70 REPORT — 1897. 



Besides the above there is also a students' collection of 1,600 species 

 for reference, and 1,200 thin or microscopic sections of rocks. Economic 

 minerals a speciality. Curator : Professor A. P. Coleman, M.A., Ph.D., 

 University College, Toronto, Ontario. 



Museum of Victoria University, Toronto, Ontario. — 3,000 specimens 

 are included in the geological collections (500 mineral specimens, 500 

 rocks, and 2,000 specimens of fossil organic remains). There is also the 

 ' Taylor collection of archteological remains ' from both the eastern and 

 "western hemispheres. Meteorite from near Victoria, N.W.T. Curator : 

 Rev. N. Burwash, D.D., Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario. 



Ontario Archceological Museum, Toronto, Ontario. — Supported sinc& 

 1887 by an annual grant of ^1,000 from the Ontario Legislature. 

 Excellent collection of stone and clay pipes, copper and iron, and 

 stone implements and weapons from various portions of the province of 

 Ontario, besides collections from United States mounds, from British 

 Columbia, &c. The collections in all amount to about 20,000 pieces (not 

 counting individual wampum beads, &c.), thousands of flints, hundreds of 

 celts (plain and grooved), gouges, hundreds of bone and horn instruments,, 

 numerous clay vessels, 200 crania, 700 miscellaneous Aztec specimens, 

 250 slate gorgets, 40 ' bird ' amulets, besides clay vessels from Aztec and 

 Pueblo mounds. 



The collection is neatly labelled and catalogued as to exact name of 

 locality, name of donor, collector, and date. Curator : David Boyle, Esq., 

 Ontario Archaeological Museum, in connection with the Department of 

 Education, Ontario. 



Canadian Institute Museiim., Toronto, Ontario. — Supported by legisla- 

 tive grant and membership fees. It is located at 58 Bichmond Street 

 East, Toronto. Established 1849 ; incorporated by Boyal Charter, 1851. 

 The specimens belonging to the old Natural History Society of Toronto 

 (now the Biological Section of the Institute) form part of the Canadian 

 Institute Museum collections. The zoological collections comprise the 

 following : — 



Birds (Canadian) 729 specimens 



Birds' eggs ("Canadian) 329 



Birds (foreign) 1.50 



Mammals ........ C2 



, Reptiles 200 



Insects 2,000 



There is also a small herbarium. Curator : James H. Fleming, 

 Esq., Canadian Institute. 



Hamilton Association M2iseu7n, Hamilton, Ontario. — Contains 8,000 

 specimens, arranged and classified, of which there ai'e about 3,300 

 geological, divided as follows : — Fossil organic remains, 2,500 ; minerals,. 

 800. Fine collection of the sponges and graptolites of the Niagara forma- 

 tion, Canada. The herbarium contains 1,400 sheets, belonging chiefly tO' 

 the local flora. Zoological collection defective, although some few and 

 rare species are exhibited. Small collection of ethnological specimens 

 from Canada and the South Sea Islands. The Mrs. S. E. Carry collections 

 of 3,000 specimens of shells, recent and fossil, and of Indian relics form 

 part of the exhibits at present in the musuem — a loan collection. 

 Secretary (pro-Curator), S. A. Morgan, B.A., 26 Erie Avenue, Hamilton, 

 Ontario. 



Ontario Agricultuxal Q allege Muse^im, . Guelph, Ontario. — Contains 



