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Geology. A genera] collection of rocks and minerals, with a spec- 

 ial series of economic minerals from New Brunswick. 



Paleontology. In addition to a general series of fossils, there are 

 special collections representing all the celebrated localities in New 

 Brunswick and Nova Scotia. 



Zoology. Collections of marine invertebrates from the United 

 States Fish Commission, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and 

 the United States National Museum; a conchological collection; about 

 200 cataloged fishes from the United States Fish Commission; a series 

 of reptiles from the Boston Society of Natural History; a collection of 

 birds and bird eggs; and a small number of mounted mammals. 



ST. JOHN: 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF NEW BRUNSWICK. Museum. 



Staff. Curator, William Mcintosh; Assistant, F. A. Hoyt. 



Anthropology. Uncivilized peoples: Archeology, native, 1734, 

 foreign, 240; Ethnology, native, 196, foreign, 225. Civilized peoples, 

 ancient, 175, modern, 149. A series of dwelling group models, one 

 twenty-fourth natural size, to illustrate Indian, French, and Colonial 

 periods of New Brunswick history, is in preparation. One of these 

 representing a summer dwelling of Malecite Indians, has been com- 

 pleted. 



Botany. Cryptogamic and phanerogamic herbaria, 8960. There 

 is also a collection of New Brunswick woods, including cross and lon- 

 gitudinal sections, photograph of the tree, map of distribution, and 

 descriptive labels. 



Geology. Minerals, on exhibition, 635, in storage, 5420; Rocks, 

 on exhibition, 254, in storage, 780. Special collections include ores of 

 the more common metals, economic minerals, local collections, and 

 the collection of the first Canadian government survey made by Dr. 

 Abraham Gesner. 



Paleontology. Invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant fossils, on 

 exhibition, 532, study collection, 3441, in storage, 4252, types and fig- 

 ured specimens, 100+ (chiefly insects and trilobites). 



Zoology. Shells, on exhibition, 1435, in storage, 5000J:; Insects, 

 on exhibition, 1248, in storage, i5,ooo±; Other invertebrates, on ex- 

 hibition, 30o±, in storage, ioo± ; Fishes, 78; Batrachians, 38; Rep- 

 tiles, 61; Birds, on exhibition, 327, in storage, 154; Mammals, 52. 



Historical Sketch. The Natural History Society of New Bruns- 

 wick was organized in 1862 and received as the nucleus of its museum 

 the collections of the Stienhammer Geological Club. After developing 



