22o Fibld Miseum 01 Natural History Rbports, Vol. III. 



biuldii luch impi it no* aothing can be doi 



to ] mceal the decomposing plaster and staff with which 



the brick walls of the buildis ed, 



the vc.ir the Cural Department of Anthropol 



survey of the I ithern 



Pacific in furtl • the plai the Museum to extend tl 



itions of that Department into those fields. Further 

 reference to this tour, and to the movements of the other Curators 

 and other field work will be made elsewhei 



While tin ral subj as will be consi in a 



subsequent pari ecially be made of 



the acquisition by purchase of the well-known Strecker butterfly 

 and moth collection, numbering 50,000 specimens, and including the 

 notes and working library of the collector. 



There has been but one change in the scientific staff. Dr. Arthur 

 B. Lewis has been appointed Assistant 1 African and 



Melanesian Ethnology durin. The faithful performance of 



the forces of the Museum will be found reflected in the more detailed 

 report following. 



Maintenance. — The Budget authorized by the Board of Trustees 

 provided the sum of $171 ,640 for the maintenance of the Museum for 

 the year. The amount expended v< I 17,510, leaving a satisfactory 

 margin of $24,130. In addition to this amount $43,000 was expended 

 by special authority of the Hoard of Trusl " collections, < 



^editions, ami exhibition cases, bringing the total expenditure for the 

 ar to apprt • ximately $200,000. The amount allowed for maintenance 

 for the year si ease over the previous This is ac- 



counted for by the addition of several new members to the working 

 force and rdinary n to the Museum building. 



Lecture Course. — The usual tv if lectures have been given 



during the year, illustrated ii in unusual ran 



The seati: I the hall in which the 



.re given has been taxed to its utmost on every occasion, 

 in the hall being tilled and the doors closed thirty 



minut. re the announced time of the lecture. 



lowing is the twenty-eighth Lectin- l with the subjects 



and lectures delivered during the months rch and April, 1908: 



March 7 —"The Wilderness of Florid 



Prof. C. B. Cor I itor of Zoolo: 



