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The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cartes ou les planches trop grandes pour dtrt. reproduites en un seul clichd sont fllm6es d partir da Tangle sup6rieure gauche, de gauche d droite et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images ndcessaire. Le diagramme suivant illustre la mdthode : 1 2 3 4 5 6 Section C- Toronto, 1897.] '^^ /^/2-f^ ^ , "2? Beport on ike State of the Principal Miinemns in Canada and Ketr- foiir uuL ^ /{;/ Henry M. Ami, M.A., D.Sc,, F.G.S., of the Geological Swveij of Canada, Ottaira. [Ordered by the General Committee to be printed in extensn'] The following report on the state of the principal museums in Canada and Newfoundland is based upon information contained in a correspond- ence between the Director of the Geological Survey Department at Ottawa (Dr. Dawson) and the curators or officers in charge of the several museums, who very kindly supplied the inf'^rmation desired. The four following points in connection with museums received particular attention : — 1. The approximate number of specimens classified and displayed in each muse im. 2. The relative importance of collections in geological, mineralof^ical, botanical, zoological, ethnological, or other classes of mater-ial, 3. Any special collections acquired from individuals included in the museum. 4. Types of species (if any) preserved in the museum, with the name of the describers. The order in which the several museums are presented is geographi- cal. Beginning with the most easterly one, the Museum of the Geo- logical Survey of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, and closinrsity of N(!v Brunswick. Musdum (h VUniversiU Laval, Qm'hoc, Quebec. — The nuclous of this collection, which now amounts to 35,000 specimens, arranged and classified, was the old 'Cabinet de Mineralogie ' of the Quebec Seminary. The niineralogical cabinet to-day comprises more than 4,000 specimens. Of special intere.'^t is a collection of minerals made by tiie Abbe Haiiy ^'or the Quebec Seminary. Besides 1,000 specimens of rocks, determined by Dr. Sterry Hunt, the geological collections include upwards of 1,000 fossil remains, some from Canada, determined by the late Mr. E. Billings and by Dr. H. M. Ami, others from the late Abbe Joachim Barrande, of Bohemia. The zoological collections include 17,000 specimens : 1,200 mammals, 14,000 insects, and 2,000 shells from various parts of the world. The botanical collections, including I'Abbe O. Brunet's herbarium, named by Gray, Hooker, Engelman, and Michaux, comprise upwards of 10,000 sheets. Herbaria, by Hall, Parry, Harbour, Geyer, N. llield, Leidenberg, Vincent, Moser, Smith, Durand, Nuttall, and Rafinesque are also included in the botanical collection at Laval. The dried specimens of plants are supplemented by an excellent collec- tion of woods from Canada and foreign countries. An archajological and ethnological collection of about 1,000 pieces, prepared by Dr. Joseph Charles Tach^, for the most part illustrates the manners and customs of the Huron aborigines and Indians of North-East America. The numismatic collection contains some 3,000 coins and medals. The ' Lea collection ' of XJnios, the Macoun collection of North-West Canadi.^n plants, the St. Cyr Herbarium of Quebec, the Dr. Ahern col- lection of Quebec fossils, form some of the more conspicuous collections in the museum of the University. Curator and Rector : Very Rev. Mgr. J. C. K. Laflamme, P.A., F.R.S.C. 3fiise'um de V Instruction Pahlique, Quebec, Quebec. — Contains 32,4.