Annual Reports 65 



Report of the Director 



To THE Board of Trustees, / 



Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences. 

 Sirs: I have the honor to report as follows upon the administration and 

 activities of the museum for the fiscal year ending May 18, 1918, to which 

 is appended statistical data in connection with the same compiled by Miss 

 Agnes L. Pollard, curator : ■ 



City Appropriation 



The appropriation requested for the maintenance of the museum for the 

 year 1918 was $9,327.56. 



On August 25, 1917, a hearing was had before the subcommittee of the 

 budget committee of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, at which 

 Dr. John Q. Adams, Miss Agnes L. Pollard, curator, and the director 

 were present. 



The subcommittee declined to approve the restoration of the positions 

 of one curator and one museum guard eliminated last year, or to recom- 

 mend the increase of $200 per annum requested in connection with the 

 salary of Miss Pollard ; and minor cuts were recommended in the estimates 

 for general expenses. 



The director gave formal notice of appeal to the full budget committee. 



In response to the appeal a hearing was had before the committee on 

 October 2, at which Doctor Adams, Borough President Calvin D. Van- 

 Name, and the director were present, and the several items requested in 

 the salary and general expense accounts were explained and discussed. 



The tentative budget appropriation for the Museum subsequently ap- 

 proved by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment was : 



Code No. Title Amount 



1445 Salaries, Regular Employees : 



Curator in chief' [Director] $2,500.00 



Curator 1,200.00 



Janitor 840.00 



Watchman — 600.00 



Museum guard 480.00 



Total, personal service $5,620.00 



14446 Expenses 1,265.00 



Departmental total $6,885.00 



The positions eliminated last year were not restored; but the requested 

 increase of $200 in the salary of our curator was allowed. The sum of 

 $762.56 was cut from our requested expense account, but inasmuch as 

 $750 of this amount represents six months' rent of Our present quarters 

 the actual cut amounts to only $12.56. It was assumed that we would 

 be in our new building by or before the middle of next year, and that it 

 was only necessary to provide for six months' rent. 



