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CANADA 
DEPARTMENT OF MINES 
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Hon. Charles Stewart, Minister; Charles Camsell, Deputy Minister 
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CANADA 
W. H. Collins, Acting Director 
Annual Report for 1927 
CONTENTS 
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General Activities of the Museum: W. H. Collins 1 
Notes on the Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland: D. Jenness 36 
Preliminary Report on Field Work in 1927: W. J. Wintemberg, 40 
Kitchen-Middens of the Pacific Coast of Canada: H. I. Smith 42 
Materta Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighbouring Tribes of British Columbia: 
H. I. Smith 47 
Birds and Mammals of the Mount Logan Expedition, 1925: H. M. Laing, R. M. Anderson, 
and P. A. Taverner 69 
OTTAWA 
F. A. ACLAND 
PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 
1929 . 
