744 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [DeC, 



which have been of the utmost importance hi the consummation of 

 plans for future development. 



George S. Pepper, in 1900, bequeathed to the Academy S25,000 

 and a percentage of his residuary estate, the amounts to be held in 

 trust, the income only to be applied to the uses of the institution. 



The James Aitken Meigs Fund was erected on the legacy of 

 John G. Meigs, of $20,000, and the library of his son, James 

 Aitken Meigs, M.D., a former Librarian of the Academy. Ten 

 thousand dollars of this was left for the care and increase of the 

 library and the remainder without condition. 



From Miss Anna T. Jeanes was received the gift of $20,000, to 

 be known as the Mary Jeanes Fund, the interest to be used for the 

 care and increase of the museum. 



In addition to amounts noted in earlier reports, S16,650 have 

 been received from the Henry N. Johnson estate for the general 

 purposes of the Academy. 



Robert T. Lamborn, M.D. , who died iij 1895, bequeathed his 

 estate to the Academy, " to be used in biological and anthropological 

 researches, the income only to be Uf^ed and the principal reinvested." 

 A question as to the validity of the will under the New York State 

 law having been raised by the heirs-at-law, a compromise was 

 effected on the basis of one- half the estate coming to the Academy 

 and the balance to them. Up to the present time $365,000 have 

 been realized for the society. A conservative estimate places the 

 value of the Academy's portion of the estate at half a million. 



Charles E. Smith, in 1900, bequeathed his botanical books, 

 maps, collections and one-sixth part of the sum realized from the 

 sale of refjl and personal property, the interest accruing from such 

 sum to be applied to and expended on maintenance and for no other 

 purpose whatever. Twenty -five thousand dollars have been realized 

 from this source to date, with the certainty of important additions 

 in the future. 



As soon as the earlier of tliese legacies became available, steps 

 were at once taken to broaden the work of the institution in vari- 

 ous directions. The Proceedings were distributed to members; the 

 salaries of the scientific staff were increased; three new assistants 

 engaged; improvements were made to the buildings; new cases 

 were substituted for those originally erected in the museum, and 

 important additions to the shelving capacity of the library were 



