CANADA 



ALBERTA 



BANFF: 



ROCKY MOUNTAINS PARK MUSEUM. 



COLLECTIONS. Local herbaria comprising 82 cryptogams and 719 

 phanerogams; local geological, geographical, and topographical maps; 

 182 minerals and 125 rocks; about 75 fossils; 4000 insects, 418 birds, 

 37 mammals, and a few other zoological specimens; and ethnological 

 material from local Indian tribes. 



This museum was begun in 1895 with a small collection of miner- 

 als, plants, birds, and mammals, in a small wooden building of bunga- 

 low style. In a few years the collections were removed to a combined 

 museum and government office building where they have increased 

 rapidly in extent. The space occupied for exhibition is 3128 square 

 feet, and for offices and workrooms, 491. The museum is in charge 

 of N. B. San son, curator, and is supported by grants from the domin- 

 ion government which vary in amount. The collections are confined 

 almost exclusively to local material. There is a small working library. 

 The report of the curator is included in that of the commissioner of 

 parks. The museum is open free to the public and the attendance for 

 1908 was over 9000. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA 



VANCOUVER: 



ART, HISTORICAL, AND SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. 



This association was organized in 1894 and undertook the forma- 

 tion of a museum and library devoted to the natural history of Canada 

 and especially of British Columbia. There are also small collections 

 in fine arts and in local history. The museum is supported by a grant 

 of $icoo annually from the city council, supplemented by membership 

 fees of the association, and is in charge of H. J. de Forest, secretary 

 and curator. 



VICTORIA: 



PROVINCIAL MUSEUM. 



STAFF. Curator, Francis Kermode; Assistant curator, Ernest M. 

 Anderson; Assistant, Walter Behnsen; i janitor and attendant. 



