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The following are the most outstanding items of museum work per- 
formed : 
(1) Preparation of a large number of collections for the Quebec 
government. 
(2) Cataloguing systematic collections. 
(3) Incorporation of a large number of specimens from various 
localities in the systematic collection. 
During the year just ended, Mr. F. D. Moose, museum helper, was 
superannuated after seventeen years of continuous service. 
Field Work 
H. V. Ellsworth, mineralogist, spent a few days examining the Cardiff 
Township, Ontario, uranium deposits and about a week in the Eastern 
Townships of Quebec examining chromiferous iron deposits. 
A. T. McKinnon, mineral collector, spent five weeks during the summer 
months in Ontario and Quebec, where he collected 15| tons of minerals 
needed for the preparation of our educational collections. 
Laboratory and Office Work 
The number of visitors seeking information regarding the mineral 
industry was about the same as usual. A large number of ores, mineral 
specimens, and rocks collected throughout Canada were investigated and 
reported on as to their commercial value. 
In addition to the administration of the division, Eugene Poitevin 
spent a good deal of his time in the further study of chromite ores and 
their associated ultrabasic rocks, of which some of the results were pub- 
lished in the Summary Report of the Geological Survey for 1930, part D. 
He has also continued the study of the minerals occurring in the granite 
rocks cutting the serpentine of eastern Quebec. 
H. Y. Ellsworth studied some minerals from the Great Bear Lake 
pitchblende deposits. Considerable time was spent in connexion with 
the installation of spectroscopic equipment. An investigation into pos- 
sible sources of vanadium in Canada is also in progress. 
R. J. C. Fabry completed the analyses of the following rocks and 
minerals. 
Minerals: Three minerals were analysed in full, viz.: chromite (puri- 
fied from foreign minerals) from Montreal chrome pit, Coleraine township, 
Megantic county, Que. (for Mr. Poitevin) ; chromite (purified from 
foreign minerals) from summit of Olivine mountain, Tulameen, B.C. 
(for Mr. Poitevin); manganese ore, NW. j lot 3, McTavish tp., Ont. 
(for Mr. Tanton). Rocks: One granodiorite to complete a series for Mr. 
T. T. Quirke (Pickerel River region). Three rocks ranging from a granite 
via an intermediate stage to an olivine diabase were analysed in full for 
T. C. Phemister. They came from the following localities, in order of 
decreasing acidity: (i) Kelly lake, Ont.; (ii) Shakespeare tp., Ont.; (iii) 
Espanola, Ont. 
