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NOVA SCOTIA 



HALIFAX: 



DALHOUSIE COLLEGE. Museum. 



Staff. Curator, D. S. Mcintosh. 



Anthropology. 250 specimens illustrating the stone age in North 

 America, and 38 specimens of foreign archeology. 



Botany. Cryptogams, 3co±; Phanerogams, 128. 



Geology. Minerals, on exhibition, i5o±, in storage, 3oo±. 

 There is also a. series of Nova Scotia rocks and iron ores. 



Paleontology. Invertebrates, i6oo±; Vertebrates, 10; Plants, 

 100. These collections are at present in storage. 



Zoology. Shells, 20; Insects, 7; Other invertebrates, 20; Fishes, 

 10; Batrachians, 10; Reptiles, 5; Birds, 193; Mammals, 18. These 

 collections are at present in storage. The most notable specimens are 

 a pair of Labrador ducks. 



This museum consists chiefly of the McCulloch, Patterson, and 

 Honeyman collections, and is used for college teaching. It is housed 

 in the college building and is supported by a small endowment, sup- 

 plemented by special grants from the college. The curator is respon- 

 sible to the senate of the college. 



PROVINCIAL MUSEUM. 



Staff. Curator, Harry Piers; 1 messenger. 



Anthropology. Uncivilized peoples: Archeology, native, 886; 

 Ethnology, native, 30, foreign, iooo±. Civilized peoples, ancient, 70. 



Art. Sculpture, 10; Prints and engravings, 6; Oil paintings, 7; 

 Water colors and chalk, 9; Ceramics, 118. 



Botany. Plants, Nova Scotia, 2931, foreign, 1272. The local col- 

 lections also include 99 water-color paintings of wild flowers, 54 fruits, 

 62 specimens of wood and 55 of grain, with a reference collection of 100 

 economic seeds of Canada. 



Commerce and Industry. 150 specimens illustrating local manu- 

 facturing processes. 



Geology. Minerals, Nova Scotia, 3453, foreign, 1936; Rocks, 

 Nova Scotia, 1850, foreign, 477. Material of special interest includes 

 the type specimen of Louisite; a good collection of zeolites, etc., from 

 the trap of the Bay of Fundy; and economic minerals of Nova Scotia. 



History. Miscellaneous historical relics, Nova Scotia, 125, for- 

 eign, 144. 



Paleontology. Invertebrates, Nova Scotia, 237, foreign, 493, 

 types and figured specimens, 9; Vertebrates, Nova Scotia, 37, foreign, 



