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about the building, when remounted they will be brought together 
to form a single collection. Some collecting has been done by the 
curator in all branches of invertebrate life, the material collected 
being required for the completion of study series of local fauna. 
Botany. — Generally speaking the museum’s collections are a 
herbarium of about 6,000 mounted sheets, obtained through Dr. 
Fowler, Dr. Hay, Dr. Matthew and others. 
The work of preparing a study collection of local plants has 
been continued, upwards of 800 specimens being obtained during 
the past summer, these are being mounted and will be ready for 
use this winter. 
The New Brunswick woods have been re-arranged to form 
a wall exhibit, and maps have been prepared showing the geo- 
graphical distribution of each species. A number of specimens 
which were lacking have been added and additional ones collected 
to replace poor examples. 
The wild flower exhibit aroused much interest, and numbers 
of visitors came especially to see them. Owing to the great 
amount of time required to gather the flowers and keep the col- 
lection in good condition this feature was omitted after the 
schools closed for the summer holidays. 
Minerals and Rocks. — The Gesner collection of minerals 
has been carefully gone over and prepared for exhibition. When 
we consider the vicissitudes through which the collection has 
passed since it was formed over sixty years ago, a very small 
number of specimens are missing. 
Palaeontology. — The exhibition collection of fossils has 
been dusted and re-arranged temporarily. It is hoped that time 
will be found during the coming year to have these interesting 
specimens arranged in the very attractive manner in which such 
material is arranged in all modern museums. 
Archaeology and Ethnology. — Three new cases have been 
installed in the hall. In these are placed the collections of 
weapons, musical instruments, domestic utensils and objects of a 
like nature possessed by the Society. At the end of the hall two 
