Report of geological section 



iiig the hope that they would be able to make quite a good 

 displa}' of the fossils sent down to them from time to time 

 by Col. Grant when tlie}^ complete the rearrangement of 

 fossils in their new cases, which are being built. The 

 collection of fossils from the Cambro Silurian shingle along 

 the shore of Lake Ontario, near Winona^ was attended 

 with some difficulty, owing to the high water which pre- 

 vailed, being more than two feet higher this spring than 

 in former 5^ears, and the prevailing east winds with the 

 larger body of water has been making encroachment upon, 

 the shore land, washing away large quantities of earth, 

 tliereb}^ reducing the acreage of those whose farms readied 

 the shore line. 



There must be some local cause for the In'gh water on 

 the southern shore of Lake Ontario, because tliere appears 

 to be a difference, relatively speaking, betwten Ontario 

 and the Upper Lakes as to the height of \vater above the 

 ordinary lake levels at this season of the year. 



The museum has been free of access to any one wlio 

 desired to visit it for tlie purpose of study, and quite a 

 number have availed themselves of tlie opportunity. The 

 section hopes to have a better arrangement of the fossils in 

 the cases. With a more correct stratigraphical grouping it 

 will be easier to trace those genera, species, or varieties which 

 have survived the period in which they were first discovered 

 and have passed up into more recent deposits, and it will 

 aid the student of biology in his researches in palaeozoic 

 life. 



The section learns with deep regret that the local gov- 

 ernment has seen fit, without any apparent reason or com- 

 plaint known to the section, to cut fifty per cent, off the 

 yearly grant to one of the oldest, if not the oldest scientific 

 institution of its kind in Canada, and one which has done 

 excellent service in the interest of scientific investigation 

 for many years, and which through the liberality of its mem- 

 bers has maintained an active existence. This action on 



