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will do much toward preserving a knowledge of the habits and lan- 

 guages of those tribes. It is sad to think that Mr. Horatio Hale, 

 whose comprehensive grasp of the bearings of ethnological questions, 

 and whose unremitting labors have so materially conduced to the 

 success of the committee, should be no longer among us. Although 

 this report is said to be final, it is to be hoped that the committee 

 may be able to indicate lines upon which future work in the direc- 

 tion of ethnological and archaeological research may be profitably 

 carried on in this part of her Majesty's dominions. It is, however, 

 lamentable to notice how little is being or has been officially done 

 toward preserving a full record of the habits, beliefs, arts, myths, 

 languages, and physical characteristics of the countless other tribes 

 and nations more or less uncivilized which are comprised within the 

 limits of the British Empire. At the meeting of this association 

 held last year at Liverpool it was resolved by the general committee 

 '' that it is of urgent importance to impress upon the Government 

 the necessity of establishing a Bureau of Ethnology for Greater 

 Britain, which, by collecting information with regard to the native 

 races within and on the borders of the empire, will prove of 

 immense value to science and to the Government itself." It has 

 been suggested that such a bureau might with the greatest advantage 

 and with the least outlay and permanent expense be connected 

 either with the British Museum or with the Imperial Institute, and 

 the project has already been submitted for the consideration of the 

 trustees of the former establishment. The existence of an almost 

 unrivaled ethnological collection in the museum, and the presence 

 there of officers already well versed in ethnological research, seem 

 to afford an argument in favor of the proposed bureau being con- 

 nected with it. On the other hand, the Imperial Institute was 

 founded with an especial view to its being a center around which 

 every interest connected with the dependencies of the empire might 

 gather for information and support. The establishment within the 

 last twelve months of a scientific department within the institute, 

 with well-appointed laboratories and a highly trained staff, shows 

 how ready are those concerned in its management to undertake any 

 duties that may conduce to the welfare of the outlying parts of the 

 British Empire — a fact of which I believe that Canada is fully 

 aware. The institute is therefore likely to develop, so far as its 

 scientific department is concerned, into a bureau of advice in all 

 matters scientific and technical, and certainly a Bureau of Ethnology 

 such as that suggested would not be out of place within its walls. 

 Wherever such an institution is to be established, the question of 

 its existence must of necessity rest with her Majesty's Government 

 and Treasury, inasmuch as without funds, however moderate, the 



