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the Presidency of the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, which meets in Birmingham this year, and 

 whose session will therefore be watched with the greatest 

 interest by Canadians. 



The Council in conclusion ventures to express the earnest 

 hope that the Society in the near future will receive the 

 abundant support of the public. 



The Eeport of tbe Honorary Curator, Mr. A. H. Mason, 

 was then read. 



REPORT OF HONORARY CURATOR. 



The following donations have been made to the Museum 

 during the session of 1885-86 : — 



Presented by f Teeth of Carcharodon, 



Oxyrhina, and 



John H. E. Molson, Esq. 



Vertebrae of Fishes, found in the 

 Phosphate (Eocane) Beds near 

 Charleston, South Carolina. 



Egg of an Alligator, from Jack- 

 sonville, Florida. 



f Specimen of Walking-stick, Spec- 

 T. D. Watson, Esq., trum femoranthum (Say), 



through Dr. T. Sterry Hunt. | A dipterous Insect, (Pyrgota un- 



l data) (Weidman). 



f A. curiosity of vegetation in the 



w™ n r\ a „r„iA t?™ form of a natural budding or 



Wm. G. Oswald, Esq. ^ grafting by the interlacin | of 



L Beech-root branches. 



A series of Photographs made in 

 the Republic of Guatemala, in 

 Central America. 



j A Collection of Central American 



|_ Pottery. 



Dr. Wolfred Nelson. 



The work of re-arranging and classifying the American 

 birds is nearly completed, the specimens being arranged, 

 and only labelling requiring completion. The work has been 

 done according to Bidgeway's American Classification; 

 which is that adopted by the Smithsonian Institution. 



It is proposed during the recess to complete a catalogue 

 of the objects in the Museum, and to label the different de- 

 partments in a more conspicuous manner. By this means 

 it is hoped that greater interest will be taken in the museum 

 by the general public and visitors to the city, it being a 



