been a problem ever since and the abandonment of th6 

 present quarters is now under consideration on account 

 of the very unsatisfactory condition of our finances. 

 Fuller details of this condition will probably be pre- 

 sented to your Council during the coming season for 

 their consideration and advice in the hope that we may 

 receive material assistance. 



Signed on behalf of the executive, 



E. G. OVERHOLT, 



President. 



Curator's Report 



Your Curator regrets to report that very few addi- 

 tions have been made to the Museum collection since 

 his last report. 



Several farmers in the neighborhood of the city 

 promised to keep for us any Indian relics they may 

 find, but as yet I have not received any specimens. 

 Our Vice-President, G. Parry Jenkins, however, ob- 

 tained, and placed in the case containing Indian An- 

 tiquities, a specimen of the Red-men's "fire stone," dif- 

 fering in shape from any I have seen. 



Your Curator placed there a few implements which 

 he got from ]\Ir. G. F. Jeffrey, Caledonia. 



He also put into the case holding the cretaceous 

 fossils from England, presented to the City Museum 

 by the late IMr. Caviller, a small collection from the 

 En.glish Gault, which he received many years ago from 

 Palestine explorer. 



CHAS. COOTE GRANT, 

 Curator. 

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