330 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



Publications. The first curator made three reports to the gov- 

 ernment from 1886 to 1890, which were published as official papers and 

 contained reports of travels in Labrador and other parts of the prov- 

 ince; studies on Cetacea and Pinnipedia of the lower St. Lawrence 

 River; and catalogs of plants, minerals, mammals, birds, and eggs of 

 the museum. The present curator made a report in 1910 on the 

 progress of the museum from 1893 to June 30, 1909. 



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

 Saturday afternoon and holidays, from 10 to 4. 



SAINT-LAURENT: 



COLLEGE SAINT-LAURENT. Musee Carrier. 



Staff. Curator, Phileas Vanier; Assistant curator, F. J. Donat. 



Anthropology. Uncivilized peoples: Archeology, native, 344, 

 foreign, 987; Ethnology, native, 143. Civilized peoples, ancient, 933, 

 modern, 583. 



Art. Objects, in marble, 118, in bronze and copper, 258, in plas- 

 ter, 455, in terra cotta and majolica, 37; Prints and engravings, 980; 

 Oil paintings and water colors, 15; Religious paintings, 780. 



Botany. Cryptogamic and phanerogamic herbaria, 5161 species; 

 Fruits, 480; Gums and resins, 32; Medicinal plants, 122; Canadian 

 woods, 89; Thin sections of United States woods, 45; Leaves, 458. 



Geology. Minerals and rocks, on exhibition, 3425; Minerals, in 

 storage, 2622; Rocks, in storage, 1278. 



Paleontology. Fossils, Canadian, 394 species, foreign, 495 

 species. 



Zoology. Shells, 8792 specimens, representing 2920 species; 

 Insects, 12,769 specimens, representing 5111 species; Other inverte- 

 brates, 305 specimens, representing 113 species; Fishes, 46; Batrachi- 

 ans, 5; Reptiles, 56; Birds, 715; Mammals, 513; Bird eggs, 806. 



Other Collections. Coins and tokens, 9739; Medals and medal- 

 lions, 51 17; Postage and revenue stamps, 8917; Incunabula, 40. 



Historical Sketch. The museum was founded by Rev. Joseph 

 C. Carrier, who also served as curator until his death in 1904. 



Financial Support. From the general funds of the college. 



Building. Erected in 1896 at a cost of $15,000, defrayed by friends 

 of the college. 



Administration. By a curator, responsible to the superior of the 

 college. 



Scope. Primarily school and college teaching. 