^)0 specimens, neatly housed, but uncomfortably overcrowded in a portion of the uppermost storey of the Provincial Parliament Building, Quebec, The local Legislature has given a small annual grant to the curator for the support and maintenance of this museum for a number of years. The geological collections consist of 3,500 specimens of minerals and 780 fossils. The zoological collections amount to 4,430 specimens as follows : Mammals, 60 ; birds (mounted), 46 ; birds (skins), 514 ; birds' eggs, 271 ; fishes, 65 ; mollusca, 3,480. The entomological collection is large and contains 15,670 specimens, including as it does I'Abbe Provancher's type collections of Canadian insects, described and figured in his ' Faune Entomologique de Quebec' The St. Cyr Herbarium is very exten- sive, and includes an excellent series of the Quebec flora. It contains 7,870 sheets. Curator of the Museum : Mons. D. N. St. Cyr, Quebec, Quebec Musdam da Seminaire de Philosophie, Montreal, Quebec. — For the use of the students and professors. Contains about 6,300 specimens, of which 2,000 are geological (minerals and rocks) ; 1,500 palaeontological ; 2,810 zoological, besides a fair collection of botanical specimens for teaching purposes. Amongst the special collections we note one, * Collection de Mindralogie faite pour le College de Montreal par les soins du cdRbre Haiiy, 1822.' Most of tlie fossils are European. Curator : L. Lepoupou. Museum du College Saint- Laurent, St. Laurent, near Montreal, Quebec, ON THE PRINCIPAL MUSEUMS IX CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. 5 Miscellaneous collections, comprising upwards of 18,000 specimens. Up- wards of 1,000 specimens each of minerals, rocks, and fossils comprise the geological cabinets, and as many each of the zoological and botanical collections, according to the curator's report. The ' Crevier collection ' of fossils from Montreal and vicinity and a numismatic collection form the most interesting special collections we note in this museum. Supported by private contributions and donations of friends to the Congregation of the Holy Cross. The collections are classed under twenty-five heads and in charge of the curator — Rev. Joseph C. Carrier, C.S.C, St. Laurent, Quebec. Peter RedjHith Museum of McGill Colb'yp., Montreal, Quebec. — 7.5,000 specimens, arranged and classified for the use of professors, students, and the gonei-al public in a largo, well lighted, and commodious fire -proof build- ing, built for the purpose, in 1882, by the munilicent gift of the hite Peter Redpalh, Es(j. The geological collections, including the Dawson collec- tions of Devonian, Carboniferous, and Cretaceous fossil plants, cf Pleisto- cene fossils, Microsauria, Eozoon, and many other types, and the Logan Memorial Collection include some 16, .540 specimens, divided as follows : — Fossils, 8,000 ; minerals, 2,880 ; rock specimens, 5,060. The Holmes and Miller cabinets of minerals are included in the above (iguies. "here are also excellent collections of petrogniphical slides. The zoological collec- tions comprise 19,68.5 specimens as follows : — ■ Sijecimens Mammals . 170 Birds 500 Birds' eggs 125 Reptiles 90 Fishes 200 Crustacea ........ 300 MoUusca 7,500 Insects 10,000 Echinodermata 2.')0 Annulata 100 Anthozoa 200 Protozoa and Hydrozoa 250 The University Herbarium consists of upwards of 30,000 sheets, and includes the Holmes Herbarium and the Macoun collections of Canadian plants, exhibited at the World's Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, in 1876. There are also representative collections from Australia, India, Japan, South Africa, South America, and Northern Europe. Specimens of the Canadian timber trees, as well as those of the United States and foreign countries, are included in the ' Economic Collection.' Botanical collections in charge of Professor D. P. Penhallow. The archieological and ethnological collcfctions comprise some 1,200 specimens illustrating the implements, pottery, and weapons of the abo- rigines of Canada and foreign countries, besides Egyptian antiquities in the Dawson collection. The ' Carpenter collection ' of shells is a special feature, and contains many types. The Chitonidae are of special interest. The McCulloch col- lection of birds is also worthy of note, besides the entomological collections of Messrs. Bowles, Cooper, and Pearson, acquired for the museum in recent years. Types. ~T\vi& museum