THE BOARDMAN COLLECTION 105 



George A. Boardman thereby sold to Her Majesty the whole 

 collection of birds, eggs, heads of animals, horns, etc., all as 

 contained in the building in Calais, used for the said collection, 

 and specified and described in a list furnished to the said Surveyor- 



( itiii nil, for the sum of , which amount was to be 



paid as follows, namely : a first one-third portion thereof imme- 

 diately after the close of the present Session of the Legislative 

 Assembly of the Province, the second one-third portion thereof 

 immediately after the close of the Legislative Assembly to be held 

 in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and two, and 

 the last oue-third portion of said payment immediately after the 

 close of the Legislative Assembly which will be held in the year 

 of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three ; the said last 

 two payments to bear interest at the rate of five per cent, per 

 annum from the time of delivery of the said collection to the said 

 Surveyor-General, or his agent ; and it is desirable to make pro- 

 vision for the payment of the said amounts, and also to make 

 other provisions as hereinafter enacted ; 



Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and Legisla- 

 tive Assembly as follows : — 



1. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council is hereby authorized 

 to pay the said amounts in the manner and at the times specified in 

 the said agreement, the same to be paid out of the current 

 revenues of the Province. 



2. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council is hereby authorized 

 to place such portion of the said collection, being duplicates, as 

 he may deem advisable, in the Imperial Institute in London, and 

 also to make necessary provision for the placing and keeping of 

 the remainder of said collection within the Province, and for that 

 purpose may expend a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, 

 for the erection and equipment of a suitable building, or the 

 equipment of a suitable room therefor; the cost of such building 

 to be paid out of the current revenues of the Province. 



Soon after the death of Mr. Boardman the collection 

 was packed and shipped to Fredericton, N. B., under 

 direction of Hon. William F. Todd of the Provincial 



