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Anthropology. About 2500 objects illustrating the life and cus- 

 toms of the rative tribes of British Columbia. 



Botany. About 1000 marine algae and 2100 other botanical 

 specimens. 



Paleontology. A series of about 3500 fossils. 



Zoology. Shells, 5000; Insects, 3000; Other invertebrates, 245; 

 Fishes, 300; Reptiles, 50; Birds, 2500; Mammals, 400; Bird eggs, 120c; 

 Osteological preparations, 150. 



Historical Sketch. The museum was organized in 1886, pri- 

 marily for the preservation of local ethnological material, and has grad- 

 ually developed into a general museum. 



Financial Support. An annual grant of about $5500 is made by 

 the legislature of British Columbia for salaries and miscellaneous ex- 

 penses. 



Building. The building is of stone and affords about 18, coo square 

 feet of floor space for exhibition, in addition to workshops, storerooms, 

 etc., in the basement. 



Library. About 450 bound books and over 2000 pamphlets re- 

 lated to the work of the museum. 



Publications. Catalogs of local fauna and of museum collec- 

 tions, six having been published since 1891. 



Attendance. Open free to the public on week-days from 9 to 5 

 and on Sundays, from May to September inclusive, from 1 to 5. In 

 1909 the number of visitors who signed the register was 34,640; this 

 is estimated to represent about one-third of the attendance. 



NEW BRUNSWICK 

 CHATHAM: 



MIRAMIGHI NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION. Museum. 



Staff. Curators, J. D. B. F. Mackenzie, A. Adams, W. M. Rob- 

 ertson, P. Cox. 



Anthropology. A collection of native spears and arrowheads; 

 textiles of Indian manufacture ; musical instruments from West Africa ; 

 kyack from Lapland; native carvings from Mexico, Java, and South 

 America; boomerangs, fish spears, and war spears from Australia; 

 bows, arrows, and spears from the New Hebrides; etc. 



Astronomy. A three-inch telescope used in occasional lectures 

 and classes. 



Botany. Cryptogams, 200; Phanerogams, 300. 



Commerce and Industry. Cottons in various stages of manufac- 

 ture. 



