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which were hanging in the gallery. These have been re hung in 

 their places, but the labels for them have to be re-written. The 

 mammals, birds, reptiles and fishes have also all been taken out 

 of the cases, and after the inside of the latter had been dusted 

 and cleansed, their previous contents were re-placed. 



Appended to this short report is a general summary of the 

 condition of the collections, at the date of my resignation of the 

 office of Curator of the Museum. 



MINERALS. 



These are arranged in four series as follows : 



1. The Holmes Collection. This originally consisted of about 

 4000 specimens, principally from the United States and Europe. 

 A written catalogue accompanies it, but many of the original 

 specimens were missing before the erection of this building. 

 Cardboard labels corresponding to those in the catalogue are 

 affixed on or near to each specimen. 



2. Canadian Rocks and Minerals. A poor collection, of 

 which a catalogue exists. It has been supplemented by some 

 subsequent donations, but no special effort has been made to per- 

 fect it, in consequence of the presence in our midst of the fine 

 and almost complete collection of the Survey. All the specimens 

 are labelled like those last named, but both require going over, 

 as some of the tickets may have become detached or misplaced. 



3. A fine series of the Volcanic Rocks and Minerals of Vesu- 

 vius and its neighbourhood. All in good order and labelled, 

 doubtful specimens having been kindly examined and determined 

 by Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, 



4 Miscellaneous Rocks and Minerals. All labelled, with the 

 name of the species and the locality from which it was collected, 

 when known. 



FOSSILS. 



The fossils in the museum are mostly from the United States 

 and Europe, the intention being to supplement the Survey Col- 

 lection as far as possible, and to illustrate such mauuals as those 

 of Lyell, Phillips, Jukes and Dana. All are named and labelled, 

 but only a portion of the late Sir Duncan Gibb's donation has 

 been incorporated into its place in the general series. 



