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NATURALISTE CANADIEN 



Québec, Février 1923 



VOL. XLIX (VOL. XXIX DE LA DEUXIEME SERIE) No 8 



Directeur-Propriétaire : Le Chanoine V.-A. Huard 



LE GRAND MUSÉE PROJETÉ A QUÉBEC 



Le 8 du mois de janvier, le Québec Telegraph publiait 

 l'article suivant, à propos des grands musées d'histoire na- 

 turelle et des beaux-arts, dont le gouvernement provincial 

 a annoncé la fondation, au cours de la dernière session par- 

 lementaire : 



Most of our readers are now undoubtedly aware that the 

 government's législation concerning muséums which was 

 adopted at the last session of the Législature, provides in the 

 first place for the establishment of a muséum in this city, and 

 for this purpose the sum of $150,000 has been set aside. This 

 is undoubtedly one of the most popular acts of the session, and 

 it is possible that opérations for the establishment of the new 

 institution will be commenced in the spring or early summer, 

 though it has not yet been decided whether a spécial building 

 will be erected for it, or whether some existing édifice, such for 

 instance as the présent Québec jail, which has already been men- 

 tioned in the connection, will be remodeled to serve for the pur- 

 pose ; a destiny for which its magnificent situation appears 

 to so admirably adapted. In this connection, however, the cost 

 will, of course, hâve to be taken into considération. It is gra- 

 tifying to note that at the instance of Hon. Mr. David the 

 muséum bill was slightly amended during its passage through 

 the Législature. Originally providing, mainly, for the establish- 



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