The Honourable H. E. Young, M.D., LL.D., 



Provincial Secretary and Minister of Education, 



Victoria, B.C.: 



Sir, I have the honour, pursuant to your instructions, to 

 submit for your approval the following Visitors' Guide to the 

 Natural History and Ethnological Collections in the Provincial 

 Museum. 



The economic importance of the knowledge concerning all 

 forms of life is especially valuable in this Province, where the great 

 bulk of our wealth is drawn directly from the hands of Nature, 

 and there is reason to believe that the preparing of this Guide 

 will greatly facilitate the study of animal life by our visitors, 

 especially the young, whether pursuing systematic studies in 

 Natural History and Ethnology, or from a desire to merely acquire 

 casual information. 



I have the honour to be, 



Sir 

 Your obedient servant, 



FRANCIS KERMODE, 



Curator, Provincial Museum. 

 January 2ist, 1909. 



