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to February 1, 1916, has been in round numbers $175,600 

 of which all except about $125 has been paid. 



The building has not yet been opened to the public, but 

 it is expected that the installation of the habitat groups of 

 mammals and of birds will have been sufficiently advanced to 

 justify a formal opening sometime in May of this year. 



The acceptance by the Academy of the offer of Mr. Wm. 

 M. Fitzhugh to exhibit in the Museum building the Fitzhugh- 

 Lowe collection of Indian baskets, Indian stone implements 

 and related articles, has resulted in a well filled hall whose 

 contents are most attractive and instructive. I desire to record 

 at this time not only the Academy's appreciation of having 

 this valuable collection added to its museum, but also the fact 

 that the entire installation including the exhibition cases was 

 made at the expense and under the personal supervision of Mr. 

 Fitzhugh. The Indian baskets in this collection are said to 

 constitute the largest and most complete exhibit of the kind 

 in existence. 



Owing to lack of suitable cases and space the Hemphill 

 shell collection remains largely boxed, but it is hoped that 

 something may be done soon toward making it available for 

 study and a portion of it for exhibiton. 



The Academy found opportunity to be represented, in a 

 small way, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 

 where, in the Food Products Building, space was secured for 

 a joint exhibit by the Academy and the California Fish and 

 Game Commission. While the allotted space, the best that 

 was available, was altogether too restricted for results that 

 might otherwise have been secured, the exhibit, prepared with 

 material from the Academy's stock by and under the direction 

 and supervision of Mr. John Rowley of the Academy, was 

 nevertheless an effective, attractive display which forecasts 

 what we are now beginning to realize in the habitat groups 

 that are being installed in this building. 



The Academy has received a number of valuable donations 

 from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company 

 and from various countries which were represented at the 

 Exposition. Full reference to these will be made in the 

 report of the Director of the Museum, and I wish 

 only to say that the Academy is sincerely appreciative 



