LXII THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
of Fine Arts of Boston, the Museum of the Carnegie Institute of Pitts- 
burg, and the Field-Columbia Museum of Chicago are known beyond 
the boundaries of the Union. Important collections are found in 
Philadelphia and at San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Fé, Denver 
and St. Louis, 
In Canada in forming collections in certain departments, e.g. © 
archeology, history, technology, limitations will be imposed by reason 
of the exhaustion of the sources of supply, though no doubt money 
would do here what it has done for the Metropolitan of New York. 
Dr. Ami, in his report on the state of the principal museums in Canada, 
presented to Section C of the British Association for the Advancement 
of Science, 1897, gives details of five museums in Nova Scotia, two in 
New Brunswick, six in Quebec, thirteen in Ontario; one in Manitoba, 
one in Alberta, and one in British Columbia. Since then there have 
been added one in Manitoba, one in Saskatchewan and two in Alberta. 
These collections are largely scientific for university purposes, or 
illustrative of aboriginal archaæology. The collection in the Chateau 
de Ramezay is historical. Since Dr. Ami’s report the Royal Ontario 
Museum of Archeology has been founded. It has been made possible 
by the enlightened policy of the Ontario Government and of the 
University of Toronto assisted by the generosity of private citizens. 
The collection has been admirably arranged for instructional purposes 
by the Director, Professor Currelly, whose enthusiasm and accom- 
plishments are destined to make this museum of great educational 
value. 
The gallery of the Art Association of Montreal contains some 
excellent pictures, and its annual loan exhibition is of great interest. 
The Dominion Art Gallery of Ottawa and the Art Museum of Toronto 
are of growing importance. 
Every town of importance in Canada should have, in addition 
to its public library, a museum and an art gallery. They form 
valuable adjuncts to the other educational institutions of the place; 
they help to direct the thoughts of the people to intellectual channels; 
and, as has been pointed out, technical museums may have an im- 
portant bearing on industrial enterprise. 
FES 
Up to the present I have been speaking of influences or institu- 
tions that affect the general intellectual life of the people, or of large 
groups of the people, and that assist in raising that intellectual life 
to a higher level. But just as a man may amass wealth without 
creating any, so a people may attain a degree of mental excellence 
