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NEW GLASGOW: 

 HIGH SCHOOL. 



The principal reports that the school maintains a small museum. 



TRURO: 



COUNTY ACADEMY. 



The principal reports that the academy maintains a museum of 

 natural history, but has not replied to repeated requests for further 

 ir formation. 



NORMAL COLLEGE. 



The school has developed a series of museum collections, largely 

 through the activity of students during the last four years. The col- 

 lections include textiles, economic plants, articles of commerce and 

 industry, samples of school work, economic minerals, historical relics, 

 and other material from the province. 



WINDSOR: 



KING'S COLLEGE. Museum. 



STAFF. Curator, Canon Vroom. 



BOTANY. The Cogswell herbarium of cryptogams and phanero- 

 gams of Great Britain; the Gossip herbarium of Scottish plants; the 

 Willis herbarium of Nova Scotia algae and terrestrial plants; the 

 Strange herbarium of East Indian plants, presented in 1805; the Ball 

 herbarium of 250 species of Nova Scotia plants. There are also a few 

 specimens of wood, bark, leaves, and fruits. 



GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY. The Almon collection of minerals, 

 rocks, etc., chiefly from Scotland; the Governor's collection of coal 

 fossils, obtained in 1860 at the Sydney Mines; the Alumni collection of 

 Nova Scotia fossils; an Australian collection of fossils; a collection of 

 British fossils; a collection of European crystalline and sedimentary 

 rocks; and miscellaneous collections. 



NUMISMATICS. A series of coins representing ancient Rome and 

 most countries of the modern world. 



ZOOLOGY. The Willis collection of Nova Scotia mollusca; a col- 

 lection of foreign shells; and a small number of other zoological speci- 

 mens. 



WOLFVILLE: 



ACADIA UNIVERSITY. 



The university maintains a museum, in charge of Ernest Haycock, 

 curator, comprising 500 Canadian minerals; 300 rocks from Vancouver 



