of
vegetation and of life — grew, decayed, and were preserved in altered
condition to give us in these days of colder skies the fuel we need.
He has been for his beloved Acadia the historian of the cycles when
(rod formed her under the primal waters, fashioned her in the
marshes, teeming in his fervent heat, caused his fire to fuse the metal
in her rocks, and his ice to scourge the coasts thereafter to be
subjected to yet more stupendous changes, and raised and made fit
for the last aiul highest of his works. His knowledge in these
diilficult studies has not separated him from us ; it has only been
a fresh cause for us to hail that public spirit which makes him
give all he has, whether of strength, of time, or of knowledge, for
the benefit f'f his fellow-citizens. Just as it was not for Acadia
alone, but in the interests of science, that his first labour Avas
undertaken ; so now it is not for any especial locidity, but for the
good of the whole of our country, that he is head of this place of
learning, whence depart so many to take their lot in the civil life of
Canada. Even in his presence it is right that this should be said of
him, here on this spot where you are to raise a new temple of the
practical sciences, and now that he, with you, has become the
recipient of this gift, which is a tribute from one who has earned
success in the hard battle of life, ottered to men who, Avith so much
devotion, are training other lives to win their way by knowledge
through the dilficulties that may lie before them.

The Chancellou then in eloquent terms thanked His Excellency,
on behalf of the University, for the honour he had done the institu-
tion in laying the foundation stone of the Kedpath Museum. He
expressed the great gratification the presence of Her Royal Highness
would luive attbrded them, deplored the unfortunate cause of her
absence, and concluded by expressing the wish that she would soon
be restored to the country in renewed health, and that a long

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continued course of prosperity and usefulness in the high station to
wliich it lias pleased God to call both Her Royal Highness and His
Excellency might be vouchsafed them.

The Rev. Principal ]Mac Vicar then pronounced the Benediction.

The foinidatiou stone having been thus auspiciously laid, the
work of erection of the building and of preparing the specimens
for removal to it and for their proper arrangement was pro-
ceeded with as rapidly as possible, with the view of opening the
Museum publicly on the occasion of tlie meeting of the American
Association for the Advanceuicnt of Science in August, 1882,

The following extracts from the first report of the Iluseum
Committee, appointed under the terms of Mr. Red[)ath's gift,
will show the steps taken in the summer of 1882 in preparation
for the opening : —

In the terms of the gift of the Peter Redpath Museum to the
University, it is provided that the immediate management of the
Museum shall be entrusted to a " Standing Committee of the Cor-
poration, to be called the Museum Committee, to consist of the
Principal as Chairman, and three other mem])ers of the Corporation,
with whom shall be associated the Logan Professor of Cacology and
and the Professors of Mineralogy, Zoology and Botany, and of other
departments of Natural History in the Faculties of Arts or Api)lied
Science of ^IcGill College, should there be such Professors. The
Committee shall have power to appoint any of its members Honorary
Curator or Curators of the Collections or of any part thereof, and to
arrange the times at which different Professors and their classes may
teach or study in the Museum."

A jVIuseum Gonnnittee Avas accordingly appointed l)y the Corpora-
tion of the University, at its meeting in January, 1882, and consisted
of the following members : The Principal {fx-officio), Peter Redpath,
Esq., Hon. Mr. Justice McKay, Dr. G. W. Campl)ell, Dr. 11 J.
Harrington {ex-officio). The following rejjort was presented by the
Principal to the first meeting, with the obj'ect of placing on record
the steps taken by him up to that time in his capacity of Curator of
the Museum, under the regidations of the University: —

IN MEMORTAM

The nohle Museum, erected for the University by the munificence
of Mr, Redpath, has now so far advanced toward completion, that it
will p.'obably be ready for the reception of specimens in May next,
and it is extremely desirable that the collections to be contained in it
siiall be in as ])erfect a condition as possible at the time of the formal
opening, which is intended t(j take place on the 24th of August, on
occasion of the meeting of the American Association in ^lontreal. In
view of these dates, it has l)een necessary to devote special time and
attention for some months past to the arrangement and preparation of
the specimens in the present jNIuseum, and in the collections recently
added to it by donation or purchase.

