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BOTANY. The Fowler herbarium, comprising about 30,000 

 mounted specimens of the plants of North America, Europe, Asia, 

 South Africa, and Australia. 



ZOOLOGY. Shells, 3ooo; Insects, a small collection; Fishes, 60; 

 Reptiles, a small collection ; Birds, 200; Mammals, 36. The birds and 

 mammals are exclusively from Canada. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. By direct grant from the trustees of the uni- 

 versity. 



BUILDING. The museum occupies about 2500 square feet of floor 

 space in the administration building. 



SCOPE. University instruction. 



ATTENDANCE. Open free to the public every forenoon except 

 Sunday. 



LONDON: 



LONDON AND MIDDLESEX HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



This society has a small historical collection kept at present in a 

 room in the public library building. 



OTTAWA: 



GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. Museum. 



BOTANY. Cryptogamic and phanerogamic herbaria, including 

 over 500 types and co-types; and a collection of Canadian woods. 



GEOLOGY. Minerals, on exhibition, 4100+, in storage, 3000+; 

 Rocks, on exhibition, 1300. All specimens on exhibition are Canadian, 

 special attention being given to material of economic importance. 



PALEONTOLOGY. Vertebrates, on exhibition, 200 species, types, 

 64+ , types in plaster, 24, figured specimens, 140+. There are also 

 bromide enlargements of photographs of mounted skeletons of 18 spe- 

 cies of vertebrates, and of restorations of 14 species. 



ZOOLOGY. In addition to representative specimens of the birds and 

 mammals of Canada there is on exhibition a series of 85 species of 

 recent marine sponges, including 44+ types and 46+ specimens. 

 These sponges are from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic coasts of 

 Canada, and from the coasts of Greenland and Alaska. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. The museum dates from the founding of the 

 geological survey of Canada in 1843. In 1880 the survey and the 

 museum were removed to the present quarters in Ottawa. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. From funds voted by parliament for the 

 maintenance of the geological survey. 



