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The Board of Trustees, however, adopted the following expression of 

 policy in regard to the matter, at the stated meeting of the Board held 

 on April 3, 1909 : 



" The terms and conditions under which the museum and library shall 

 be open to the public must necessarily be determined in accordance with 

 whatever circumstances and conditions may obtain from time to time; 

 but in no event shall any entrance fee be charged at any time, and, 



" It is further declared to be the earnest desire of the Board of Trustees 

 that the museum and library may be open to the public every day in the 

 year, Sundays and legal holidays included, except when the necessity may 

 arise for temporarily closing it "for the purpose of cleaning or making 

 repairs or for the installation of exhibits, and, 



" It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Board of Trustees to 

 arrange such a schedule of opening, and to carry the same into effect, 

 whenever adequate facilities, and means applicable to the purpose, shall 

 have been provided by the city." 



The room was open on each of the evenings when the Borough Presi- 

 dent held his monthly reception in the Borough Hall. 



Members of the Association are not restricted to the hours of public 

 opening but may freely visit and make use of the museum and library 

 at all reasonable hours. The attendance on the part of the public has 

 been exceedingly gratifying, as shown in the appended report of the 

 curator-in-chief. 



The board also approved of a series of Saturday afternoon talks to 

 school children on various natural history subjects by the museum staff 

 and several of the members who volunteered for the experiment, and the 

 results were exceedingly encouraging. These were given during Decem- 

 ber, January and March and the total attendance was 405, or an average 

 of 40.5 on each afternoon. Details are given in the appended report of the 

 curator-in-chief. The exhibits at the branch public libraries at Stapleton 

 and St. George were continued under the auspices of the curator-in-chief 

 and arts and antiquities committee of the Association with marked success. 



The museum cases were rearranged under the direction of the museum 

 and library committee, so as to provide additional floor space at the 

 north end of the room and this has enabled the Association to hold its 

 meetings in the museum instead of in the reading room of the public 

 library at St. George. This change has met with the approval, apparently, 

 of all concerned, and has added materially to the pleasure and interest 

 in the meetings. 



Three sections were formed with the approval of the trustees : Section 

 of Biology approved on June 9, 1908; Section of Art on March 5, 1909, 

 and Section of Literature within the past three weeks. The first two 

 have organized and have done excellent work, as well as having been a 

 source of enjoyment to the members. 



The new monthly publication, the Museum Bulletin, the first number 

 of which was issued last August, has served to acquaint the members with 



