J-^ (Feb. 3, 



Curators' Report upon the Society's Resolution op 

 October 7, 1893. 



In the matter of the request for the loan of certain articles, belonging to 

 the Society, for the Chicago Exposition, j^our Curators respectfully recom- 

 mend the loan of said articles for said purpose, provided tliat the city 

 authorities are willing to guarantee their safe transportation, custody and 

 return, in accordance with sucli forms of agreement as may be approved 

 by the President and Treasurer of the Society. 



J. Cheston Morris, 

 R. Meade Bache, 

 Patterson Du Bois, 



Chairman. 



After considerable discussion the following motion made by 

 Mr. Du Bois was adopted : 



Resolved, That the Society, while being desirous of doing everything to 

 gratify the wishes of the Committee of Councils on the World's Columbian 

 Exposition, feels that it cannot allow the articles mentioned in the 

 request of the Committee, to be taken away at this time, as it intends to 

 have a sesqui-centennial exhibition in its own rooms during the latter 

 part of May, 1893, and will need them here. It is compelled therefore to 

 respectfully decline the proposition presented by your Committee. 



The Curators presented the following report upon the col- 

 lections of the Society : 



Curators' Report. 



In response to the Society's resolution of December 16, 1893, the Cura- 

 tors respectfully report : 



1. That the cost of transferring the collections and arranging them in 

 suitable cases would not exceed, even if it equaled, five hundred dollars. 



2. There would be but slight cost of maintenance of the collections 

 apart from any idea of a paid employe wiio would have personal daily 

 oversight during the hours in which the collections should be open for 

 exhibition and study. 



3. In the nature of the case, it is impossible for the Curators to say 

 what the cost of maintaining the collectionsin other institutions would be. 



4. Although undoubtedly the collections of the Society could all be ex- 

 hibited in the north room of the hall, yet your Curators would respectfully 

 beg leave to say that the settlement of the original question as to whether 

 or not one or more, and which, if any, of them is to be exhibited in the 

 building, is an indispensable preliminary to the determination of some 

 plan for the arrangement of these collections as required by the resolution 

 of the Society. J. Cheston Morris, 



R. Meade Bache, 

 Patterson Du Bois, 



Chairman. 