contains numerous type specimens of species and 6 RKPOUT— 1897» varieties of recent and fossil organisms described by Sir William Dawson, Professor James Hall, George Jennings llinde, T. Rupert Jones, Joseph Leidy, (). C. Marsh, D. P. Pcnhallow, J. T. Donald, and P. P. Carpenter. Hon. Curators : Sir William Dawson, Dr. J}. J. llarrington, Dr. D. P. Pcnhallow, Dr. F. D. Adams, Dr. W. E. Decks, Peter Kedpath Museum, Montreal. Muxciim of the Natural Iliatory Societi/ of Montrpal, Montreal, Quebec. — Total number of specimens disi)layed and classified, 18,250. Of these the zoological collections comprise nearly two-thirds, viz., 11,220 specimens, a3 follows : — ilaininuls C mounted) . Birds (mounted) Keptilca (mounted) Fisli (mounted) . Shells, cl iHsiliod and labelled Crust aoeu .... Inspcls ..... Kadiates .... CoruLs and sponges 150 1,300 ' fiO 120 4,000 200 5,000 1.50 250 11,220 These 11,220 specimens, together with a botanical collection of Cana- dian and British plants, nund)ering 1,600 sheets, make up the total of 12,820 biological specimens. The geological collections comprise l,r)00 rocks and fossils, besides 2,500 minerals, amongst which are some rare old finds. Of birds' eggs there is a collection of 1 60 specimens. There is also the ' Ferrier collection ' of Egyptian antiquities, pre- sented in 1859 ; the ' C. U. Shepard collection ' of minerals, numbering 600 specimens ; and a rare collection of birds from the MalayArchipelago presented by H. J. Tiffin, Esq., in 1892. The collections in this museum have been enriched from time to time by private donations, and much of the work in classification is due to Sir William Dawson, Mr. J. F. Whiteaves, the late Mr. E. Billings, and many others. This society received provincial aid for a number of years, but is now supported by the members of the Natural History Society of Mon- treal. Curator : J. B. Williams, Esq., 32 University Street, Montreal, Quebec. AIusPAim of the Geological Survey of Canada — the National Museum of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. — Contains some 92,000 specimens, arranged and classified for reference. The finest "and most complete collection of Cana- dian minerals, rocks, and fossils. The geological cabinets and cases include upwards of 14,000 specimens of minerals and rocks, illustrating the mines and mining industry of Canada, besides a typical collection of 16,000 fossil organic remains neatly labelled and classified, representing about 4,600 species, of which about 1,000 are the types of species de- scribed by the late E. Billings, and some 600 types described by Mr. Whiteaves. Other type specimens of fossil organic remains in the collec- tion are the types of species established by Sir Wm. Dawson, Sir W. E. Logan, J. W. Salter, Dr. S. H. Scudder, Professor T. Rupert Jones, professor E. O. Ulrich, Professor E. D. Cope, Professor H. Alleyne Nicholson, Dr. Henry \Voodward, Professor James Hall, Dr. Arthur H. ' 600 of these are Canadian. ON TIIi: PHINCirAL MUSEUMS IN CANADA AND NKWFOUNDLAND. 7 Foord, ^\r. W. R. ]{illiiij,'s, Dr. TI. i\[. Ami, and Mr. L. M. Latnbe. Amoii^ special suiti!S may \n'. nwut'umi'A fossils »;li!iract(?rising the 'Quebec Group' of 1jO„'uii and Hillings from Quelxic and Newfoundland. About 1 00,000 spnciniens, illustrating the paheontolo^ical characters of the various geological formations in Canada, fi'om Atlantic to Pacific, and from the United States boundary line to the Arctic Circle, are kept for reference in the store-room and baseme'it of the museum, together with a series of duplicate specimens for collections intended for educational purposes. There is also a remarkably fine collection of Ordovi.nan Crinoidoa from the Trenton of Ottawa and Hull, and a fine series of Devonian fishes from Bay des Chaleurs, and the original specimens of Eozooii canadenae. The zoological collections comprise IT), 000 specimens, including the ' Whiteaves collection ' of shells, Atlantic and PaciHc coast shells of British North