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Victoria university museum, Toronto. N. Burwash, president. 



Paleontology. 2000 species of European fossils principally pur- 

 chased from Krantz, chiefly Corniferous to Quaternary. About 

 1000 species chiefly Paleozoic, of Canadian and United States 

 formations. 



PetrograpJvy. 500 specimens of European and Canadian rocks. 



Mineralogy. 1000 specimens of European and Canadian min- 

 erals. 



Anthropology. The museum also has a very fine meteorite 

 weighing nearly 400 pounds worshiped by the Crees for many 

 generations as a divinity, a small collection of Indian antiquities 

 from Ontario, Manitoba aud British Columbia, some from the 

 Pacific Islands and a very valuable collection from Japan includ- 

 ing ancient pottory, arms, musical instruments and articles illus- 

 trating the life of the aborigines of the northern islands and the 

 old Japanese civilization. 



A collection of Egyptian antiquities includes a mummy about 

 600 B.C., various ancient images, hieroglyphic inscriptions on 

 stone, wood and papyrus, ancient glass and pottery. 



The collection of Indian antiquities has been recently enlarged 

 by the purchase of dress, arms, utensils, drums, conjurers imple- 

 ments, totems, stone implements and other material from the 

 Piegans, Blackfeet and the Indians of Alaska. 



QUEBEC 



Laval university, Quebec. J. C. K. Laflamme, curator. 



Paleontology. General collections illustrating all formations, 

 specially rich in Canadian Silurian and Devonian forms which 

 have been identified and arranged by E. Billings and Dr Ami. 

 400 Niagara fossils presented by C. C. Grant and a collection 

 of the fossils of Quebec presented by Dr J. M. Ahearn. Mesozoic 

 and Tertiary fossils including a collection from Paris presented 

 by the Abb6 Baret of Ablainville; casts of protichnitis from the 

 Potsdam of Canada and reptilian tracks from Turner's Falls. 



Mineralogy. 4000 specimens. The old Quebec seminary collec- 

 tion with many additions arranged by Dr Thomas Sterry Hunt. 

 A collection made for the Quebec seminary by the Abbe Hatiy. 

 Collection of exclusively Canadian minerals and sets showing 