In June, 1881, Mr. Thomas Curry was engaged to mount, label
and otherwise prepare specimens, and has been steadily engaged in
this work since that time. The expense of mounting materials has
been charged to the Museum fund. Mr. Curry's salary has been paid
by the liberality of a lady of this city, who has also placed at the
credit of the Museum a sum sulhcient to secure his valualile services
for some time longer.

Mr. P. Kuetzing has been employed, for a part of his time, to
remount and renovate the specimens of vertebrate animals and to
prepare some new specimens which have been purchased. He has
up to this time been occupied more especially with the collection
presented by the heirs of the late Dr. McCulloch. It is hoped that
by the end of ]\Iay he will have gone over the whole of the nuiterial
of this kind possessed by the University and will have brought it up
to a creditable condition.

The Principal and Dr. Harrington have been giving as much
attention as possible to the proper naming of the minerals, rocks and
fossils, and to their orderly and systematic arrangement, preparatory
to the removal to the cases of the new building.

The following are the principal additions recently made to the
collections, and more especially to those particularly intended for the
l*eter Redpath Museum : —

Principal Dawson's collections in the Geology and IS'atural History
of Canada are in process of being arranged and mounted, along with
the other specimens. The conditions of this donation, approved by
the lioard of Governors, are, that the specimens, while not kept
separate from the general arrangement, will be labelled with the

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name of tlie donor, and that he and Dr. G. IVI. Dawson shall have
access to them for purposes of study, and with reference to their safe
keei)ing. The total number of specimens in the collection cannot as
yet be definitely stated, but is estimated at from six thousand to ten
thousand specimens, besides much material available for exchanges.
It may l)e stated here that for the past twenty years the duplicates of
this collection, and more especially of the neAV species described by
Dr. Dawson, have been used in exchanges for the Ijcnefit of the
Museum, and that a large part of the specimens now in the cases and
drawers have been obtained in this way.

The following are among the more important of the other donations
recently received : —

From the Director of the Geological Survey, about 500 specimens
of fossils and minerals, and twenty-three casts of large and unique
fossils.

From Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, a collection of thirty-two species of
Canadian fishes, prepared by Mr. AV. Couper, of Montreal.

From the heirs of the late Dr. ^IcCulloch, the Avholc of his
valuable collections of birds and mammals, including 170 species —
a collection having an historical value, in connection with the labours
of Dr. McCulloch and the revision of the nomenclature of the
specimens by the late Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte.

From George Barnston, Esq., a valuable collection of fossil fishes
from the Devonian of Scotland.

From Lieutenant-Colonel Grant, of Hamilton, Ontario, a large
number of fossils from the Niagara formation, some of them of great
rarity and interest.

From the American Census Commissioners, a valuable collection of
American woods.

From the New York Museum of Natural History, through Professor
Whitfield, a collection of 700 specimens of fossils, named by Professor
James Hall. In exchange for this a comi)lete collection of the
Devonian plants of Canada, from the collections of the Principal and
of Professor Hartt, has been given to the New York Museum.

From Peter Redpath, Esq., the skull of a Greenland whale, with
the baleen perfectly [)reserved.

From Dr. G. M. Dawson, specimens of mammals from the N.W.
Territories.

IN MEMORIAM

From l)v. Spencer, of King's College, Windsor, specimens of fossils
from tlie Niagara and Corniferous formations.

