23 
Numerous analyses were made for Mr. W. H. Collins, of the transi- 
tion zone material between the norite and mieropegmatite of the nickel 
irruptive; five specimens have been completed from McLennan township, 
and three specimens from Levack township. 
Museum Work 
During the year additions have been made in a small way to the 
exhibits in the National Museum and the Museum has continued to build 
up the collections by valuable specimens, acquired mostly by exchange. 
Educational Collections 
During the fiscal year just ended 1,661 specimens were used in the 
preparation of 667 collections, which were issued as follows: 
Province 
Grade 2 
Grade 3 
Special 
grade 4 
Miscel- 
laneous 
Mineral 
chips 
Prospec- 
tor’s 
minerals 
Prospec- 
tor’s 
rocks 
Yukon 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
British Columbia 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
09 
44 
Alberta 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
13 
9 
Saskatchewan 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
21 
9 
Manitoba 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
23 
11 
Ontario 
0 
39 
0 
18 
1 
84 
51 
Quebec 
0 
1 
200 
7 
0 
13 
4 
New Brunswick 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
4 
1 
Nova Scotia 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
2 
Prince Edward Island 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Foreign 
1 
1 
0 
13 
0 
10 
5 
1 
41 
200 
45 
1 
243 
136 
Exchanges: 
Accessions 
Mr. Shimmatsu Ichikawa , Kitashinjo-mura, Imatate-gun, Fukui-ken, Japan. Five 
small specimens of quartz; one unlabelled apatite specimen; one lot apatite 
crystals from Ashio mine, Shimotsuke province, Japan. 
Mr. John Obert, 553 Maple ave., Ridgewood, N.J., U.S.A. 
One specimen stevensite (all pectolite); one specimen prehnite (after anhydrite), 
Paterson, N.J., U.S.A. 
Donations: 
Mr. C. E. Cairnes, Geological Survey, Ottawa. Tetradymite, White Elephant claim, 
Vernon Mining Division, B.C. 
From Dr. Ami’s collection — Almandite, Stikine river, Alaska; fine apatite crystals 
from Ontario and Quebec. 
Mr. Win. P. Crawford, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Delafossite, Briggs mine, Bisbee, 
Arizona, U.S.A. 
Mr. Thomas Graham, Comox, B.C. Nodule of coal in the Brechin mine of the Western 
Fuel Company at Nanaimo, Vancouver island, B.C. — collected some time in 
the year 1907— donated through Mr. Chas. Camseil. 
Mr. G. Hanson, Geological Survey, Ottawa. Suite of specimens from the Premier 
mine, B.C. 