America— corals, radiates, and sponges from various localities — besides birds, mammals, reptiles, and the ' Geddes collection of Lepi- doptera,' chiefly Rocky Mountain and Canadian. Types : North Pacific and N. Atlantic recent sponges described by Mr. L. M. Lambe ; Mollusca, foraminifera and other invertebrates de- scribed by Mr. J. F. Whiteaves, A. E. Verrill, J. B. Smith, Alex. Agassiz and others. Ethnological collection includes the 'Mercier collection '(chiefly N.W. Eskimo) ; the ' Herschfelder collection ' of Indian remains fioni Ontario ; the Powell collection of Pacific or West Coast Indians of British Columbia, besides various collections made by officers of the Geological Survey of Canada. Madoc Meteorite, Thurlow Meteorite (pars) also in the collection. The herbarium contains upwards of 80,000 sheets, of which 50,000 form the most complete collection of Canadian plants. Besides numerous types and co-types of Canadian species described by Hooker, Michaux, Torrey, Pursh, Gray, Watson, Kindberg, Robinson, Peck, and other boffAnists, the herbarium comprises large and representative collections from Great Britain, Scandinavia, Northern Russia, France, Germany, Switzerland, Au tria, Italy, Greenland, the United States of America, including Alaska, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Natal, itc. There are also included the classic herbaria prepared by Menzies, Sir Joseph Back, Sir John Richardson, Douglas, Drummond, and other arctic explorers in the early years of this century, besides a complete collection of Canadian woods and a iair collection of the native fruits from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The herbarium is in charge of Professor John Macoun, Dominion Botanist, Director of the Museum : Dr. G. M. Dawson, C.M.G., F.R.S. The Fisheries Museum, Ottawa, Canada.- Tender the immediate care of the Department of Marine and Fisheries at Ottawa. Contains tlu^ best collection of Canadian fishes in the Dominion. This collection, primarily brought together in 1883 as part of the exhibit from Canada at the Fisheries Exhibition, London, England, gives a very fair idea of the fisheries of the large bodies of fresh and salt water of the Dominion from an economic standpoint. Specimens determined for the most part by Mr. J. F. Whiteaves, of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1883. Now in charge of Professor Ed. E. Prince, B.A., F.L.S., Commissioner of Fisheries for Canada, Ottawa. Central Experimental Farm Museum, Ottawa, Ontario. — Contains a 8 UEroia'-1897. ^00(1 herbarium of Canada. Collri-tions of imtivp and cultivatod fiuits, seeds, itc, preserved in a liquid inediuu) for refcu'ence for a^ricultunil as well as liorticultural purposes. Samples of the cereals, grasses, and fruits whieh grow in Canada as the result of tests made at the central and other exjieritnental stations in Canada. Samples of soils fi't)m different portions of Canada and the North-West. Director : Dr. Wm. Saunders, V.R.S.C, Ottawa, Ontario. Maintaincnl by the Dominion (Jovernment Territories, foiining part of the Department of Agriculture. Collections of insects injurious and beneficial to vegetation. Botanical and entomological collections in charge of Dr. James Fletcher, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario. Qneeii's Univprsity Miikciiih, /{itif/sfon, Ontario. — Contains 22,700 specimens, arranged and classified for the use of professors and students. Of these there are 3, GOO minerals and rocks and 5,000 fossil organic remains, in all 8,G00 geological specimens. The zoological collections, chiefly mollusca and other invertebrata, number 3,146 specimens. Ento- mological and ethnological collections defective. The herbarium is an excellent one, and contains 9,435 sheets of Phanerogamia and Cryptogamia of Canada and other countries. Type specimen : Large slab showing tracks of Sniimpus nv(/uljh; Dawson, from the Carboniferous rocks of Cund)erland County, Nova Scotia. Special collection: The ' l{ev. Andrew