Rod and gun . years ago and now has the stuffedpigeon in his possession. The corres-pondent adds that so far as he is awareno passenger pigeon has been shot in theDominion as recently as that date. Asa boy he killed many a score of themabout the years 1^68- 70. A prize of one hundred dollars in cashis offered by Mr. J. B. Tyrrell, MiningEngineer, of Toronto, for the bestcollection of Minerals collected in theProvince of Ontario during the year 1908by anyone not employed as a Collector bya public institution or dealer in collection must contain at leastthirty mineral species, and i


Rod and gun . years ago and now has the stuffedpigeon in his possession. The corres-pondent adds that so far as he is awareno passenger pigeon has been shot in theDominion as recently as that date. Asa boy he killed many a score of themabout the years 1^68- 70. A prize of one hundred dollars in cashis offered by Mr. J. B. Tyrrell, MiningEngineer, of Toronto, for the bestcollection of Minerals collected in theProvince of Ontario during the year 1908by anyone not employed as a Collector bya public institution or dealer in collection must contain at leastthirty mineral species, and it is suggestedwhere convenient the size of the speci-mens should be two by three specimen must be labelled with ex-act locality from which it was obtained,and the date on which it was collected. Nospecimen will be considered unless it isso labelled. .-\ typewritten list of thespecimens, with names of minerals andlocalities, m triplicate, together with a ROD AND t;UN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA .571. Midnight Oil If the man who is (•oiii))elled by necessity, oi- impelled byimhitioii. to work at night, will avoid -stimulants and lunch on Grape-Nuts and cream, he will find his strength kieping up, and his brainclear and responsive to his demands. Theres a Reason (kkkal Baiilk Ckkkk. Mk U. S. A. 372 ROD AND GUN AND MOTOR SPORTS IN CANADA. declaration stating that they were per-sonally collected by the signer of such adeclaration in the Province of Ontarioin 1908 at the localities stated, with thePost Office address of the collector, mustaccompany each collection. The collec-tions must be addressed:- Examiners,Tyrrell Prize, Government Assay Office,Belleville, Ont., and must be sent, pre-paid, to the Government Assay OfficeBelleville Ontario, on or before December1st, 1908, where they will be opened andexamined jointly by Professor Nichol, ofthe School of Mining, Kingston, and of Toronto University. If re-quested the collections will be


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