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The increase, too, in the list of annual and life members is 

 very encouraging to those who have the interests of the 

 Museum at heart. We, nevertheless, need increased funds. 

 Our Museum, in cooperation with the public schools, has be- 

 come an important educational factor in the community. It 

 is a place of recreation for thousands, who find an instructive 

 value in the exhibition and lecture halls. The work of its 

 scientific staff, both at home and in the field, is a credit to the 

 city and a satisfaction to those who have felt the pleasure of 

 personally assisting in the furtherance of a great enterprise. 



In closing this, my twenty-first annual report, I desire to 

 record my appreciation of the continuation of the cordial and 

 substantial support given me by my colleagues on the Board 

 of Trustees ; of the cooperation of the city officials at the 

 points where the Museum has come in contact with the gov- 

 ernment of the Borough of Manhattan, and of the efficient 

 service rendered by the scientific and administrative* staff of 

 the Museum. 



MORRIS K. JESUP, 



President. 



