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As the National Museum of Canada is an outgrowth of the Geological 
• Survey, and as its Acting Director is also the Director of the Geological 
Survey, the closest co-operation exists between the two institutions and in 
certain lines of activity no sharp line of division exists. The Museum is 
indebted to members of the staff of the Geological Survey for exhibits of a 
palaeontological, mineralogical, geological, and geographical character. 
Other government departments have shown a much appreciated 
interest in the work of the Museum and we are pleased to report that the 
Forestry Branch, Department of the Interior, has set up at considerable 
trouble a fine exhibit illustrating the manufacture of wood pulp and some 
of the products of wood pulp, and that the Entomological Branch, Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, has assembled and set up a fine exhibit illustrating 
the life history of the silkworm and showing a variety of silk products. 
The National Parks Branch and the North West Territories and Yukon 
Branch, Department of the Interior, have rendered assistance in the ac- 
quiring of material for purposes of study and the latter has turned over to 
the Museum valuable collections from Baffin island. 
The Acting Director of the Museum here expresses his gratitude to 
the Entomological Branch, Department of Agriculture; the Canadian 
National Parks, the North West Territories, and Forestry Branches, 
Department of the Interior; the Department of Indian Affairs; the Royal 
Canadian Mounted Police; and the Geological Survey, Department of 
Mines; and other sections of the government services, for valuable assistance 
and friendly co-operation. He also wishes to express to many individuals 
and organizations, both Canadian and foreign, his most cordial apprecia- 
tion for donations and exchanges, and for assistance rendered in connexion 
with scientific investigations. 
MUSEUM LECTURES 
A course of lectures in natural history and other scientific subjects is 
presented each winter in the lecture hall of the Museum. An outline of 
the history of this phase of the Museum’s activities is given under the head- 
ing “Popular Education.” The lecture committee, consisting of H. I. 
Smith, M. E. Wilson, and C. L. Patch, on which falls the responsibility of 
securing lecturers and organizing the course, reports a very successful year. 
The lectures are delivered to children Saturday mornings and the attend- 
ance is so great that they have to be repeated, the first lecture commencing 
at 10 o’clock and the second at 11 o’clock. Adults have the privilege of 
hearing them Wednesday evenings. Appropriate moving pictures are also 
shown. For the loan of films the Museum wishes to express its gratitude 
to the Province of Ontario Pictures; the Canadian Government Motion 
Picture Bureau; the Canadian National railways; the National Parks of 
Canada; the American Museum of Natural History; the United States 
Bureau of Agriculture; Ball Brothers, Muncie, Indiana; and Pathe Ex- 
change, Inc. 
It is gratifying to report that other government departments and 
persons outside the government service have manifested a willingness to 
co-operate in the lecture movement. Only three of the lecturers for the 
1929-30 term were members of the Museum staff. This co-operation makes 
it possible to deal with a great variety of subjects. 