In addition to these, valuahlo contri])utions have been received
from the Smithsonian Institution, Prof. Marsh (of Yale College),
Charles Gibl), Esq. (of Abbottsford), Professor Hilgard (of Washing-
ton), Ca[)tain J. A. Vibert, PL I)e Cew, Esq. (of Cayuga), Mr. Damon
(of Weymouth), Mr. Chatfield (of Syracuse), Mr. F. Starr (of
Auburn), A. J. Hill, Esq., C.E., Charles Robb, P^sq., J. G. Miller,
p:sq., Mr. H. M. Ami, J. F. Torrance, Esq., B.A., T. Bland, P:sq. (of
Xew York), J. F. Whiteaves, p]sq., Professor Cope (of Philadelphia),
W. S. Davidson, P]sq. (of pAlinburgh), and others. Details of these
gifts have from time to time api)eared in the public jirints and in the
College Calendar.

In order to complete the collections in a manner worthy of the
new Iniilding, and to make up for the loss sustained by the removal
of tlie collections of the Geological Survey from INIontreal, it has
been necessary to make some purchases and to engage the services of
collectors to supply certain deficiencies.

The collection of Devonian plants in the possession of the late
]*rofessor Hartt, of Cornell University, at the time of his death, was
purchased by the Principal for $250. It has afforded a few new
species which have been described, several good museum specimens
anel mr^terials for exchanges.

Casts of fossils, models of animals and specimens, have been
jiurcliased from the collections of Messrs. Ward and Howell, of
Rochester, for $451.

A few vo,luable and rare birds, not in our other collections, have
been purchased of Mr. Passmore. of this city, for $55.

The sum of $25 was expended in procuring a collection of the
interesting silicified fossils of Paquett's Rapids, on the Ottawa.

A collection of fossil fishes from the Cretaceous of Mt. Lebanon,
has been purchased for $34.

From E. De Cew, P]sq., of Cayuga, an important collection of
Corniferous corals, including some specimens of unusual size and
])erfection, was purchased for $50. Mr. De Cew also presented some
other fossils of interest from his own collections.

The valuable services of James Richardson, Esq., late of the
Geological Survey of the Dominion, were secured during the past

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summer, with the view of jirociirinj,' specimens of some of tlie more
rare and diaractoristic fossils of the Camhrian and Lower Sihirian
rocks. Mr. Ricliardson has engaged in this work without remunera-
tion, ami he was enahled to o])tain a large numher of vahiahle
specimens at a very moderate expense.

One of Professor Ward's excellent co])ies of the great skeleton of
the Mpffathe.num in the ]Jritish Museum, and a numl)er of other
large casts have heen contracted for and are to be delivered in the
course of next month. The net cost of these casts is $568, and with
the freight and fitting up it will amount to about $800.

We have much i)leasure in adding that several of the larger and
more important specimens and collections referred to under this head
are intended to form a memorial in the jNIusenm to the late Sir W.
E. Logan, and will be so labelled, and when the mounting of them
has been completed will Ije paid for by a donation from his heirs of
the sura of $4,000.

The other specimens purchased have been paid for out of the
Museum fund or by privat(; gifts.

The cases have been contracted for by Mr. Roberts, and Avill, it is
believed, be as nearly as possible perfect in their arrangements for
the protection and display of the specimens. Mr. Redpath has added
to his other liberal gifts the provision of these cases at an expense of
$10,000.

The plan of the arrangement of the collections has been fully
decided l)eforehand, with reference to the dimensions of the hall and
the character and position of the cases. It is hoped that it will
provide in the most effectual manner for the display of the specimens,
along with the greatest possible facilities for their scientific study.
The Museum will thus afford advantages for the study of Geology
and Natural History not previously enjoyed in this country.

In accordance with the resolution to open the Museum in August
1882, the work of preparing and transferring the specimens from the
old building had to be pushed on with the greatest rapidity. The
Principal and Dr. Harrington gave their summer vacation to the
work, and were zealously aided by a number of students and
graduates, while competent assistants were employed in mounting
and labelling. On the whole, it is pro])able that there has never
been an instance of so large an amount of material being transffn-red

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from one bnikliii;^ to unother and armngctl in an orderly manner in
so short a time. This was, no doul)t, due in part to the care that
had been taken to have tlio specimens in tlio old Museum and in
Dr. Dawson's i)rivate collections mounted and arranj^'ed ready for
removal. We had also to thank the architects and the contractors
for the energy Avith Avhich they pushed forward the interior arrange-
ments to completion.

