REPORT OF COUNCIL. 
359 
Curator’s Report. 
Gentlemen : 
I herewith submit a report of the operations of the museum 
for the year ending September 30th, 1911. 
Having in view the important changes which were to be 
made in the museum building later in the year, we suspended 
all work on the ex^hibition collections, and in April the museum 
was closed to the public and the collections were packed away. 
This was a work of some magnitude occupying almost our entire 
time until the workmen came into the building in June. The 
end of our year sees the work in the building almost completed, 
and we hope to begin the rearrangement of our collections 
almost immediately. 
Visitors . — The number of people visiting a museum in some 
degree indicates its value to the community which it serves. 
The great increase in our visitors yearly is very gratifying, during 
the six months in the past year in which the museum was open 
7,059 persons visited the building, or 1,5,61 more than during 
the previous year. 
The donations have as usual been a source of pleasure, not 
alone because of their scientific or intrinsic value, but because 
they indicate an interest taken in the museum by the public. 
Some very valuable specimens are promised when we can 
provide dust proof cases for their reception. 
Educational . — During the year a course of children’s lectures 
were given and in addition to these fourteen teachers brought 
classes to the museum for talks on various subjects. At the 
request of the Agricultural Department of the Provincial Gov- 
ernment, the curator visited all the schools in central and western 
Charlotte County and the larger schools between McAdam 
Junction and St. John, giving half hour talks on insect pests 
and more particularly the Brown-tail Moth. As a result of 
this work the Brown-tail Moth was found to have become 
established in the Province. 
At the request of teachers, short talks were given in a number 
of schools on insect life, the stone age in New Brunswick and 
Indian legends. 
