65 EEPORT— 1897. 



Miscellaneous collections, comprising upwards of 18,000 specimens. Up- 

 wards of 1,000 specimens each of minerals, rocks, and fossils comprise the 

 geological cabinets, and as many each of the zoological and botanical 

 collections, according to the curator's report. The ' Crevier collection ' of 

 fossils from Montreal and vicinity and a numismatic collection form the 

 most interesting special collections we note in this museum. Supported 

 by private contributions and donations of friends to the Congregation of 

 the Holy Cross. The collections are classed under twenty-five heads and 

 in charge of the curator — Rev, Joseph C. Carrier, C.S.C, St. Laurent, 

 Quebec. 



Peter Redpath Museum of McGill College, Montreal, Quebec. — 75,000 

 specimens, arranged and classified for the use of professors, students, and 

 the general public in a large, well lighted, and commodious fire-proof build- 

 ing, built for the purpose, in 1882, by the munificent gift of the late Peter 

 Redpath, Esq. The geological collections, including the Dawson collec- 

 tions of Devonian, Carboniferous, and Cretaceous fossil plants, of Pleisto- 

 cene fossils, Microsauria, Eozoon, and many other types, and the Logan 

 Memorial Collection include some 16,540 specimens, divided as follows : — 

 Fossils, 8,000 ; minerals, 2,880 ; rock specimens, 5,660. The Holmes and 

 Miller cabinets of minerals are included in the above figures. There are 

 also excellent collections of petrographical slides. The zoological collec- 

 tions comprise 19,685 specimens as follows : — 



Specimens 



Mammals 170 



Birds 500 



Birds' eggs ........ 125 



Reptiles 90 



Fishes 200 



iJrustacea 300 



MoUusca 7,500 



Insects 10,000 



Echinodermata ....... 250 



Annulata ........ 100 



Anthozoa 200 



I'rotozoa and Hj'drozoa ..... 250 



The University Herbarium consists of upwards of 30,000 sheets, and 

 includes the Holmes Herbarium and the Macoun collections of Canadian 

 plants, exhibited at the World's Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, in 

 1876. There are also representative collections from Australia, India, 

 Japan, South Africa, Soutli America, and Northern Europe. Specimens 

 of the Canadian timber trees, as well as those of the United States and 

 foreign countries, are included in the ' Economic Collection.' Botanical 

 collections in charge of Professor D. P. Penhallow. 



The archiuological and ethnological collections comprise some 1,200 

 specimens illustrating the implements, pottery, and weapons of the abo- 

 rigines of Canada and foreign countries, besides Egyptian antiquities in 

 the Dawson collection. 



The ' Carpenter collection ' of shells is a special feature, and contains 

 many types. The Chitonidre are of special interest. The McCulloch col- 

 lection of birds is also worthy of note, besides the entomological collections 

 of Messrs. Bowles, Cooper, and Pearson, acquired for the museum in recent 

 years. 



Types. — This museum contains numerous type specimens of species and 



