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a regular practice had been begun as early as 1874 of recording the number 
of visitors to the museum. From the first of May of that year until the 
first of April, 1875, 1,017 persons visited the Museum. Next year there 
were 1,728. In 1882 the number had increased to 9,549 and in 1886 it 
was 14,465. A careful system of numbering, recording, and labelling 
specimens was in use and eventually a catalogue of rocks, minerals, and 
ores, upon which much labour had been expended, was published (Catal- 
ogue of Section One of the Museum of the Geological Survey, by G. C. 
Hoffmann, 1893). Each field officer of the Survey was habituated to collect 
specimens not only of rocks, minerals, and fossils, but of plants, animals, 
and relics of the native peoples, and was so assiduous in doing so that it 
was increasing!)'' difficult to provide enough accommodation for the col- 
lections. 
In the Report of Progress for 1870-71, a year after his arrival in Canada, 
Selwyn observes: 
“The building devoted to the purpose of the Museum and Office of the Geological 
Survey is an old three-storey stone dwelling house, situated at the corner of St. Gabriel 
street and Fortification Lane The premises have been occupied by the Geolo- 
gical Survey since 1852 The amount, not exceeding $100, mentioned as having 
been annually expended on the premises, by Sir W. E. Logan, has been chiefly devoted to 
keeping the roof water tight it will readily be believed that the buildings, especi- 
ally externally, and the premises generally, are now in a condition which makes it exceed- 
ingly desirable ........ that they should be thoroughly and substantially repaired, without 
delay. The geological collections exhibited in the Museum have hitherto been restricted 
to specimens from the provinces of Ontario and Quebec no space whatever 
now remains to exhibit any of the specimens from the other provinces, which are annually 
being added to the collection, in larger numbers. .......” 
This emphatic plea seems to have been effective, for in the summer of 
1874, the offices of the Survey were removed to a new building which had 
been built by Sir William Logan on St. James street immediately behind 
the brick wing of the Museum and connected with it by fireproof iron 
doors. Concerning this building and other evidences of Logan’s devotion 
to the Survey, Selwyn writes in a later report: 
“Not long before his death, Sir William stated that he intended the whole of his 
library and surveying instruments, purchased at a total cost of $8,532, to remain for the 
use of the Survey Besides the cost of the library and instruments, he expended 
$8,434.38 in various items on account of the Survey and the commodious offices, on St. 
James street, built at a cost of upwards of $30,000, and now occupied by the Survey, are 
likewise due to his liberality.” 
It is to be observed, however, that the Government afterwards, about 
1881, paid Logan’s estate $1,500 for the library and $3,000 for the instru- 
ments. 
The growth of the Museum is referred to again in the Report of 
Progress for 1874-75: 
“The Geological Survey Museum now possesses by far the largest collection in exist- 
ence of the Secondary fossils of the British American Pacific coast and it is much 
to be regretted that want of funds to provide the requisite fittings and cases in the Museum 
will at present prevent their being exhibited. Besides geological collections — rocks, 
minerals, and fossils — Mr, Richardson had brought a number of specimens of plants and 
marine animals It is very desirable that there should be on exhibition in the 
Museum for reference and for general information, a good collection of models and examples 
of the newest and most improved machinery, tools, and implements, as well as of metal- 
lurgical works and processes.” 
