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known; and that requires, among other things, that we should 
have available for study a complete collection of all the animals, 
plants and minerals, which have so far been discovered in the 
Province, and collections of rocks, fossils, ete., illustrating what 
is already known of the geological structure of the country. 
But the animals, plants and minerals of any one country can be 
adequately studied only in relation to other members of the great 
biological and mineralogical classes found existing elsewhere. 
Hence it is desirable also that we should have typical collections 
in the departments of zoology, botany and mineralogy. And as 
the geological structure of our Province can be adequately 
studied only by reference to that of other parts of the earth’s 
crust, it is desirable also that we should possess more or less ex- 
tensive collections shewing the geological structure of other lands. 
In short, for the adequate promotion of our industrial develop- 
ment, we require not only an industrial museum, but also what is 
called a natural history museum, containing a complete collection 
to illustrate our own natural history and geolog 
collections to illustrate these sciences generally. 
y, and epitomised 
The knowledge of our natural resources which, by the aid of 
such a museum, would be gradually obtained, would exist in the 
minds of investigators and in printed books. It is further 
necessary, if our industrial development is to make rapid progress, 
that it should be rendered available to our youth. Hence the 
treasures of our museum should be so arranged that our young 
men and our teachers may be able to make this knowledge their 
own. The museum, in fact, must be so arranged as to serve an 
educational purpose. This is the more necessary because the 
endowments and incomes of our schools and colleges are too 
small to enable them to provide collections sufficient for any 
thing more than the most elementary study; and young men who 
are anxious to obtain this knowledge must look therefore to the 
Provincial Museum. Fortunately no additional collections 
beyond those already mentioned, would be necessary for this 
purpose; for probably the collections I have sketched as proper 
to be aimed at, are more than we will be able to secure for a 