Bell collection' of minerals, rocks, and fossils, eonsistiT g of 1,500 specimens. Curator : Rev. J. Fowler, M.A., F.ll.S.C, Kingston, Ontario. M}ise}im of the iSchool of Mining, Kingston, Ontario. — The mineral collection consists of about 9,000 .specimens, classifi''^ as fodows : — (1) Specimens to which students have access, 5,G50 ; (-^ specimens illus- trating physical mineralogy, 900 ; (3) mineral species, 2,120, specimens; (4) ores, Arc. The pala'ontological collections consist of the Columbian Exposition collection sent to Chicago by the Geological Survey of Canada, and presented to the Ontario School of JMining, together with a number of specimens of Ontario pahcozoic fossils. Curator : Professor W. G. Miller, M.A., Ph.D. Biological Mnsemn, University of Toro7ito, Toronto, Ontario. — Contains between 15,000 and 20,000 specimens, of which the geological department includes about 12,000 specimens, as follows : — Fcrricr collection of minerals .... f>,000 specimens l'a!ieoiitological collections ..... 4,000 ,, Kecks, &c 2,000 The zoological collections alone number B,000 specimens, and include specimens of living and fossil representatives of the various classes and orders of the animal kingdom, as well as a large series of models for educa- tional purposes. There is also a good herbarium, with collections of woods, models, kc, all of which serve to illustrate the botanical department in the university. The ethnological department, established by the late Sir Daniel Wilson, contains a large collection of crania and implements. There are no types in the nmseum. Curators : Professor R. Ramsay Wright, M. A., Ph.D., Professor A. B. Macallum, M. A., C. Jeffrey,Esq., M.A. Musfynmof tlte School of Practical Sciencp, Toronto, On?«Wo.— Contains 6.000 specimens, of which 3,292 belong to the geological depai'tment, and are divided as follows : — Minerals . l,24.'i specimens Rocks l,Bi7 „ Fossil organic remains 400 „ ON THE rniNCIPAL MUSKL'MS IN CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. 9 Besides the above there is also a students' collection of 1,600 species for riifcreiice, and 1,'200 thin or microscopic sections of rocks. Economic minerals a speciality. Curator : Professor A. P. Coleman, M.A., Ph.D., University Collof,'e, Toronto, Ontario. Mnncinn. of Vi'fot'id Uniui-rnifi/, Toronto, Ontario, — 3,000 specimens are includod in tiie geological collections (500 mineral specimens, 500 rocks, and 2,000 specimens of fossil organic remains). There is also the * Taylor collection of archa'ological i-omains ' from both the eastern and western hemispheres. Mi'tt'oritc. from near Victoria, N.W.T. Curator : Rev. N. Burwash, D.D.. Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario. Ontario Arclur.ological Musrmn, Toronto, Ontario. — Supported since 1887 by an annual grant of ;<<1,000 from the Ontario Legislature. Excellent collection of stone and clay pipes, copper and iron, and stone implements and weapons from vakious portions of the province of Ontario, besides collections from United States mounds, from British Columbia, itc. The collections in all amount to about 20,000 pieces (not counting individual wampum beads, ttc), thousands of flints, hundreds of colts (plain and grooved), gouges, hundreds of bone and horn instruments, numerous clay vessels, 200 crania, 700 mis-cellaneous Aztec specimens, 250 slate gorgets, 40 * bird ' amulets, besides clay vessels from Aztec and Puviblo mounds. The collection is neatly labelled and catjilogued as to exact name of locality, name of donor, collector, and date. Curator : David Boyle, Esq., Ontario Archaeological Museum, in connection with the Department of Education, Ontario. Canadian Institute Museum, Toronto, Ontario. — Supported by legisla- tive grant and membership fees. It is located at 58 Richmond Street East, Toronto. Established 1849 ; incorporated by Royal Charter, 1851. The specimens belonging to the old Natural History Society of Toronto (now the Biological Section of the