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previous years on the part of those controlling the institution. 

 This plan was continued so long- as I remained director of 

 the Museum under the law of 1870, and afterwards as long as 

 practicable while holding the title of director by appointment 

 of the regents. These scientific papers necessarily required 

 illustrations, and so long as I had a draughtsman in my control 

 there was no difiiculty in illustrating the papers as they were 

 communicated. Afterwards, having been deprived of the ser- 

 vices of a draughtsman by the action of the regents, I incurred 

 expenditures for these illustrations and on the presentation of the 

 bills they were refused payment, although the papers had been 

 prepared without expense to the Museum. In one case, especially, 

 where the author of the paper had spent much time and con- 

 tinued work during several years in an investigation of much 

 scientific interest and importance, the small bill of less than $150 

 for illustrations was refused payment. Others of less consequence 

 were treated in like manner, and since I could not afford to con- 

 tinue the payment of such expenditures from my own means, I 

 have graduall}'' abandoned the effort to secure scientific contribu- 

 tions to the museum reports. It is well known to your honorable 

 body that I was director of the Museum only in name, and not 

 in fact, and from the time of the passage of the law of 1883, 

 modifying the museum organization, I have had no authority 

 whatever in the management or direction of its affairs, and the 

 expenditure even of small sums of money, which were absolutely 

 necessar}^, has been visited by reprimand and faultfinding, 

 while my nominal subordinates experienced no such difficulty. 

 Under these circumstances there was no recourse but to ask from 

 the Legislature the means of illustrating m}^ scientific papers. 



The provision of the law of 1883, chapter 355,* providing 

 for the publication of handbooks, etc., had been made 

 expressly to meet such requirements, and the annual appro- 



* "The trustees of said museum shall be authorized to publish each year the scientific contri- 

 butions of said staff and such other original scientificcontributionsasthey may deem expedient, 

 which publication shad be in lieu of the reports now required by law from the State Geologist 

 and State Entomologist, and the scientific papers communicated each year to the Legislature 

 along with the annual reports of said trustees; * * and by means of printed hand-books 



describing said collections, and in such other Avays as may be practicable, to make said museum 

 a means of instruction to the citizens of the State." 



" In order to provide for the expense of printing the aforesaid scientific publications and in 

 order to increase the usefulness and efficiency of said museum as aforesaid, the annual appro- 

 priation to be made for its maintenance shall be $15,000, to be piid on vouchers approved by 

 said trustees.'" 