The result was that everything was ready for tlie formal
openino; on the evening of Thursday, the 24th of August.

In order that the occasion might be as agreeable as possible
to our friends from abroad, J)r. Dawson had arranged to make
the opening the occasion of his reception to the members of the
American Association, of which he was Dresident. Invitations
were sent to His Excellency the Governor-General, the Lieu-
teiiant-CTOvernor and other official persons, and a large number
of citizens were also invited. The guests, numbering about
2,000, found ample accommodation in the large hall and its
galleries.

When the company had assembled, the Chancellor, Mr.
Justice Day, took his place on a dais at the end of the large
hall, along with Mr. licdpath, Dr. "William B. Carpenter (of
London), Dr. James Hall (of Alljany), and Dr. Dawson. The
meeting having been called to order, Mr. Iiedpath formally
conveyed the building to the Chancellor, on behalf of the
University, in the following terms : —

Mr. Chancellor, I fain would have had ceremony dispensed with
on this occasion, hut as some ceremony seems to be demanded, I am
here by invitation for the purpose of transferring to you, as the
representative of ISIcGill University, in the presence of this distin-
guished company, all my right, title and interest in the building in
which we are assembled. The conveyance, Avithout other condition
than that the building shall be maintained for the purpose for which
it has been erected, will be found in the document which I now

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placo ill your liaiuls. The undcrtakin}^ Avas not be^'iin without
(lolibcration, and now that wo liavii conio to the end under such
lia|)i)y auspices, I sec no reason to regret what lias been done, I
trust tliat the benefits which it was intended to confer will be
realized.

The l[on. Ciiaules Dewey Day, the Chancellor, then said: ^fr.
Kedpath, it is my ^^ood fortune, as Chancellor of McGill University,
to be its mouth-piece on this auspicious occasion. In the name and
on belialf of that institution, I accept the gift of the Peter Kedpath
^luseuni now formally conveyed to it. It is a dillicult task to
express in iitting words our sense of the obligation under which you
have laid, not only the University, but the friends of education, in
the interesting and imi)ortaiit department of science which your
lil)erality is intended to promote. The architectural l)eauty of this
edilice in which we are assembled — its classic design — the elegance
and completeness of its finish, make it in itself an education of no
small value ; while joined to these excellences, its ample proportions
and perfect adaptation to its destined uses, indicate the munificence
and wisdom of its founder. We trust it will remain for future
generations, what it now is, a majestic monument, bearing the
honoured name of him in Avliom the power of riches has been added
to the better gift of distributing them with a bountiful hand for the
welfare of mankind. You will be gratifieil to learn that the valuable
assemblage of objects of natural science for which you have provided
this stately depository has been enriched by the addition of the
life-long collections of our learned and honoured Principal, Dr.
Dawson — a gift by him to the University of great pecuniary and
far greater scientific value, and let me add that it is but one of a long
series of benefactions and self-sacrifices by which he has earned our
gratitude. Acts like these extend further than their first manifest
objects. They give an impulse to philantliropic henrts. while they
furnish a standing j)rotest against the selfish and ignoble u.se of
wealth. The prodigious growth of material prosperit/y in this our
age, the marvellous creations of art and industry which cover the face
of the civilized world, and the consecpient increase in dangerous
luxury, have in them a voice of warning. History tells us what they
mean if left to themselves, without the restraining and elevating
agencies which build upon them a true and permanent civilization.

