232 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [Proc. 4th Ser. 



the life of the Pacific Ocean and of the streams discharging into the 

 ocean, second to no other aquarium in the world. 



The Academy has asked you to be present today at this dedication of 

 the first unit of its museum building in order that you may become better 

 acquainted with the Academy's aims and purposes and as a reminder to the 

 public that the Academy is here to benefit and serve the whole community. 



It is appropriate that at this time attention be called to the generous aid 

 which the Academy has received in the past and to that which it is now 

 receiving in its plans for an enlarged field of usefulness. 



It should be remenibered that the Academy is in Golden Gate Park with 

 the consent of the people of San Francisco, who have seen fit to increase 

 the Academy's opportunity for service by permitting the erection here of 

 the necessary museum buildings. This consent was given in 1910 and ever 

 since that time the plans have been under consideration and in execution 

 which are today beginning to see fulfillment. 



By bequest of James Lick forty-one years ago, the Academy became the 

 owner of the Market Street property between Fourth and Fifth streets on 

 which for many years a museum of natural history was maintained. This 

 property, now in use for business purposes, is the Academy's present main 

 source of income. The Lick bequest is now carried on the books as an 

 asset of $802,000. 



In 1881 the Academy received from Mr. Charles Crocker an endowment 

 of $20,000, the income from which is to ibe used in aid of scientific research. 



Mr. John W. Hendrie in 1899 bequeathed to the Academy the sum of 

 $10,000, the income from which has been set apart for the publication of 

 scientific papers. 



The late William Alvord bequeathed to the Academy the sum of $5,000, 

 to be used in improving and adding to its herbarium. 



During the last decade, while husbanding its resources, and collecting 

 the material which is now assembled in the building being dedicated today, 

 the Academy affairs have necessarily received but little publicity and there 

 has been but little opportunity for the public to become acquainted with its 

 activities ; nevertheless, the Academy has been selected by many who have 

 collected material of scientific value as the proper institution to preserve 

 the same and make it available for the public. Attention will be called 

 to only a few recent donations the announcement of which is appropriate 

 on this occasion. 



Our generous public-spirited fellow citizen, William M. Fitzhugh, has, 

 by purchase and additions thereto, preserved in its entirety the collection 

 of Indian baskets, ornaments, implements and related material made in 

 their lifetime by the late Professor and Mrs. T. S. C. Lowe, of Pasadena. 

 This collection of exceptional interest and magnitude, which would other- 

 wise have been scattered and would have lost value by piecemeal sale, is on 

 display in the Academy Museum as a loan and merits your careful atten- 

 tion. 



The most important gift which the Academy has recently received is that 

 of the Henry Hemphill collection of marine, freshwater and land shells. 

 This magnificent collection, the making of which engaged the attention of 



