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that a number of the members of the Royal Society will 

 join the excursion. The whole respectfully submitted. 



John S. Shearer, 



Chairman 



Curator's Report. 

 To the President and Members of the Natural History Society, 



Gentlemen : — I have the honor to report that the work 

 of re-arranging the Museum which was commenced nearly 

 two years ago, may now be said to have been completed — 

 so far as space and accommodation would allow — in accord- 

 ance with the plan outlined in my last Annual Report. 



During the year, three large cases have been added to the 

 main floor of the museum and occupy the centre space, and 

 in these the mammals have been appropriately arranger!, 

 labelled, and classified by Mr. Horace T. Martin. This 

 arrangement has allowed more space to be devoted to the 

 birds which were previously too crowded to be seen advan- 

 tageously. 



A most complete classification of the Ornithological Col- 

 lection has been made by Mr. Caulfield. The Canadian 

 specimens have been kept separate, and the various families 

 and groups so arranged as to be of the greatest scientific 

 value to the student in quest of knowledge in this field. 



The classification of the Entomological Collection has 

 been completed by Mr. Winn, and an examination of this 

 cabinet will show, that not only has the work been done 

 with scientific accuracy, but also with so much neatness and 

 taste as to reflect no small degree of credit on the efforts of 

 this young worker. 



The fossils have been arranged in the floor cases to the 

 left of the main entrance, while the sponges and corals will 

 be found immediately following. The Conchological collec- 

 tion has likewise been arranged, to the right of the main 

 entrance. 



The rocks and minerals now occupy a prominent place in 

 the gallery. Duplicate specimens have been removed and 



