324 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



Building. The present building has been occupied by the museum 

 since 1880 and has long been inadequate to its needs. The new Vic- 

 toria Memorial Museum is now almost completed and will house the 

 collections in the near future. 



Administration. The museum is maintained as an adjunct of the 

 geological survey, under the department of mines. 



Library. 17,000 volumes on natural science, intended primarily 

 for use of the staff. 



Publications. The museum issues no publications, but its col- 

 lections have been described in the publications of the survey and in 

 other journals. 



Attendance. Open free to the public on week-days, except Christ- 

 mas, from 10 to 4. 



PERTH: 



PERTH COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. 



No information has been received regarding the collections of the 

 institute, which are said by Merrill to comprise a herbarium of 300 

 flowering plants of eastern Ontario ; 400 minerals and 80c rocks ; and a 

 few fossils. 



ST. THOMAS: 



ELGIN HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE. 



The institute has a small historical and archeological museum. 



TORONTO 



PROVINCIAL MUSEUM. 



Staff. Superintendent, David Boyle; 2 clerks and 1 guardian. 



Anthropology. About 1000 specimens from the Indian tribes of 

 Canada and elsewhere, life masks of British Columbian and Washington 

 Indians, miscellaneous archeological and ethnological specimens, etc. 



Art. No detailed information received. 



Botany. A herbarium of 500 plants of Ontario. 



Zoology. 40c vertebrates, mollusks, and insects of Ontario. 



Financial Support. An annual grant from the provincial gov- 

 ernment. 



Building. The collections occupy about 30,000 square feet of 

 floor space for exhibition. 



Publications, (i) An archeological report. (2) A manual of the 

 vertebrates of Ontario. (3) A catalog of the collections. 



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



