THE CANADIAN ARCHIVES 
In the first volume of the Report of the Archives for 1905, 
the Dominion Archivist has outlined an extensive plan for the collec- 
tion and preservation of historical records, which has met with the 
approval of many of our leading scholars. An investigation has been 
carried on in different parts of the Dominion with a view to ascertaining 
where papers of interest to students are to be found in this country; and 
research is also being carried on in England and in France. In the first 
part of the report a catalogue is given with a large number of docu- 
ments of national interest which were discovered in Chicago, and there 
is a summary of about five hundred pages, of new papers which have 
been examined in Paris. 
The third volume of the report, consisting of a collection of con- 
stitional documents, from the year 1759 to 1791, is now in the press and 
will soon be distributed. This volume also contains several excellent 
plans which have been reproduced in colour. 
Among the valuable additions to the Archives during the past year, 
are a collection of manuscript plans, made by the Royal Engineers, from 
the commencement of British rule to 1867. 
The Branch has been removed to the new Archives building on Sussex 
Street, in which ample space has been provided for the arrangement and 
proper classification of the documents, and provision is made for the 
accommodation of those who wish to study or consult the records. As 
an indication of the increase of historical material which has been col- 
lected, I have given a table which shows that from 3,157 volumes in 
1904, the Archives now possess 12,660 volumes, an increase of 9,503 
in two years. A part of the staff is now engaged in making a complete 
index of the series C and G, and in classifying a large mass of papers 
which are unbound. This very necessary work will occupy considerable 
time but there is a very bright outlook for historical students in the 
future. 
Number of Manuscript Books in the Archives. 
No. of Volumes. 
Series Contents 1904 1907 Increase. 
Eeaebouguet Collection :: |: 1% 01 aa 35 35 
peeveiaidunand Collection: #2 22 664 247 247 RE 
ape Miliiany Collection... 0141... a2... 1064 1782 718 
Eamerench Correspondence: 4.11 1...) 223 292 6S 
