Annual Reports 173 



These are divided as follows: 



Active members 277 



Life members g 



Corresponding members 4 



Honorary members 2 



Exofificio members 2 



Patrons 11 



Total membership 305 



Arthur Hollick, 



Secretary. 



Report of the Director 



To THE Board of Trustees, 



Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences. 

 Sirs: I have the honor to submit the following report upon the administra- 

 tion and activities of the Museum for the fiscal year ending May 20, 1916, to 

 which is appended detailed statistics in connection with the same, compiled 

 by Miss Agnes L. Pollard and Mr. Howard H. Cleaves, curators. 



City Appropriation 



On July 19, 1915, the budget estimate sheets for the year 1916, as approved 

 by the Board, together with the president's letter of explanation, were trans- 

 mitted to the proper city officials. The total appropriation applied for was 

 $9,560.25. 



During the early part of October our estimates were subjected to pre- 

 liminary investigation by the Bureau of Contract Supervision of the Depart- 

 ment of Finance, and subsequently hearings were held before the subcommittee 

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

 finally before the full budget committee, on which occasion the director, the 

 president, State Senator George Cromwell, Dr. John Q. Adams and Mr. 

 William G. Willcox appeared and urged that favorable action be taken upon 

 our application. 



Conditions developed which showed the necessity for presenting our claims 

 to recognition as clearly and forcibly as possible, and later Borough President 

 Calvin D. Van Name took an active part in presenting them and urging their 

 favorable consideration, with the result that the Board of Estimate and 

 Apportionment, on October 30, approved an appropriation of $8,861.00, 

 apportioned as follows: 



Code No. Title Amount 



1445 Salaries $6,'840.00 



1446 Supplies 266.00 



1447 Purchase 01 Equipment 35-00 



1448 Contract or Open Order Service 205.00 



1449 Contingencies I5'00 



1450 Fixed Charges and Contributions — Rent 1,500.00 



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