3o6 Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. V. 



Mr. Hi^nnlx)iliAm took a very nctivc interest as President of the Colum- 

 bian ICxjHWiiion in /for the Museum a vast quantity of material, 

 which was the nucleus ui ibe cx>llcction5, and as Chainnan ol the Execu- 

 tive Cooumttee of the Museum for fifteen years and as President o£ the 

 Mn'a^"" for twelve yearSf aaoastrH ffT.-ctivcly in the up-building of the 

 In ti. He presented the i m of Gems and Jewels now in- 

 stalled in a hall named in his honor and gave other interesting but less 

 costly material to the Museum. Mr. Hi^nbotham was succeeded as 

 President by the incumlxrnt of that office in iqoq. 



At the last rcj^ular meeting of the year, the Trustees were informed 

 that the r ' r of the Stanley Field Mu.scum Employes' Pension Fund 

 had suK'K'^ i.c'j incorporating a s>-stcm of life insurance in the benefits 

 of the pension plan and that the Committee in charge of pensions had 

 worked out a scheme which commended itself to Mr. Field. The Board 

 of Trustees gave its approval, and it is probable that by the first of 

 Pcbruar>', 1920, life insurance will be written upon the employes of 

 the Institution. 



KUiNTCNANcc. — The budf^ authorized by the Board of Trustees 

 provided the sum of $156,380.00 for the maintenance of the Museum for 

 the >*car. The amount expended was $132,252.00, which sum includes 

 all expenditures made for preparing the entire contents of the Musetim 

 for removal to the new building. A satisfactory' margin of $24,130.00 

 appears as a result of the operations during the year. A further sum of 

 $9,039.00 was expended by special order of the Board of Trustees for 

 collections, bonuses referred to elsewhere, and expeditions, bringing 

 the total approximately to $141,300.00. 



Pustic*Tiof«». — During the year four publications were issued, com- 

 prising parts of foxu* volumes, details of which follow: 



Pub. 20I. — Anthropological Scries, Vol. XV, No. 3. Sino-Iranica, 

 Chinese Contributions to the History of Ci\*ilization in 

 Andent Iran with special reference to the History of 

 Cultivated Plants and Products. By Bcrthold Laufcr. 

 1 91 9. 446 r>ages. Edition 1,800. 



Pub. aoa. — Report Scries, Vol. V, No. 4. Annual Report of the Director 

 fnr the Year 1918. January 1919. 69 pages, 26 halftones, 

 •ion 1,950- 



Pub. 203. — Zoological Scries, Vol. XIII, Part II, No. 2. Catalogue of the 

 Birds of the Americas. By Charles B. Cory. 293 pages. 

 I colored plate. December 1919. Edition 1,200. 