Institute) form part of the Canadian Institute Museum collections. The zoological collections comprise the following : — Birds (Canadian) 729 ijp*!cimenn Birds' eggs (Canadian) 329 „ Birds (foreign) 150 „ Maramals 62 „ Reptiles 200 „ Insects 2,000 „ There is also a small herbarium. Curator : James H, Fleming, Esq., Canadian Institute. IlamUton Association Museum, Hamilton, Ontario. — Contains 8,000 specimens, arranged and classified, of which there are about 3,300 geological, divided as follows : — Fossil organic remains, 2,500 ; minerals, 800. Fine collection of the sponges a^d graptolites of the Niagara forma- tion, Canada. The herbarium contains 1,400 sheets, belonging chiefly to the local flora. Zoological collection defective, although some few and rare species are exhibited. Small collection of ethnological specimens from Canada and the South Sea Islands. The Mrs. S. E. Carry collections of 3,000 specimens of shells, recent and fossil, and of Indian relics form part of the exhibits at present in the musuem — a loan collection. Secretary (pro-Cui'ator), S. A. Morgan, B.A., 26 Erie Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario. Ontario Agricultural College Musetim, Guelph, Ontario. — Contains 10 REPORT— 1897. about 5,000 specimens : Minerals, 230 ; rocks, a small collection ; fossils, 65 ; zoological collec'aon miscellaneous, and divided aa follows : — Birds 398 specimens Reptiles 15 „ Fishes 38 „ M"llusca 102 „ Molluscoidea . . 3 „ Insects 767 „ Annuloida 18 „ Coelenterata ........ 11 „ , Protozoa 1 ,. In all . . . 1,422 The botanical collections, comprising dried plants and seeds for agricul- tural purposes, European plants &c., coiiteiin 1,698 specimens and samples, besides a fair collection of Canadian woods. Museum and college under the supervision of the Department of Education for Ontario, Dr. S. P. May, Toronto, organiser of the museum, and J. Hoyes Panton, officer in charge, Guelph Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario. Entomological Society of Ontario, London, Ontario. — Contains the leading collection of entomological specimens in Ontario. The Society has also a botanical and a geological section. Curators of the Museum : J. Mofiatt, Esq., Professor Dearness, and S. Woolverton, London, Ontario. Provincial Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba. — Contains several thousancl specimens. The natural history collection comprises the birds, mammals, and insect fauna of the province and the North-West Torritories of Canada. Very fair collection of minerals, rocks, and fossils from various geological formations in Manitoba and the other provinces. Housed in special apartments in the City Hall of Winnipeg. Curator : Charles N. Bell, Esq., City Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Rocky Mountain Park Museum, Alberta, Canada. — Supported by the Dominion Government. Tne majority of the specimens exhibited were sent from the Geological Survey Department and Museum at Ottawa. Contains interesting collections of the birds, plants, woods, &c., of local interest to tourists and travellers. Illustrates the fauna and flora of the Rocky Mountain region of Canada. Superintendent : H. Douglas, Esq., Banff, Alberta, North- West Territories. Provincial Musetim, Victoria, British Columbia. — This is one of the best kept and most interesting collections in Canada. Upward of 11,000 specimens arranged and classified for reference. Good collections of rocks, minerals, and fossils of British Columbia and other parts of Canada. The Newton H. Chittenden collections in ethnology of special value and interest. Zoological collections fairly complete. Types : Two type specimons of birds : (1) Melospiza Lincolnii, Brewster ; (2) Zaprora salivus, Jordan, from near Nanaimo, Gulf of Georgia, British Columbia. Curator : John Fannin, Esq., P.O. Box 471, Victoria, British Columbia. ON THE PRINCIPAL MUSEUMS IX CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. H Notes on Private Collections in Canada. 