IN MEMORIAM

Wc acc('i>t this liall of scicmco as a nol)lo contiil)titi()n to tliosti higher
agencies ; ami now beioro this assenihly, iiiach* august l)y tlie {jresemo
of our distinguished guests, true kings of t))o reahu of tliought, and
in the jn'osenco of Llie benefactors of this University, enhghteneJ
men, and not less symputlietic and generous women, we dedicate the
Peter liculpatli Museum to the study of the varied and wonderful
manifestations of (Jod's creation, and em})hatieally wo dedicate it to
the use of earnest students, wlio in reverent questioning of the works
of living nature, and tlie records upon tlie stony ta])lets of a dead and
buried world, sei^k that vital truth, which, above all other things, it
imports the immortal spirit of man to know.

Dr. CAUPENTEii was then briefly introduced by the Chancellor, lie
said that when he received an invitation to take part in this meeting
he felt that he could not refuse, if for no other reason, because he
wished to give expression to the very strong and earnest interest
he felt in the city. Nothing had been of greater interest to him
since he had been in the city than to be accosted on all sides as the
brother of Philip Carpenter, whose collection, he was glad to say,
formed one of the ornaments of this museum, and he trusted would
long remain to cultivate and extend the knowledge of the science
which he loved. He rejoiced to do honour to the great and good
man who had given this noble building for the reception, not only of
the collections of the University, Ijut to all'ord an illustration of the
great principles of natural science. He alluded to the great value of
the collection of Fossils contained in the building ; and more
especially as having a peculiar interest to himself in connection with
his own researches — those representing that remarkaljle fossil, as he
believed it to be, Eozoon Ganadenso, discovered by Principal ])awson
and Sir William Logan. He then spoke of the slender opportunities
which existed when he was a young man, and of the great value
to this young country of instituticms for the study of natural history,
both as promoting a high kind of education and as tending to practical
progress. lie rejoiced at the thought that natural science was now
fully admitted to be an imi)ortant part of collegiate education, and he
was confident that it would keep pace with all the great departments
of physical science. In conclusion, he dwelt on the value of science
as a means of disciplining the mind and of preparing the young for
the efficient discharge of the duties of life.

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ProH'ssor IlAiii,, who followed, diicctcd attention i)artic'uliirly to
the iirrangi'ment of the Museum. Tlio collection in I'aheontology
luid been placed in an onh-r wliich wonld (Uial)l(^ the student to
ol)tain (dear and (Uifinitu ideas of the succession of lifcs from tlio
earliest to the most recent geological period. In the connection of
the Museum with the University and its stall" of teachers, there was
a guarantee that all these valuable objects would be m.ide available
for educational use and would n(.t be permitted to lie idly on their
shelves. The Museum would thiu: l)e a source whence able and
active naturalists would go forth to increase and extend our kiujw-
ledge of nature, and especially of th(>. natural history and resour(;es of
Canada. The l)uilding was in itself a beautiful object of art, and it
was also adnilral)ly adapted for the purpose of instruction and for
guiding th(^ mind to an ai)preciation of the still higher beauties of
nature. He (;onclud(;d with (!Xi)ressing his concurrence in all that
had been said respecting the high value which should be attacdied to
natural science in education, and with reference to the growth and
develo})ment of nations.

Dr. Dawson said that on this occasion he desired to appear, not as
the Principal of Mcdill College, but as the President of the American
Association. In that capa(;ity, and as representing a body deeply
interested in all that tended to advance the study of science, as well
as on his own behalf as a student of nature, he most heartily thanked
Mr. Kedi)ath for his nobh^ benefaction, lie had the greatest possible
faith in well-arranged collections, as in themselves a means of
education; and here, where th(!y were united with admirable rooms
for teaching, and were likely to continue to l)c provided with teachor.s,
there was th(! l>est reason to hoi)e that th(> Peter Kedpath Museum
would be a large and constantly increasing factor in the educational
life and growth of Canada.

During the meeting of the American Association, the lecture
theatre was occupied by the ( Jeological Section, and the two
class-rooms by the P)iological and Microscopical Sections.

