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Appendix . 
DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 
Date. 
Donar’s Name, and Article Presented. 
1886 
Feb. A. C. Smith, M. D. Newcastle, N. B. — Portions of skulls, 
brass kettle and glass beads, from graves on S. W. 
Miramichi River. 
Apr. 
Miss E. Turnbull.— O wl, mounted. 
A. M. Hamilton.— Fresh- water clams, ( Unio ), from Red River, 
Manitoba. 
D. McL Smith. — Coal plants of six genera, from Lingan, C. B. 
T. C. Miles, Copper, silver and lead ores, from Montana, U. S. 
W. M. Smith. — Walrus tusks, Eskimo gloves, harpoon head 
and line, etc., from Hudson’s Bay. Plank eaten by sea- 
worms, from Pictou, N. S. 
Jas. W. Banks. —Eggs and nests of several birds, from St. 
John Co. 
M. Chamberlain. — Ostrich egg. 
Jas F. Ellis. — Bark, wood, leaves and cones of the great red- 
wood tree of California, (Sequoia). 
D. McL. Smith. — Specimens of New Brunswick plants. 
Henry Poole, C. E. — Block of oil coal, from Stellarton, N. S. 
W. F. Best. — Glass sponge, ( Euplectella ), from East Indies. 
W. H. Maxwell. — Native flax, (Phormia tenex), from New 
Zealand. 
May W. K. Crawford. — Stone implements, from Kings Co. Fos 
sils, from U. S , etc. 
Oct. U. S. National Museum. — Crustaceans, (26 species). Marine 
worms, (lisp.) Marine Molluscs, (29 sp.) Tunicates, 
(10 sp.) Polyzoa, (4 sp. ) Echinoderms, (16 sp.) Cor. 
als, (10 sp.) Sponge, (1 sp.) All from the Atlantic 
coast of the United States. 
Geo. S. Purdy. — Corn pestle, broad celt and grooved axe, 
^from Purdy’s farm, Queen’s Co. 
Clarence V. Wood. — Two stone celts and a fossil tree, 
( Dadoxylon ), from Baie Verte, Westmorland Co. 
