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called upon to foot the Curator’s bills. This fund, however, 
is now about exhausted, and there remains much work yet 
to be done. Surely it will not be discounting the future 
unduly to ask those who may be in charge of these matters 
in the ensuing year to continue the work already begun, in 
the hope that ere long some public-spirited citizen will come 
to their assistance in such a way as to enable them to make 
the Museum a credit to the Society as well as an honor to 
the city. 
This report would be incomplete did it not specially refer 
to the assistance rendered by the Superintendent in re- 
arranging the specimens and in keeping the Museum clean 
and free from dust, to the civility and attention shown to 
visitors, and the general interest he has taken in matters 
connected with the Museum. 
The following list comprises the donations to the Museum 
during the year :— 
Coluber eximus (Milk Snake). 
Balanus hameri, several specimens. 
Astrophyton Agassizzii (Sea Basket). 
Tamais striatus. Albino variety. (White Chipmunk.) 
Several specimens of Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Ambulatoria. 
Two Stone Gouges and a specimen of Fossil Wood. 
Woodland Caribou, mounted complete. 
Stalactites, 2 specimens. 
Octocoris alpestris praticola (Prairie Horned Larks), 2 specimens. 
Ampelis cedrorum (Cedar Waxwing). 
Manitoba Grouse, 2 specimens. 
Menobrancivus maculatus (Spotted Proteus). 
tespectfully submitted, 
J. Stevenson Brown, Hon. Curator. 
To the President and Council, Natural History Society of 
Montreal : 
GENTLEMBN,—In submitting the Annual Report of the 
Editing Committee, it is gratifying to be able to state that 
the past year has been one of general progress in all the 
work assigned to this Committee. The number of exchanges 
has steadily increased, and more than the usual number of 
requests for exchange have been made, As pointed out in 
previous reports, the Recorp or Sorenox is the most impor- 
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