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MUSEUM REPORT. 



Session 1903-1904 

 Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, 



On behalf of the Museum Committee the following 

 report is submitted. 



The Museum continues to attract great numbers of 

 children and others. The fact of so many young people 

 coming is an encouragement in itself, because they are 

 generally more impressionable to the facts of Natural 

 History than the older people, who naturally are burdened 

 with other pursuits, and the cares of business. 



We had great hopes of being able to report something 

 concerning the proposed new Museum, but that must be 

 left to a later date. 



The donations to the Museum have been very interest- 

 ing, and having been examined by the society, thanks to 

 the donors were accorded in the minutes. The Botanical 

 department has been considerably enriched by the gener- 

 osity of Mrs. Marotte and Dr. Eobert Campbell. 



The Museum on the Saturday half-holiday is " Crush 

 Day," when as many as three hundred to four hundred 

 people visit it. Respectfully submitted, 



A. E. NORRIS. 



Honorary Curator. 



LIBRARY REPORT. 



During the past year many valuable bound volumes and 

 Atlases have been received from Scientific Societies, as well 

 as the usual Exchanges for the Record of Science. Nine 

 volumes have also been presented by private individuals. 



There is no relief yet to the congestion of the shelves, 

 which are much overloaded, and in many cases " Two-deep," 

 so that access to the volumes is difficult. More shelving 

 is very urgently required, and it is to be hoped that the 

 finances of the society may permit of this being done at 

 an early date. H. McLAREN, 



Chairman, Library Committee. 

 June 6th, 1904. 