1. Dr. A. H. Mackay , 2. Andrew Downs, Esq. 3. Harry Austin, Esq. . 4. T. J. Egan.E.so. 6. The Lawson Herba- rium. 6. Dr. John Somers 7. Dr. Lindsay 8. Dr. Lncien Allison . 9. S. D. Scott, Esq. 10. a. U. Hay, Esq., F.R.S.C. ] 1. A.Gordon Leavitt. Esq. 12. .1. S. Maclaren, Esq.. 13. Dr. G. F. Matthew, F.R.S.C. 14. Dr. T. J. W. Burgess, F.R.S.C. 15. Sir Wm Van Home, K.C.M.G. 16. Rev. Robert Campbell, D.D, 17. Harold B. Gushing, B.A. 18. Dr. B. J. Harrington 19. W. Hague Harring- to!, Esq., F.R.S.C. 20. Dr. James Fletcher, F.L.S., F.R.S.C. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Good reference collections in botany and zoology. Special collection of Canadian Spongilla:; also micro-organisms. Ornithological collection. (Dartmouth) Ornithological collection. (Dalhousie University) Ornithology. Containing the extensive series of mounted and dried plants of Nova Scotia and other parts of Canada, with special reference to the Rannnculacese and Filices of the whole Dominion. Herbarium, Herbarium. St. John, New Brunswick. St. John and New Brunswick Diatomaceae. ; Numismatic collection. New Brunswick and general Canadian plants. Collection of native birds for r- ference. , . Numismatic collection, collection of medals, clasps, &c. Best collection of St. John group fossils. Palaeozoic fossils from maritime provinces and other parts of Canada. Numerous types of species of fossil plants, s^jonges, mollusca, insecta, trilobita, &c., from various horizons (Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian) in the Palaeozoic of New Brunswick ; European fossils ; also recent plants and marine invertebrates. Montreal, Quebec. Herbarium contains about 15,000 sheets. Excellent and very c mplete collection of Canadian flowering plants, including North-West Territory and Rocky Mountain flora. Ontario collection very complete. Canadian vascular crypt ogamic plants a specialty. Extensive collection of fossil organic remains from Canada, the United States, and Europe. Herbarium containing plants representing flora of Mon- treal Island, Murray Bay, and other portions of the Province of Quebec. Complete collection of the ferns of the island of Montreal. Fair collection of Phanerogamia of Montreal Island and vicinity. Cabinets of minerals from Canada and the United States for reference collection. Type specimens, dawsonite, chemawinite, &c. Ottawa, Ontario. Very complete collection of Ottawa Coleoptera and Hymen- optera ; also Spiders and Proctotrypidae. Contains numerous types of species new to science. Also collec- tion of Canadian flowering plants. Specimens illustrating his 'Ottawa Flora' or 'Flora Otta- waensis ' as published in the ' Transactions of the Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club.' Botanical collections from nearly all parts of the Dominion and elsewhere. Also extensive collections of insects injurious and beneficial to vegetation, &c. Excellent collection of Lepidoptera. 12 REPORT— 1897. 21. Walter R. Billings, Esq. 22. W. L. Scott, Esq., B.A. 23. George R. White, Esq. 24. Frank R. I>atchford, Esq., B A. 25. Dr. H. Beaumont Small. 26. R. B. Whyte, Esq. . 27. Walter F. Ferrier, Esq., F.G.S. 28. Dr. H. M. Ami . 29. W. J. Wilson, Esq., B.So. 30. Joseph Towsend, Esq. 31. T. W. E. Sowter, Esq. Very complete collection of Ordovician fossils from the Ottawa Valley, including those from Paquette's Rapids, Hull, and Ottawa City and vicinity. Excellent collection of birds and birds' eggs of Ottawa and vicinity. Excellent collection of mounted birds and birds' skins for reference in Ottawa district. Collection of Ottawa Unionidae — Unin horealis, A. F. Gray — a type from the Ottawa River described from Mr. Latchford's collection. Also large series of Ohio and Western Ontario as well as otht'r Canadian shells. Good collection of the flowering plants about Ottawa and vicinity. Excellent reference collection of the flora of Ottawa and vicinity. Perth specimens. Species of rare occurrence in the collection. Excellent collection of Canadian