Report of the President. 1 1 



reports of such funds are rendered to the Trustees, and the 

 accounts are examined by the Auditor. 



Bequests. — The moneys received from the bequests of Mr. 

 Oswald Ottendorfer, Mr. Henry Villard and Mr. Joel Golden- 

 berg, deceased, were transferred to the Endowment and In- 

 vestment Account, and used for the purchase of bonds for 

 the Permanent Endowment. 



By the will of the late Samuel D. Babcock, a former mem- 

 ber of the Museum, the Trustees will receive $5,000. 



Membership. — The names of 123 new annual members have 

 been enrolled; the loss by death or resignation was 58, leav- 

 ing a gain of 65. 



Mr. Edward M. Shepard and the Very Rev. Eugene A. 

 Hoffman, D.D., LL.D., were elected Patrons, and the follow- 

 ing named persons were elected Life Members: Miss Annie 

 Stone, Miss Catherine A. Bliss, Miss Fannie Ellen Wright, Dr. 

 Fred. Lange and Messrs. Fordham Morris, John I. Water- 

 bury, James F. O'Shaughnessy, E. J. de Coppet, Zenas Crane, 

 Samuel P. Avery, Jr., Charles W. McAlpin, Alan C. Harris, 

 William L. Conyngham, James J. Higginson, Milton Robbins, 

 Jacob Mahler, William Demuth and C. Lincoln Free. 



I wish to report officially the loss by resignation of Messrs. 

 Elbridge T. Gerry and D. Willis James, long associated with 

 the Museum as members of the Board of Trustees. 



It is with regret that I mention the decease of the follow- 

 ing: Heber R. Bishop, a Patron and formerly a Trustee; Mrs. 

 William H. Osborn, a Patron ; the Very Rev. Eugene A. 

 Hoffman, D.D., LL.D., a generous giver; Gen. Egbert L. 

 Viele, U. S. A., and Henry G. Marquand, Fellows; C. M. 

 Bell, M. D., Thomas C. Bushnell, William L. Flanagan, John 

 T. Metcalfe, M. D., and Hugh O'Neil, Life Members. 



Transportation. — The territory covered by our field 

 workers has broadened with each successive year, and the 

 cost of transportation of the men and of the material collected 

 would be a serious item of the expense of these expeditions 

 were it not for the cordial and generous assistance accorded 



