RECORD OF OUR FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY. 
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two years 13,000 people had visited the museum. School 
teachers and people all over the province were making appli- 
cation for information and the Provincial Government had 
authorized the employment of a stenographer to handle the 
correspondence. The society was sending out a large number 
of collections to schools, and also providing lecturers to talk about 
the collections. Arrangements were now being made for an 
extensive collection of products of the farms, forests and mines 
of the province, with the idea of providing an up-to-date illus- 
tration of its natural resources as well as its products. This 
collection would be of great value. 
A varied and interesting musical programme was carried 
out, recalling old times and the present. Mr. D. Arnold Fox 
was the accompanist. Mrs. Douthwaite, an English lady, a 
recently elected associate member, rendered several songs very 
acceptably. Two members, Mrs. Gordon Dickie and Mrs. 
Church, played a duet of the Overture from “ William Tell.” 
Miss Barker, the daughter of Chief Justice Barker, rendered 
a violin solo very admirably. A patriotic song, “The White 
Throat,” written by a Canadian, and set to music by Edward 
Manning, the son of a charter member, was sung very charm- 
ingly by Miss Elsie Matthew, daughter of Dr. G. F. Matthew. 
The refreshment room was in charge of Mrs. John A Mc- 
Avity and a capable corps of assistants, who were most attentive 
to the large number of visitors. 
Letters of regret were received from Hon. J. D. Hazen, 
Hon. J. K. Flemming, Chief Justice Barker, and others. 
There is no more active and energetic member of the Natural 
History Society of New Brunswick than Professor W. F. Ganong, 
He is a man who has, by his ability, energy and industry, gained 
a place among the scientific leaders of the United States and 
Canada. This Society is to be congratulated in having among 
its members one who is so devoted to its interests. He has for 
years spent his summer vacations in this province, exploring 
its mountains and forests, rivers and lakes, collecting and pre- 
serving its historical records, and publishing a vast amount 
original data, much of which is embodied in our volumes 
the Bulletin. 
