APPENDIX G CVII 
During the past year papers have been read at the regular monthly 
gatherings and material is now at hand for another of the series of 
annual publications. 
Since the summer of 1904, when the Champlain tercentenary was 
celebrated in St. John, and the city was honoured with the presence of 
the Royal Society, the New Brunswick Historical Society has been 
interested in the effort to establish a memorial of that great explorer 
in the city, to whose site Champlain’s expedition paid the first recorded 
European visit. This enterprise, in which the people of New Bruns- 
wick generally have joined and especially the Acadian population, has 
been successful. The amount of money required, in addition to Gov- 
ernment grants, has been raised by popular subscription, and it :s 
expected that next year a statue by Mr. Hamilton McCarthy, who has 
furnished a design worthy of the subject, will be found on one of the 
public squares of the city of St. John. 
X.—From The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal, 
through Mr. GEORGE DURNFORD. 
As delegate for the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of 
Montreal, I have the honour of presenting the following report and 
resumé of its transactions during the past year. 
The additions to the museum have been—10 antiquities, and 28 
coins and medals, etc. 
To the National Portrait Gallery—11 portraits of prominent Can- 
adian gentlemen, four of which were in oils and four photographs. A 
portrait of Benjamin Franklin, in oils, by a contemporaneous artist, 
in an old Florentine frame, copied from the original in the Uffizi Gal- 
lery; also a collection of portraits of celebrities living in Europe towards 
the close of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth cen- 
turies; and 10 views of Canadian scenes. Among the most interesting 
of these donations were two large views in oils, of Montreal, painted 
about 1835 by the late J. Duncan,— a Canadian artist whose pictures 
are becoming very scarce and valuable. 
To the library have been added 980 books, pamphlets and period- 
icals; besides a large collection of books bequeathed by the late much 
esteemed president, Mr. Justice Baby. 
During the year eight meetings were held, at which the following | 
papers were read and discussed : 
1.—“ The First Mohawk Primer,” by R. W. McLachlan. 
2.—< The Origin of Our Canal Systems,” by Ernest Marceau, C.F. 
3.—* Folklore, including Canadian,” by J. B. Learmont. 
4.—“ Canadian Coins and Medals, struck in 1906,” by R. W. McLachlan 
5.—“ The Canadian Harp Tokens of 1820,” by R. W. McLachlan. 
