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number, as the time for going to press came round. The 

 three numbers issued during the year have received favor- 

 able notice from the press and correspondents, and your 

 Committee trust that the journal's reputation has been 

 fairly well sustained in their hands. A large number of 

 valuable scientific periodicals has been received in 

 exchange, in which there is a record of the progress made 

 in science during the past year. These are valuable for 

 reference, and may be consulted by members of the Society 

 who are interested in one or other of the branches of 

 Natural History. 



In name and by authority of the Committee. 



Egbert Campbell, 



Chairman. 

 Montreal, June 4th, 1900. 



Museum Eeport, Session 1899-1900. 



Gentlemen, — I have devoted considerable time and 

 attention to the requirements of the Museum, but the 

 work has been of a limited character, chiefly owing to the 

 want of space. 



Acting on the suggestion of my predecessor, I am clean- 

 ing and re-arranging the fossil collection in the same 

 manner as was done with the shells. 



Some of the large mammals have been cleaned with 

 benzine and' freed from moths. I have also treated some 

 of the birds in the same way. 



I am glad to say that the donations during the past 

 year have been of a valuable character. Among the most 

 important were a large collection of shells, numbering 

 2000 specimens ; also a number of geological specimens, 

 fossils, eggs, and a girdle from the Sandwich Islands ; the 

 whole donated by A. A. McCullocli, Esq. 