minerals. Also foreign type and other minerals. Collection of rocks — litho- logical. Canadian fossil or^janic remains. Fair collection of Ottawa and general Canadian flowering plants. Foreign and domestic shells. Collection of Canadian etlmolo^ical Sj.ecimens. Utica fossils from Ottawa and vicinity. Choice collection of Devonian fossil plants from the ' fern- ledges' of Lancaster Co., New Brunswick. Also two co-types of fossil insects describi d by Dr. G. F. Matthew, Palaeontological collections: 3,000 Guelph fossils; 1,000 Ordovician fossils from Trenton, Utica, and Lorraine of Ontario; 500 Niagara corals and ether fossils; 400 pre- Glacial plants and shells. (Ajlmer, Quebec.) Collection of Chazy fossils from Aylmer and \icinity. Fair collections of Trenton and Black River fossils from the Ottawa Palaeozoic Basin. Mr. Sowter's collections of Ordovician fossils include more than 2,000 specimens. Vernon, Ontario, 32. Rev. J. M. Goodwillie, Collection of archaeological remains from Ontario ; also M,A, Hamilton group, Niagara, Clinton, and Black River ' fossils from various districts in Ontario, 33. 34, Kingston, Ontario. Rev. Professor James Fowler, M.A., F.R.S.C, W. G. M.A, Large herbarium, consisting of 14,731 sheets, representing flora of New Brunswick very completely, and that of other parts of British North America very well, besides foreign specimens, Kidd, Esq., Very good collection of the minerals of Ontario. This collection was exhibited at the World's Fair, Chicago, in 1893 as part of the Province of Ontario exhibit. Lansdowne, Ontario, 35, Rev. W. G. Young, Ornithological and Oological collection, — M.A. - - 86. B. E. Walker, Etq., F.G.S. Toronto, Ontario, Extensive end choice collection of Canadian, Niagara, Hamilton group and Ordovician fossils. Also fine col- lection of British and United States fossils. Unde- Bcribed Stromatoi-oroids. ON THE PRINCIPAL MUSEUMS IN CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. 13 37. James H. Fleming, Esq. 38. Hon. G. W. Allan . 39. A. E. Walker, Esq. . 40. A. T. Neill, Esq. 41. Col. C. C. Grant, 42. Thomas Mcllwraith, Esq. ^'^. A. Alexander, Esq. . 44. Jonathan Pet tit, Esq. 2,000 bird-skins, including 500 species, nearly all Canadian birds. Also mounted birds from Canada and some foreign birds. Collection of native (Canadian) birds. Hamilton, Ontario. Collections of local fossils, including rare and undesoribed fossil sponges from Silurian of the district. Collections of fosfils and minerals from Canada, ranging from the Laurentian to the Cretaceous. Collection of Medina, Clinton, and Niagara fossils, graptolites and sponges a speciality. Also few Indian relics. Complete collection of Canadian birds; also many foreign species. Botanical collection, local flora. Also Georgian Bay plants. Grimsby, Ontario. Excellent collection of Niagara (Silurian) fossils, contain- ing good crinoidea, &c. 45. Rev. Hector Currie, M.A. 46. Rev. W. Mintern Seaborn, M.A, 47. — Willing, Esq. Thedford, Ontario. Very complete collection of Hamilion group fossils from Thedford (Widder), Bartlett's mills, &c., in Lambton County, Ontario. London, Ontario, Collection of Devonian fossils, chiefly corals from Western Outario. Olds, JV. W.T. Entomological 'collection, North-West noctuids. Type specimens and undescribed specimens in collection. Victoria, British Columbia. 4S. Dr. C. F. Newcombe Excellent collection of Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from British Columbia, kc. Numerous undescribed forms, including decapod Crustacea. 49. Kev. G. W. Taylor, Canadian and British mollusca. Large and important reference collection of Western (especially) as well as Eastern recent shells (Nanaimo, B.C.). General collection of fossil organic remains, from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of Vancouver and other islands, and recent natura) history specimens from British Columbia (Victoria, B.C.). M.A., F.R.S.C. 50. John Fannin, Esq. fniNTBD BY SPOTTLBWOODE AND CO., NKW-STRRB'J aijf AEF LONDUK