Administration since 1910 
In 1910 the Geological Survey and its Museum were a Branch 
of the Department of Mines. R. W. Brock, the Director (Fig. 3), 
became Deputy Minister in 1914 but resigned later the same year. 
He was succeeded by R. G. McConnell, who served as both Deputy 
Fig. 3. Reginald Walter Brock (1874-1935). Director of the Geological 
Survey of Canada when the Victoria Memorial Museum building was completed. 
His Museum policies were essentially those of the National Museum of Canada 
today. 
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