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Provision has been made on the ground floor for a large and 

 well-arranged lecture theatre and two class-rooms, which will 

 also afford space for reference collections for the use of lecturers 

 and students, and for the herbarium. In the basement there is 

 a large laboratory for the preparation ol' specimens, and ample 

 space for the storage of material. 



It is proper to add that while Mr. Kedpath has kindly under- 

 taken to bear the current expenses of the New Museum for a 

 few years, no special provision exists for the work of teaching 

 within its walls, except the very inadequate amount afforded by 

 the endowment of the Logan chair of Geology. Endowments 

 are urgently required for Mineralogy, Botnny and Geology, and 

 it is hoped that the example of Mr. Redpath may stimulate other 

 benefactors to supply these deficiencies. Aids of this kind would 

 also relieve the general funds of the University. 



It should further be borne in mind that the erection and en- 

 dowment of the Peter Redpath Museum affords an illustration of 

 what may be done by other benefactors for the departments of 

 Physical and Chemical Science, and for our Faculty of Applied 

 Science. Each of these requires for its full development build- 

 ings and endowments. In conueetiou with this I have pleasure 

 in statins: that A. C. Hutchison, Esq., one of the architects of 

 the Peter Redpath Museum, proposes to prepare a plan and 

 elevation showing how the buildings required in the future for the 

 above and other University purposes may be erected in due rela- 

 tion to the present buildings, and in harmony with the plan of 

 the new Museum. 



It is proposed that Reports on the Museum shall be printed 

 from time to time, recording its progress ; and that in future 

 these shall include lists and short descriptions of new species, 

 and statements of new scientific facts which may be discovered. 

 Some unpublished material already exists in the collections, and 

 has been laid aside for description, and it is hoped that future 

 reports may shew that the museum, in addition to its educational 

 work, will be a means of advancing the knowledge of Canadian 

 geology and natural history. 



