REPORT OF COUNCIL. 
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remains of shell fish were found, was at the east end of Lawlor’s- 
Lake, where, at the level of about sixty feet above the sea, there 
is a bed of clay and sea-sand containing shells of the common 
clam, the sea-urchin, the rock barnacle, and other species. 
Another place where marine shells have been found is at the* 
gravel bank north of the dam of the reservoir of the city water 
works on Little River, where the late Gilbert Murdock, Esq,, 
found clam shells in situ. This place is about i6o feet above high 
tide mark. 
Mr. William Murdock, the superintendent of the city water- 
supply, informs me that the locality, where the clay bed with shehs. 
found by Mr. Clayton is situated, is ninety-five feet above higli 
tide mark. The Leda clay (brick clay) has been found as high as 
200 feet above the present sea level in this district ; so this mussel 
bed must have been some scores of feet below the sea level when 
the Leda clay sea was at its greatest depth over the district around. 
St. John. 
Entomology. 
The most important work in this department is the prepara- 
tion of a list of the lepidoptera. 
Botany. 
Late in December Mr. M. L. Fernald, of the Gray Herbarium, 
Cambridge, Mass., paid a visit to St. John, and spent some time- 
in examining the plants of our collection. He found here several 
rare species of flowering plants, the discovery of which adds 
the knowledge of the distribution of our plants. 
An examination of the plants in our herbarium reveals the 
presence of insects which must be removed if we hope to save 
the collection. This should be done at once, as the plants, repre- 
senting our field work for nearly forty years past, are of great 
value from a historical and from other points of view to the 
students of our flora. 
We need more space than our rooms afford to make a display 
of plants for educational purposes and to illustrate their economic 
uses. We need especially at the present time a collection of the 
native woods of the province and facilities in our museum to 