Immediately after the adjournment of the Association, work
was resumed in the Museum, and preparations were made for
the regular lectures of the session. The building was fully

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fitted up for these purposes, and was in constant use from the
beginning of the session in September. In addition to the
ordinary college work, lectures were delivered on the Geology
of Jiible Lands ; and a course of lectures on Zoology to ladies,
in connection with the Ladies' Educational Association.

Since tlie opening in 1882, the Museum has been in constant
use for the teaching of classes in Geology, Mineralogy, l*etro-
graphy, l)Otany and Zoology, with all the facilities which can
be afforded to students of these subjects by access to specimens
and the use of the microscope. It has been constantly employed
for original work by the professors and others, and lias been
visited and referred to by scientific travellers, while it has been
open to the puldic and to classes from public and private
schools. It was occupied by the (icological Section of the
British Association, on occasion of its meeting in Montreal in
1884. Important additions have Ijcgu made from time to
time to the collections, more especially througli the liberality
of Mr. J. H. II. Molson, and by exchange for duplicates and the
kind donations of friends. Large numbers of specimens have
from time to time been circulated to inuseums and workers
abroad and hi this country. Memoirs on important parts of
the collection and on new scientific facts have occasionally
been published, though tlierc is, unfortunately, no special
puldication fund for this purpose. The usefulness of the
Museum in aiding original research in tliese and otlier ways
might be greatly increased if there were more ample endow-
ments ; but so long as its officers are animated by the zeal for
the progress of science which has hitherto characterized them,
its influence may be maintained. Ilecords of the progress of
the Museum from year to year will be found in the annual

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reports of the University. In the last report (1893) its work
and condition are referred to as follows :—

About twelve years have now elapsed since the opening of the
Peter Eedpath Museum, and during that period the collections have
been greatly enlarged and, by careful arr ngement, made more and
more nitelligible and useful to students. The facilities afforded are
bemg taken advantage of by increasing numbers of students, and we
find that while in 1886 tliere were 186 attending the various classes,
tlie number ni the present session is nearly 300. ])uring the past
year 2,500 incidental visitors registered their names in the Museum
book. The number of these might, no doubt, be easily increased, if
this were deemed desirable, but it must ever be borne in mind that
the Museum is primarily intended for the use of instructors and
students, and that the introduction of large numbers of outside
visitors would necessarily prove distracting and interfere with tlie
work of the classes.

TN MEMORIAM

SUMMARY OF BENEFACTIONS OF MR. REDPATH.

It may be proper here to add a summary of the benefactions
of Mr. Redpath to McGill University. Besides many minor
gifts, these may be reckoned as follows: —

Endowment of Chair of Mathematics $ 20,000

Subscriptions to various funds ------- 8,000

Collection of Books on English History (estimated) 12,000

Museum Buildino-, Fittings, &c. ------ 140,000

Library Buikling and Furniture, including stained

glass windows - 13o,000

Capital of Library Fund 100,000

" " Museum " 30,000

$450,000

It may be remarked of all these gifts that they are fitted to
have a permanent value in perpetuating in Canada the benefits
of Higher Education. Mr. Ivedpath's intention in all his
donations was of tliis character, and we may hope that this
will be realized in their perennial fruitfulness.

Memoirs of Fetcr Eedpath museum

Recently Published:

Specimkns of Eozoon Canadknse, and their Geological
and otheu relations.

New Species of Fossil Sponges from the Cambro-
SiLuuiAN OF Little Metis.

New Facfs Respecting Fossil Gymnosperms of the
Devonian and Carboniferous.

Specimens of Dendrekpkton Acadianum and Hylonomus

LVELLI.

The Canadian Ice-Age, with Complete List of Pleis-
tocene Fossils in the Museum.

Note on a Shark and Ray from the Lower St. Lawrence.

A "Synopsis of the Land Animals of the Carboniferous of
Canada" and a "Revision of the Bivalve MoUusks of
the Coal-formation " are in the press; and a " Revised
List of Carboniferous and Devonian Plants" is in
preparation.