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various technical capacities. There was a corresponding reduc- 

 tion in receipts from students and investigators: 1915, $8,325; 

 1916, $8,725; 1917, $7,850; 1918, $6,530. The receipts of the 

 Supply Department were $18,748.04 as against $18,815.22 in 

 1917; $21,096.65 in 1916; and $16,932.00 in 1915. 



It was possible to effect various economies corresponding to 

 the somewhat smaller scale of operations, and the treasurer's 

 report shows a net excess of receipts over expenditures for the 

 year amounting to $4,594.91. Out of total expenditures of 

 $69,687.14, Mr. Crane furnished $20,000.00 through the Friend- 

 ship Fund, Inc., for which our best thanks seem singularly 

 inadequate. The name of the Fund expresses the spirit of the 

 giver, and the spirit of the Laboratory toward Mr. and Mrs. 

 Crane in ever increasing degree if that is possible. 



As stated in the last annual report, 1 shortly after beginning of 

 the war the Laboratory leased to the United States of America 

 for the Navy Department without compensation, the Mess-hall, 

 laundry, kitchen and storehouse, the Homestead and the lecture 

 hall building from September 15, 1917, to May 15, 1918. On 

 the conclusion of this period the lease was renewed, with certain 

 adjustments to cover the summer session, until June 30, 1919. 

 The Navy Department so cooperated with us that we were able 

 to continue our work without interruption. During the summer 

 of 1918, the members of the Naval Reserve at Woods Hole were 

 furnished board at the Mess which was run by the Laboratory 

 as usual, and at the close of the summer session the Navy De- 

 partment took it over again. The plan worked harmoniously, 

 and I feel we owe an acknowledgment to the Navy personnel for 

 the courtesy with which all elements of the situation were in- 

 variably met. Of the 200 members of the Naval Reserve at 

 Woods Hole, one half was furnished board at the Mess while 

 the other half was on duty with the boats, and these sections 

 alternated. Owing to conclusion of the armistice, the lease 

 will be terminated from and after January 31, 1919. 



The Laboratory is glad to have made the above small con- 

 tribution to the winning of the war. Many of the members of 

 the staff, the Board of Trustees, and of the Corporation have been 



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