ROCKY MOUNTAINS PARK MUSEUM.

COLLECTIONS. Local herbaria comprising 82 cryptogams and 719 phanerogams; local geological, geographical, and topographical maps; 182 minerals and 125 rocks; about 75 fossils; 40co insects, 418 birds, 37 mammals, and a few other zoological specimens; and ethnological material from local Indian tribes.

This museum was begun in 1895 with a small collection of minerals, plants, birds, and mammals, in a small wooden building of bungalow style. In a few years the collections were removed to a combined museum and government office building where they have increased rapidly in extent. The space occupied for exhibition is 3128 square feet, and for offices and workrooms, 491. The museum is in charge of N. B. Sanson, curator, and is supported by grants from the dominion government which vary in amount. The collections are confined almost exclusively to local material. There is a small working library. The report of the curator is included in that of the commissioner of parks. The museum is open free to the public and the attendance for 1908 was over 9000.

VANCOUVER:

BRITISH COLUMBIA

ART, HISTORICAL, AND SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION.

This association was organized in 1894 and undertook the formation of a museum and library devoted to the natural history of Canada and especially of British Columbia. There are also small collections in fine arts and in local history. The museum is supported by a grant of $1000 annually from the city council, supplemented by membership fees of the association, and is in charge of H. J. de Forest, secretary and curator.

VICTORIA:

PROVINCIAL MUSEUM.

STAFF. Curator, Francis Kermode; Assistant curator, Ernest M. Anderson; Assistant, Walter Behnsen; 1 janitor and attendant.

ANTHROPOLOGY. About 2500 objects illustrating the life and customs of the rative tribes of British Columbia.

BOTANY. About 1000 marine algae and 2100 other botanical specimens.

PALEONTOLOGY. A series of about 3500 fossils.

ZOOLOGY. Shells, 5000; Insects, 3000; Other invertebrates, 245; Fishes, 300; Reptiles, 50; Birds, 2500; Mammals, 400; Bird eggs, 120c; Osteological preparations, 150.

HISTORICAL SKETCH. The museum was organized in 1886, primarily for the preservation of local ethnological material, and has gradually developed into a general museum.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT. An annual grant of about $5500 is made by the legislature of British Columbia for salaries and miscellaneous expenses.

BUILDING. The building is of stone and affords about 18,coo square feet of floor space for exhibition, in addition to workshops, storerooms, etc., in the basement.

LIBRARY. About 450 bound books and over 2000 pamphlets related to the work of the museum.

PUBLICATIONS. Catalogs of local fauna and of museum collections, six having been published since 1891.

ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public on week-days from 9 to 5 and on Sundays, from May to September inclusive, from 1 to 5. In 1909 the number of visitors who signed the register was 34,640; this is estimated to represent about one-third of the attendance.

CHATHAM:

NEW BRUNSWICK

MIRAMICHI NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION. Museum. STAFF. Curators, J. D. B. F. Mackenzie, A. Adams, W. M. Robertson, P. Cox.

ANTHROPOLOGY. A collection of native spears and arrowheads; textiles of Indian manufacture; musical instruments from West Africa; kyack from Lapland; native carvings from Mexico, Java, and South America; boomerangs, fish spears, and war spears from Australia; bows, arrows, and spears from the New Hebrides; etc.

ASTRONOMY. A three-inch telescope used in occasional lectures and classes.

ture.

BOTANY. Cryptogams, 200; Phanerogams, 300.

COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. Cottons in various stages of manufac

GEOLOGY. 200 minerals, and a few rocks, geological maps, etc.
HISTORY. Relics of the early French occupation.

PALEONTOLOGY. A few invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant fossils. ZOOLOGY. Shells, 200; Insects, 1000; Other invertebrates, 100; Fishes, 200; Batrachians, 5c; Reptiles, 50; Birds, 100; Mammals, 50. The insect collections include life-history groups of destructive insects.

HISTORICAL SKETCH. The association was organized in 1897 for the purpose of collecting natural history material in the four northern counties of New Brunswick, and providing lectures and instruction for the general public and for school children and teachers.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT. Fixed annual appropriations of $200 from the province and $50 from the county, supplemented by membership dues.

BUILDING. The collections occupy 400 square feet of floor space for exhibition, and 200 for offices and workrooms, in a building erected by subscription in 1908 at a cost of $2300.

LIBRARY. About 300 volumes on natural science intended for the use of both staff and public.

PUBLICATIONS. The association issues Proceedings of which 5 have been issued to 1910.

ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public on Tuesday evenings from January 1 to June 1.

