Australia.—The Queensland museum, Brisbane, contains large ethnological collections from Papua of outstanding importance and an aboriginal court of great interest. The fauna of Queens land is also well represented. The Geological Survey museum, also at Brisbane, contains extensive geological collections mainly from Queensland. The South Australian museum at Adelaide is devoted specially to collections illustrating the ethnology and natural history of Australia. At Melbourne there are two very important museums, (I) The National Museum of Victoria, which contains large collections illustrating the zoology, palae ontology and ethnology of Australia, and (2) the national her barium of Victoria. The Macleay museum of the university, Sydney, contains a number of special collections, the most note worthy being the Macleay entomological collection ; the Jensen alkaline rock collection ; the collection of Antarctic rocks from Shackleton's first expedition, and the Australian palaeontological collection. The Technological museum contains minerals from all sources, e.g., European building and ornamental stones, sys tematic collections of rocks, timbers and commercial plants from all parts of the world. Australia is represented by industrial minerals and the systematic collection of Australian rocks, build ing and ornamental stones, also a collection of Australian insect pests Sections include shipping and aeroplane models.
The Canterbury museum, Christchurch, is specially rich in local collections devoted to the fauna, flora and geology of New Zealand. There are also representative collec tions of Maori and Polynesian ethnology. The Otago university museum of natural history and ethnology is devoted mainly to the fauna of New Zealand and contains very fine specimens of Moa skeletons. The War Memorial museum at Auckland, the Geological Survey of New Zealand museum, and the Colonial museum at Wellington are also worthy of notice.
The South African museums, Capetown, contain general and local natural history collections, also collections illus trating anthropology, ethnology and colonial art. The Durban museum is specially rich in mammals and contains a large amount of anthropological material, one room is devoted to "Old Durban." The Rhodesian museum, Bulawayo, specializes in the zoology, geology and botany of Rhodesia. The Natal museum, Pieter maritzburg, contains an exceptionally fine series of specimens of African mammals mounted in their natural surroundings, and deals mainly with the natural history of South Africa.
There has been recently opened in Zanzibar a local museum. The Egyptological collections at Cairo are unsurpassed in the world. There is also a Geological Survey museum and Zoological gardens and museum at Giza.
The National museum in Ottawa is an outgrowth of the Geological Survey. The National museum comprises the divisions of biology and anthropology, geology, palaeontology and mineralogy being maintained by the Geological Survey. The
exhibits cover a wide range of Canadian ethnology, archaeology and natural history. The Ontario provincial museum, Toronto, the Natural History museum, Quebec, and the Vancouver museum are all making rapid progress.
The most important museum in France is the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. The collections contain many types of specimens the result of the work of French naturalists. Others worthy of mention are the Musee des Sciences Naturelles at Lyons, and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines, and the Institut National Agro nomique.
The Musee d'Oceanographie is perhaps the finest oceanographical museum in the world, while the Musee d'Anthro pologie Prehistorique is also an important institution.
The Natural History museum in Lisbon is famous for its ornithological collection, while the museum of the Geologi cal Survey in Lisbon represents the geology of the country.
The museum of Natural Science at Barcelona is devoted entirely to biology, while the museum of Natural Science at Madrid contains collections both local and general of minerals, rocks and fossils.
The Musee Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Bel gique is specially noted for its palaeontological collections. The Musee du Congo Belge is devoted entirely to the natural history, political and social economy, economic products, means of trans port and arts and sciences of that colony.
In the Rijks Museum of geology, mineralogy and zoology at Leyden there are general and regional collections of considerable importance. The museum attached to the university in Amsterdam is specially rich in teaching collections.
The Bergen museum is devoted almost entirely to Scandinavian natural history, and contains a specially fine col lection of Silurian fossils from West Norway. The Municipal museum, Stavanger, deals with local zoology and general archae ology. The museum of Northern Antiquities at Oslo is restricted to the collections denoted by its title. The Norwegian People's museum at Oslo is a "folk" museum and is world famous. The Industrial museum at Trondjhem confines its attention to Nor wegian industries and is also world famous. The aquarium at Trondjhem biological station, should also be noted, although, strictly speaking, it is not a museum.
The Royal Museum of Natural History at Stock holm is rich in palaeontological, botanical and archaeological material. The Nordiska museum is devoted to Scandinavian ethnology, while the recently built (1923) Natural History museum at Goteborg specializes in local geology, mineralogy, zoology and botany, and contains many type specimens. The University of Uppsala Museum contains many great scientific treasures.