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fossils from Great Britain. The museum has a few specimens 

 for exchange. 



Mineralogy. A good collection of Nova Scotia minerals. 



Historic and economic geology and litliology. A fair working col- 

 lection. 



Zoology. The museum has nothing of importance in this 

 department. 



Botany. Cogswell herbarium, phanerogamous and cryptogam- 

 ous plants of Great Britain; Ball herbarium, 250 Nova Scotia 

 plants; Strange herbarium, plants from India; Gossip herbarium, 

 small collection from Scotland; McMorine herbarium of over 

 1000 Canadian and United States plants. 



Ethnology. This collection consists of Maori clothing, Zulu 

 weapons and Tahiti carved work. 



A few specimens of historical (provincial) interest are also con- 

 tained in the museum. 



Provincial museum, Halifax. Harry Piers, curator. 



Paleontology. Nova Scotian fossils, chiefly Carboniferous; 

 specimens illustrating the late Dr D. Honeyman's writings and 

 some type specimens. 



Mmeralogy. A general collection and a special (Nova Scotian) 

 collection. Zeolites well represented. 



Historic and economic geology and litliology. Collections illus- 

 trating local (Nova Scotian) historic and economic geology and 

 lithology and specimens illustrating the late Dr D. Honeyman's 

 writings on the geology of Nova Scotia. Also a general litlio- 

 logic collection. 



Zoology. Collections of Nova Scotian mammals, birds, birds 

 eggs, reptiles, batrachians, fishes, and invertebrates. Also type 

 specimen of Sthenoteuthis megaptera (Verrill) 

 (large broad finned squid). 



Botamj. An herbarium of Nova Scotian plants (including some 

 algae); collection of Nova Scotian woods; large series of water- 

 color paintings of Nova Scotian wild flowers; Nova Scotian 

 grains, grasses and fruits. 



Ethnology and anthropology. Relics of the stone age in Nova 

 Scotia; specimens illustrating the implements etc., at present 

 used by the Micmac Indians. Foreign ethnologic and anthro- 



