37* FiKLO McbtuM vr Natural History — Reports, Vol. V. 



Thi3 hndKT has been completed and has greatly increased the means of 

 access to the Musetun. 



The scope of the Stxmlcy Field Mujxnini Employes Poiiion Fund 

 has been enlarged by its founder, the execution of an insurance contract 

 with the Aetna Instirancc Comi>any covcrinR the lives of the peraoDnel 

 of the Museum, ^-ith the prcmiimi paid out of this Fund, having been 

 authorized. In this coiiLrnct it is stijnilatcd that continuous service for 

 one complete year is prc-rcquisitc to .securing anv in?airance and that 

 the in.s-urancc automatically ceases upon the term . . of the aervicM 

 of the insured. Employes, who on February i, 1920, had not been in 

 the service of the Museum for one complete year, automatically beoame 

 insured at the conclusion of that period, and are progressively entitled 

 to increasing benefits as set forth in the schedule adopted. This insur- 

 ance i.'^ without cost to the insured and imposes no obligation not already 

 attending the services of the employe. 



maintcmancc. — The stmi of $170,200.00 was appropriated by the 

 Board of Trustees for the necessary expenses of maintenance during 

 the fiscal year. The cost of maintenance, however, amounted to 

 approximately $190,000.00, thus creating a deficit of approximately 

 $20,000. which, as referred to elsewhere in this report, was contnbuted 

 by Mr. Marshall Field. 



Movifto ortMATioNs. — Tlic following is a brief sxunmary of the 

 extent and cost of the transfer of all collections, material and equipment 

 from the old building in Jackson Park to the new building in Grant 

 Park. 



Time: 



DiUTition of transportation by rail, April a6, 1920, to 

 June 4, 1920, inclusive, omitting Sundays and onr 



holiday ^4 days 



Duration of transportation by auto truck (capacity five 



ton). March j, loro, to October 2, 1020 fnot continuous) 132 days 



Quantities: 



Number of freight cars loaded and unloaded 321 



Number of motor truck loads (loaded and unloaded) — 



capacity 5 tons 354 



Glazed and unglazed exhibition cases moved — average 



si7.e twelve feet m length and eight feet in height if?^? 



Number of cases "knockcd-down" and partly dismantled 98 



