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in this country and in Europe, it is necessary that the services of men 

 eminent in their several departments be secured. 



For this object the museum must be able to offer facilities for investi- 

 gation and publication, with materials at hand, and a scientific library, 

 together wjth just and adequate compensation as an inducement for the 

 best talent of the country to engage in its advancement. 



In order to secure unity of purpose and energy of action in the opera- 

 tions of the museum, all its scientific purposes, relations and internal 

 affairs should be left to the judgment of the director, while its general 

 and pecuniary affairs should be administered by a committee, of which 

 the directot should be one. 



VI. Expenditures. 



Taking the organization in the simplest form which would produce a 

 direct'result, there will be the following sources of expenditure : 



For salaries ; 



For publication ; 



For library ; 



For making collections ; 



Incidentals. 



By a judicious distribution of the publications of the museum, they 

 could be made to return to the librai^ much valuable matter, thus aiding 

 to increase the library without direct expenditure. 



The salary of the director should not be less than that of a professor 

 in Columbia college. The salaries of professors and assistants would 

 vary from $1,500 to $2,500 per annum. 



The museum, on the initiation of the plan, might be conducted for a 

 few years upon an annual expenditure of $10,000 or $12,000, while, as 

 its operations become extended and the plan fully developed, an annual 

 expenditure of $25,000 or $30,000 will be required. 



VII. Free Lectures. 



A course of free lectures, given during the winter season, would doubt- 

 less aid much in bringing the museum and its objects more prominently 

 before the public, and in interesting the community therein. Such a 

 course would in every way be advantageous, and by being addressed to 

 many persons from different parts of the State, would thus enlist the 

 interest and sympathy of the entire population, and be the means of 

 making known the objects and plan of the museum to many persons who 

 might not be reached by its publications. 



The plan of the lectures might be similar to those given at the Smith- 

 sonian Institution during the winter months, and by adopting this ar- 

 rangement you may secure a wide range of subjects, to be treated by 

 the most eminent men in their several departments, and which could not 

 be given by the permanent officers of the museum until its plan had been 

 fully developed and its scientific staff completed. 



