ANNUAL REPOKT. 209 



In coiiipany with othei- meni bers of tlie Institute, as well as silone, 

 I visited a few of the places within easy reach of the city, and was 

 enabled to add several hundred excellent specimens to our collection. 



A number of gentlemen also who had small collections kindly 

 presented them to the Institute, and, by an arrangement made with 

 the York Pioneers, our Society became custodian of a large number 

 of Indian and other specimens which are now in our cases. 



Owing to the rapid expansion of our knowledge as to a number of 

 })laces that are worthy of examination and sui-vey, as well as because 

 of the manv objects we have discovered in the hands of collectors, it 

 is to be de|)lored that our lack of funds precludes us from proceeding 

 in a systematic and scientific nu\niier in the formation of an archajo- 

 logical museum that would ultimately prove valuable to the Canadian 

 student, and it is to be regretted that the Provincial Legislature 

 failed to respond to our a])plicaTion for assistance in the prosecution 

 of this national work. 



The following is a list of the specimens that have been secui-ed 

 during the year, and which are now in cases su])])lied by the Institute 

 at a cost of $100. The cases have an area of 100 square feet and 

 contain : — 



104 Pipe Head.s and Stems. 

 02 Fragments of Pottery. 

 ',^ Clay Cups. 



4 War Clubs. 



18 Strings of Beads. 



200 Loose Stone, Bone and Shell Beads. 

 8 Small Stone Disks — Perforated. * 



13 Perforated Stone Tablets. 



19 Pieces of Shell. 



1 Piece Carved Bone. 



1 Small Animal — Stone Carving. 



2 Horn Gouges. 



1 Piece of perforated Horn. 



1 Complete Turtle Shell. 



1 Perforated " 



1 Piece of Human Skull, perforated. 



5 Skulls, almost perfect. 

 1 String of Bone Beads. 



44 Bune Needles. 

 460 Arrow Heads — (flint). 



7 " mounted (iron). 



