REPORT OF COUNCIL. 
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Curator’s Report. 
Gentlemen : 
I have the honour to present to you a report of the oper- 
ations of this Museum for the year ending September 30, 1913. 
The general condition of the Museum shows a great im- 
provement over last year, though it still lacks very much in 
arrangement and labelling of reaching the ideal we have in 
mind. 
During the year, a number of new cases have been ob- 
tained, affording about ninety square yards of surface for the 
installation of exhibits. These cases add greatly to the 
appearance of the Museum. In anticipation of the visit of 
the members of the International Geological Congress to this 
city, it was thought desirable to arrange a series of cases, 
illustrating the geology and paleontology of New Brunswick. 
This necessitated the storage of a number of exhibits and the 
arrangement of geological material in their place. These in 
turn had to be removed and the original installation replaced. 
Visitors . — The use of the Museum by the public during 
the year had been gratifying. We have had upwards of 5,000 
visitors to the Museum. Among these were a great number 
of scientists and specialists, some of whom came to St. John 
for the purpose of examining our collections. 
Donations . — The Museum has received a large number of 
accessions by gift, ranging from a single specimen to collections 
of considerable size. These gifts have been a source of 
pleasure not alone because of their scientific or intrinsic value, 
but because they show that the public is interested in our 
work. A list of the donations will be found elsewhere in this 
report. 
Zoology . — Very little change has been made in this depart- 
ment. Mr. Howard McAdam presented a large number of 
valuable mounted birds. Several of these are species which 
were lacking in the Society’s collection. A number of 
mounted specimens of the food and game fishes of New Bruns- 
wick have been arranged in the cases which formerly con- 
