NOTES PROn THE MUSEUM 



Lack of space has necessitated the omission of the "Notes from 

 the Museum" in the last three issues and we take this oppor- 

 tunity of informing our readers of work which has gone on. 



In addition to the usual appropriation for maintenance of 

 the Museum, City Council recently provided special funds for 

 the completion of the building, with the exception of the gal- 

 leries. These will be completed when required for exhibition. 

 The exterior of the building is being painted, additional sky- 

 lights installed, and the main hall completed. The grading of 

 the grounds about the building has made substantial progress 

 under the direction of the Park Commissioners. 



A case is being constructed for rice and other agricultural 

 exhibits, the cost of which is defrayed by the Agricultural 

 Society and the Rice Committee jointly. 



Professor Daniel Strobel Martin, has spent nearly two months 

 at the Museum, bringing near completion the revision of the 

 mineral, rock, and invertebrate fossil collections, of which he is 

 the honorary curator. In addition to his many gifts of recent 

 years. Professor Martin has this year presented to the Museum 

 five hundred choice minerals and fossils, as well as a number of 

 geological books and pamphlets. This department is now well 

 organized for the prosecution of the new work announced on the 

 preceding pages. 



Mr. William Brewster, of Cambridge, Mass., has presented 

 to the Museum library a valuable series of ornithological books 

 and pamphlets, including the first three volumes of the Auk, 

 ten volumes of Bird Lore, nine of Condor, six of Osprey, nine of 

 the Journal of the Maine Ornithological Society, and many im- 

 portant books and author's separates of great value. Mr- 

 Brewster has also enabled the library to purchase Knowlton's 



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