Annual Reports 43 



Financial 



The appropriations granted^- and those applied for for the year 1914, 

 are as follows : 



Amount Amount 



Code No. Items Granted Applied for 



1445 Salaries $6,840.00 $7,300.00 



1446 Supplies 280.00 343-00 



1447 Purchase of Equipment 165.00 386.00 



1448 Contract or Open Order Service . . 188.00 223.00 



1449 Contingencies 65.00 25.00 



1450 Rent 1,500.00 1,500.00 



$9,038.00 $9,777-50 



The budget estimates for the year 1915 are required to be submitted to 

 the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on or before July 15, and it is 

 advisable that our needs be discussed and our proposed items of expendi- 

 ture pertinent to them be determined as soon as possible, in order that our 

 application may be promptly transmitted and early opportunity be given 

 for any inquiry or investigation of our affairs which the city may deem 

 necessary. 



Statistical details may be found in the accompanying appendix, prepared 

 by Miss Pollard. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Arthur Hollick, 

 Curator-in-chief. 

 May 23, 1914. 



Appendix 



Record of Accessions, May i, 1913, to April 30, 1914 



No. of Specimens 



Department of Zoology i,77i 



Department of Geology ISS 



Department of Botany 126 



Department of Archeology and Anthropology 89 



Department of Arts and Antiquities 83 



Department of Books 4892 



Miscellaneous 85 



Total 2,798 



These were comprised in 132 accessions, of which 2 were purchased, 12 

 collected for the museum, 2 were exchanges, and 116 gifts. 



1 See City Record, Vol. 41, p. 11701. Tuesday, Dec. 16, 1913. 



2 427 books and pamphlets were also received as exchanges through other 

 institutions and associations, thus making a total of accessions to the 

 library during the year of 916. 



