Victoria Institute and the building for its 
accommodation and foi the housing of 
the collections was styled the Victoria 
Museum. The Institute was designed for 
the propagation and cultivation of scientific 
knowledge, including applications of such 
knowledge. Further particulars on this 
point will be found in my paper of 1897 
read to the Victoria Institute and pub¬ 
lished in their proceedings, and to tin's I 
beg to lefer all interested in the subject 
Notwithstanding that the statements and 
propositions contained in that paper received 
as I have said, the hearty support of 
Governor Sir Hubert Jerningham they 
have been quietly ignored. Hence the 
Agricultural Department and the Natural 
History Society are separated from the 
Institute to the great detriment of the 
work of all. Also the collections have been 
removed from the places assigned to them 
to make room for schools and classes. It 
follows from what I have stated that 
natural science having the first 
claim upon the funds and attention 
of the Victoria Institute (hat it is not 
until these claims have been satisfied that 
other objects are entitled to a place. In this 
country there are plenty of means provided 
for sports and pastimes and means are not 
wanting even for the teaching of the subjects 
taught in the classes provided by the Insti¬ 
tute for business and commercial purposes. 
But this Institute is our only means for the 
development of natural knowledge and its 
extension among the people and that is a 
matter of national and not merely commer¬ 
cial value. As bearing on the necessity of 
means for developing and cultivating the 
morality, intelligence and intellectual energy 
of the people at the same time as and in 
furtherance of their commercial and material 
advance I will conclude with extracts from 
a speech of Mi. Chamberlain’s and from an 
article in the Journal of Geology. 
EXTRACT FROM SPEECH OK JOSEPH 
chamberlain, .tax. '06. 
The wealth of the country is increasing. 
Exports are larger than they ever were before. 
But I ask you to think is that all you have to 
look to? It is not merely a question of the 
wealth of the country, it is a question of its 
welfare. There was a celebrated statesman an 
old free trader and economist, Adam Smith, who 
believed in free trade and free exchange but never¬ 
theless told bis countrymen that defence was 
greater than opulence, that is to say that the 
