MUSEUM OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

STAFF. Curator, Victor A. Huard; Assistant curator, Arthur Thiboutot.

BOTANY. 3000+ species from Canada, United States, Europe, and Australia; 100± specimens of wood from Canada.

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EDUCATION. 95 Deyrolle's tableaux on natural history and indus

GEOLOGY. Minerals, 500±.

NUMISMATICS. A collection of 2727 coins and medals from all countries, including 773 from Canada and 520 from the United States. PALEONTOLOGY. 200+ fossils.

ZOOLOGY. Shells, 3000 species; Insects, large collections; Other invertebrates, fishes, batrachians, and reptiles, small collections; Birds, 250 species; Mammals, 50 species, 105 specimens, including nearly every species of mammal from the province of Quebec; Bird eggs, 30 species. The insect collection includes two collections of Canadian insects made by Abbé Provancher, with more than 200 types of new species; also 580 species, 2300 specimens, of Canadian lepidoptera collected and named by Rev. T. W. Fyles.

HISTORICAL SKETCH. The Museum of Public Instruction originated in 1880 in collections accumulated by D. N. Saint Cyr. It was first located in the old legislative palace and in 1886 the founder was appointed curator, the museum having been up to that time largely his private collection. In 1889 the museum was moved to the new government palace where it now is. Dr. Léonidas Larne served as the second curator from 1889 to 1904. The present curator was first called to the museum in 1902 for special work and was appointed curator in 1904.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT. The museum receives a regular appropriation of $600 from the legislative assembly and council of the province of Quebec.

BUILDING. The museum occupies about 5000 square feet of floor space for exhibition, and 1000 for offices in the Provincial Government building.

ADMINISTRATION. By a curator, responsible to the superintendent, of public instruction.

SCOPE. The primary object of the museum is the accumulation of local collections representing the province of Quebec and their utilization for the instruction of the general public.

LIBRARY. 250 volumes and 100 pamphlets relating to natural history and numismatics, intended for the use of the staff.

PUBLICATIONS. The first curator made three reports to the government from 1886 to 1890, which were published as official papers and contained reports of travels in Labrador and other parts of the province; studies on Cetacea and Pinnipedia of the lower St. Lawrence River; and catalogs of plants, minerals, mammals, birds, and eggs of the museum. The present curator made a report in 1910 on the progress of the museum from 1893 to June 30, 1909.

ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public on week-days, except Saturday afternoon and holidays, from 10 to 4.

SAINT-LAURENT:

COLLÈGE SAINT-LAURENT. Musée Carrier.

STAFF. Curator, Philéas Vanier; Assistant curator, F. J. Donat. ANTHROPOLOGY. Uncivilized peoples: Archeology, native, 344, foreign, 987; Ethnology, native, 143. Civilized peoples, ancient, 933, modern, 583.

ART. Objects, in marble, 118, in bronze and copper, 258, in plaster, 455, in terra cotta and majolica, 37; Prints and engravings, 980; Oil paintings and water colors, 15; Religious paintings, 780.

BOTANY. Cryptogamic and phanerogamic herbaria, 5161 species; Fruits, 480; Gums and resins, 32; Medicinal plants, 122; Canadian woods, 89; Thin sections of United States woods, 45; Leaves, 458.

GEOLOGY. Minerals and rocks, on exhibition, 3425; Minerals, in storage, 2622; Rocks, in storage, 1278.

PALEONTOLOGY. Fossils, Canadian, 394 species, foreign, 495

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ZOOLOGY. Shells, 8792 specimens, representing 2920 species; Insects, 12,769 specimens, representing 5111 species; Other invertebrates, 305 specimens, representing 113 species; Fishes, 46; Batrachians, 5; Reptiles, 56; Birds, 715; Mammals, 513; Bird eggs, 806.

OTHER COLLECTIONS. Coins and tokens, 9739; Medals and medallions, 5117; Postage and revenue stamps, 8917; Incunabula, 40.

HISTORICAL SKETCH. The museum was founded by Rev. Joseph C. Carrier, who also served as curator until his death in 1904. FINANCIAL SUPPORT. From the general funds of the college. BUILDING. Erected in 1896 at a cost of $15,000, defrayed by friends of the college.

ADMINISTRATION. By a curator, responsible to the superior of the

college.

SCOPE. Primarily school and college teaching.

PUBLICATIONS. 26 Bulletins of the Library and Museum have been issued, either separately or as a part of the college catalog.

CONVENT DES SOEURS DE SAINT-CROIX.

Teaching collections are maintained in charge of Sister Marie de Sainte-Amélie. They comprise a herbarium of 600 cryptogams and 4400 phanerogams, with a collection of 100 fruits; 1400 minerals and rocks; 350 fossils; 2400 coins and 1300 medals; and a zoölogical collection including 1325 shells, 850 insects, 72 other invertebrates, 15 fishes, 10 batrachians, 25 reptiles, 306 birds, and 40 mammals. These collections occupy 1575 square feet of floor space in a building erected in 1889.

SHERBROOKE:

ST. CHARLES SEMINARY. Museum.

STAFF. Caretaker, Leon Marcotte.

MINERALOGY. A few hundred specimens of minerals and rocks. NUMISMATICS. Over 2000 coins, medals, etc.

ZOOLOGY. Shells, a few hundred; Insects, 3000 species, principally coleoptera and lepidoptera; Birds, 150; Mammals, 40.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT. By small annual grants from the seminary, supplemented by private contributions.

BUILDING. The museum occupies over 4000 square feet of floor space in the fireproof building in the seminary.

SCOPE. Special attention is devoted to the natural history of the eastern townships of Quebec and to instruction of students in the seminary.

ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public. The attendance in 1909 was over 700.

VILLE ST. LOUIS:

Musée de l'INSTITUTION DES SOURDS-MUETS. (1941 Rue St. Dominique.)

This institution maintains a museum of objects useful in teaching language to deaf-mutes. The museum was formally organized in 1885 and is in charge of J. A. Jean, conservateur, assisted by other members of the faculty, none of whom receive remuneration for museum work. The collections comprise a herbarium of 175 cryptogams and 598 phanerogams from the province of Quebec; a numismatic collection of 3737 pieces, especially rich in Canadian coins; a general collection of

about 5000 postage stamps; and a zoological collection comprising 975 shells, 14,000+ insects on exhibition and 5000 in storage, 23 fishes, 528 birds, and 52 mammals. With the exception of the mollusca, the zoological collection is composed almost exclusively of local specimens. The museum occupies 1800 square feet of floor space for exhibition, and 600 for offices, workrooms, etc., in a building erected in 1895 at a cost of $10,000.

BERMUDA

HAMILTON:

BERMUDA NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. Museum and Aquarium.

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The society maintains a museum of local natural history in Queen Street, Hamilton, in charge of Louis L. Mowbray, curator, and I assistant. The society also leases from the British government the whole of Agar's Island, with its buildings, and has converted the powder magazine into a public aquarium, in charge of Louis L. Mowbray, superintendent, and I assistant. An admission fee of 1 shilling is charged. The income of the society for the support of these institutions is derived from membership fees, admission fees to the aquarium, and private subscriptions.

The Bermuda Natural History Society also furnishes to the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, free of expense, the use of the barracks, which have been converted into a laboratory provided with running sea water and the usual equipment for such purposes.