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defray any of the general expenses of the Association. The de- 

 velopment and expansion of the museums and the activities in 

 connection with them are. therefore, dependent upon the funds 

 of the museum corporations and the generosity of those who 

 provide money and material for either general or special pur- 

 poses.^ 



Certain of the museum corporations thus spend tens of thou- 

 sands of dollars a year, and the policy of the city in appropriating 

 funds for maintenance in each instance appears to be largely 

 predicated upon the amount which the museum corporation spends 

 for development. At least that is what I have been led to infer 

 from the questions asked by examiners and from discussions and 

 arguments held in connection with the Board of Estimate and 

 Apportionment. 



Furthermore, in every instance, before appropriating the money 

 for the erection of a museum building, the city has required that 

 an adequate endowment fund shall be raised by the museum cor- 

 poration as evidence of financial responsibility and corporate 

 permanence. We have practically no endowment fund, except 

 such as is made up fromour life membership and patronship dues ; 

 but it is a beginning, and the mere fact that we have such a fund, 

 to which additions may be made by donation or bequest, is one of 

 our most valuable assets, and it should be kept intact and every 

 possible effort made to augment it. 



The only other evidence of our corporate responsibility and 



3 By reference to the annual reports of the several museums the pur- 

 poses for which their funds have been expended from time to time may 

 be readily ascertained. In most instances, in addition to general expense 

 funds for the purchase of desirable material, insurance, etc., there are 

 special library funds for the purchase of books ; exploration funds for 

 the purpose of defraying expenses of field work and explorations for col- 

 lecting new material ; publication funds for issuing illustrated periodicals 

 describing the museum activities and exhibits ; funds to pa}^ lecturers in 

 public lecture courses and for museum extension work by the members of 

 the museum staffs, etc. In certain instances, also, the museums provide 

 for special expert services ; for museum association dues, and expenses 

 of members of the museum staff in attending conventions ; for supple- 

 menting inadequate salaries paid by the city; for bonuses to employees, 

 etc. : and efforts are now being made to provide pension funds for em- 

 ployees. 



