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APPENDIX. 
FORTY -EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 
COUNCIL OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 
OF 
NEW BRUNSWICK. 
The past year has been a most successful one for the Society. 
The membership still continues to increase. There has been nearly 
double the number of visitors to the Museum. The educational 
work is growing. The specimens which the Curator lends to the 
schools are in continual demand. The lecture courses have all 
been well attended and the Museum is becoming better known and 
appreciated. 
The Society suffered a loss in the death of one of its most 
valued members, Mrs. Catherine Murdoch. Mrs. Murdoch was 
always very generous to us, and at her death bequeathed the 
Society a handsome sum which will make it possible to pay off the 
mortgages, and thus be the means of adding Dr. Matthews’ valu- 
able Paleontological collection, which he offered to the Society 
when the mortgages shall have been paid. 
The Society has also suffered a serious loss in the death of 
Mr. S. W. Kain, who was for many years one of its most valued 
and useful members. Mr. Kain did excellent work in the Arch- 
aeological branch of the Society, of which it may be said, he and 
Dr. Matthews were the founders. As a member of the Council, 
Tiis intelligent and active interest was always manifested in advanc- 
ing the welfare of the Society. 
Mr. McIntosh, the energetic Curator, has made many improve- 
ments in the arrangements of the different departments of the 
Museum, and the plans for its further extension will provide for 
a more modern equipment, such as will give to the Society and 
citizens an institution of which they may be proud. 