FREDERICTON:

BOARDMAN COLLECTION. (Parliament Building.)

This collection was made by the late George A. Boardman and was the basis of "A catalog of the birds found in the vicinity of Calais, Maine, and about the islands of the Bay of Fundy" published by the Boston Society of Natural History in 1862. The collection also includes skins and mounted specimens of foreign birds, a series of Maine and New Brunswick bird eggs, a few casts of local fishes, etc.

CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT. (Parliament Building.) This department maintains a collection of the birds and larger mammals of New Brunswick.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK.

The university maintains collections, primarily for teaching purposes, in charge of Philip Cox, curator.

ARCHEOLOGY. Prehistoric implements of New Brunswick Indians. BOTANY. A number of herbaria of North American and local phanerogams and cryptogams.

GEOLOGY. A general collection of rocks and minerals, with a special series of economic minerals from New Brunswick.

PALEONTOLOGY. In addition to a general series of fossils, there are special collections representing all the celebrated localities in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

ZOOLOGY. Collections of marine invertebrates from the United States Fish Commission, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and the United States National Museum; a conchological collection; about 200 cataloged fishes from the United States Fish Commission; a series of reptiles from the Boston Society of Natural History; a collection of birds and bird eggs; and a small number of mounted mammals.

ST. JOHN:

NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF NEW BRUNSWICK. Museum. STAFF. Curator, William McIntosh; Assistant, F. A. Hoyt.

ANTHROPOLOGY. Uncivilized peoples: Archeology, native, 1734, foreign, 240; Ethnology, native, 196, foreign, 225. Civilized peoples, ancient, 175, modern, 149. A series of dwelling group models, one twenty-fourth natural size, to illustrate Indian, French, and Colonial periods of New Brunswick history, is in preparation. One of these representing a summer dwelling of Malecite Indians, has been completed.

BOTANY. Cryptogamic and phanerogamic herbaria, 896c. There is also a collection of New Brunswick woods, including cross and longitudinal sections, photograph of the tree, map of distribution, and descriptive labels.

GEOLOGY. Minerals, on exhibition, 635, in storage, 5420; Rocks, on exhibition, 254, in storage, 780. Special collections include ores of the more common metals, economic minerals, local collections, and the collection of the first Canadian government survey made by Dr. Abraham Gesner.

PALEONTOLOGY. Invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant fossils, on exhibition, 532, study collection, 3441, in storage, 4252, types and figured specimens, 100+ (chiefly insects and trilobites).

ZOOLOGY. Shells, on exhibition, 1435, in storage, 5000; Insects, on exhibition, 1248, in storage, 15,000+; Other invertebrates, on exhibition, 300±, in storage, 100±; Fishes, 78; Batrachians, 38; Reptiles, 61; Birds, on exhibition, 327, in storage, 154; Mammals, 52.

HISTORICAL SKETCH. The Natural History Society of New Brunswick was organized in 1862 and received as the nucleus of its museum the collections of the Stienhammer Geological Club. After developing

general collections the society underwent a period of depression from which it emerged in 1881 to renewed activity. The Gesner collection was purchased in 1889. This was the oldest museum in New Brunswick and was opened to the public April 5, 1842. Its purchase by the Natural History Society was an important addition to the museum, which has since shown steady growth. In 1906 the society purchased its present building.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT. From the general funds of the Natural History Society, supplemented by appropriations of $400 annually from the province, and $200 annually from the city. In 1910 the society received a small bequest, the amount of which is not yet known.

BUILDING. Erected in 1878 at a cost of $45,000, but purchased in 1906 by the Natural History Society for $7000. The number of square feet of floor space available for exhibition is 8375, for offices, workrooms, etc., 4450.

ADMINISTRATION. By a curator, responsible to the council of the Natural History Society.

SCOPE. Primarily the maintenance of local collections and instruction of the general public, supplemented by research and public school work.

LIBRARY. 11,445 volumes on natural science, intended for the use of staff and members.

PUBLICATIONS. Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, 6 volumes issued from 1882-1909.

ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public on week-days, except holidays, from 2 to 5.30, and on Thursday evenings in winter.

ST. JOHN'S:

NEWFOUNDLAND

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

The survey maintains museum collections concerning which no information has been received, but which are said by Merrill to comprise material illustrating the archeology and ethnology of the Indians of Newfoundland; historical and industrial exhibits; 365 herbarium specimens of plants; 500 minerals; a collection of rocks; and a zoölogical collection comprising 250 native and 500 foreign shells, a few native and many foreign insects, 50 native and 502 foreign fishes, 150 native and 165 foreign birds, and 30 native and 12 Australian mammals.