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will occupy 13 acres," and will form a quadi'anj'lc with four courts, 

 each 218 feet s([uare. A doni(>-like central towiM- 'MH) feet luj(h is also 

 planned.'' The south side of this quadrangle, TriO feet lono- and 75 to 

 90 feet wide, was completed in 1S99, in addition to the previously 

 built south arm of tlie central cross and the ground floor of the central 

 building, as mentioned, and forms a palace six to seven stories high, 

 including cellar and ground floor — from cellar to roof 127 feet high — 

 which has already cost, together with furniture, $2,800,000,'' and 

 atfords 148,000 square feet of exhibition space. The building and 

 furniture are paid for by the city by authority of the government of 

 the State of New York. The city also owns the ground. In the year 

 1900, $150,000 was available for continuing the construction of the 

 building. When the future completion of this enormous building is 

 considered it ma}" well be asked whether so great a show museum for 

 natural history can still attain its objects. 



The value of the existing collections is estimated at $2,800,000, and 

 the library contains about 44,000 volumes.'' The annual expenses of 

 $136,000 are borne l)y the city, under authority of the government 

 of the State of New York; $93,000 of these expenses are made up of 

 salaries and wages. In the year 1899, $48,000 additional was raised 

 by private contribution. Of the 71 employees 14 are scientists. A 

 president who serves without salary is at the head of the institution, 

 under a board of trustees of 24 members, mostly patrons of the 

 establishment. Together with the president, who is a layman, a 

 zoologist or paleontologist looks after the general scientitic inter- 

 ests of the nmseum,*^ which are discussed with the higher officials 

 as in a university facult3\ The institution is divided into six depart- 

 ments:' (1) Public instruction; (2) geology, mineralogy, concholog}', 

 and marine invertebrates; (3) vertebrates; (4) vertebrate paleontology; 

 (5) anthropology (physical anthropology, archeology, and ethnog- 

 raphy); (6) entomology. 



Each department is under the direction of a curator. Three of 

 these curators have only two assistants each; one department has one 



« The area is 750 feet square, equal to about 13 acres, or as large as the ground area 

 of the British ISIuseuiii, which, however, now occupies only 8 acres with its buildings, 

 and as great as the ground area of the Natural History -Museum in London, of which 

 oidy 4 acres are now occupied by the building itself, (575 feet long, or four times as 

 large as the old market in Dresden. 



''It is still a (juestion whether this will be erected. The towers of the Natural 

 History Museum in London are 192 feet high. 



''The building of the Natural History .Museum in London i-ost $2, 000, 000. 



'Mn 1901, 55, ms volumes. 



'Recently (1902) the jiost of a director was created. 



./'Now (1903) there are twelve departments, as follows: (1) I'ublic instruction; (2) 

 geology and invertebrate paleontology; (3) mammalogy and ornithology; (4) verte- 

 b.-ate paleontology; (5) archeology; (6) ethnology; (7) mineralogy and conchology; 

 (8) invertebrate zoology; (9) entomology; (10) physiology; (11) books and publi- 

 cations; (12) maps and charts. 



