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Island; 500 minerals and rocks from Nova Scotia, chiefly from Kings 

 County; 500 typical fossils, largely from European localities; and a 

 miscellaneous collection of material of some ethnological and histori- 

 cal value. 



ONTARIO 

 COLLINGWOOD: 



HURON INSTITUTE. 



The institute maintains a museum, established in 1904, in charge 

 of James Morris, curator. The collections comprise 4000 Indian relics, 

 local pictures, maps and historical documents, minerals, and botanical 

 specimens. The museum is housed in the public library building and 

 receives a grant of $100 annually from the provincial government. 

 One volume of Papers and Records was published in 1909. The mu- 

 seum is open free to the public but there are no stated hours. 



GUELPH: 



ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



No information has been received regarding the college collections, 

 which are said by Merrill to comprise a series of rock-forming minerals, 

 and a collection of the characteristic fossils found in the geologic sys- 

 tems represented in Canada. 



HAMILTON: 



HAMILTON SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. 



No reply has been received to requests for information regarding 

 this association, which is said by Merrill to have some interesting local 

 fossils. 



KINGSTON: 



KINGSTON SCHOOL OF MINING. 



No information has been received regarding the museum main- 

 tained by this school, which is said by Merrill to include 10,000 min- 

 erals; about 4000 specimens of historical geology and lithology; and a 

 collection of Canadian fossils. 



QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY. Museum. 



STAFF. Curators, A. P. Knight, who is also professor of animal 

 biology, and W. T. MacClement, who is also professor of botany. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. The large Thomson collection of the weapons, 

 utensils, dress, and ornaments of the aborigines of Queensland, New 

 Guinea, Fiji, and the New Hebrides; and a small collection represent- 

 ing the art and manufacture of Formosa and Central India. 



