48 BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



The most valuable parts of the Gesner and Institute Museum 

 are the ethnological collections now in the lecture hall of the 

 Natural History Society, and the collection of minerals from the 

 Jurassic Trap of Nova Scotia, made by Dr. Gesner. The collection 

 of birds and mammals has been superseded in importance ])y 

 that of the Natural History Society. The minei-als are kept in 

 a room called the " Gesner Museum." 



llie Albert Mine Case. Early in the " forties " a peculiar 

 mineral was discovered np;i.r Hill^l^rirr. in Aii^^.^f n. <-.. xt t> 



Dr. Gesner was appointed Commissioner to the Indians in 

 Nova Scotia, and in 1847 made a report on their condition to 

 the provincial government. 



Other Publications. To the list of publications referred to 

 in this article, or mentioned in that published in Bulletin No. 

 XIV., the following may be added — Geology of New Brunswick, 

 Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Fisheries of the Pro- 

 vinces ; Practical Treatise on Coal, Petroleum and other Distilled 

 Oils. 



