1 2 Report of the President. 



by the various railroad companies. In this relation, I desire 

 to acknowledge our indebtedness to the following corporations : 



The Southern Pacific Co. 



Union Pacific Railroad. 



Oregon Short Line. 



Mexican International. 



Mexican National and Mexican Central Railroads. 



Pennsylvania Railroad System. 



Erie Railroad. 



Wabash Railroad. 



Missouri Pacific Railway. 



Denver & Rio Grande Railway. 



Northern Pacific Railway. 



Great Northern Railway. 



Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. 



Chicago & Northwestern Railway. 



Burlington & Missouri River Railroad. 



Southern Railway. 



Fort Worth & Denver City Railway. 



Colorado Southern Railway. 



Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System. 



Canadian Pacific Railway. 



Attendance. — The use of the collections by pupils and 

 teachers has increased. We find that 5,000 pupils and 317 

 teachers (a greater number than ever before) visited the 

 Museum for the purpose of studying the collections. The 

 total number of visitors for the year was approximately 460,000. 



The attendance on lectures to the public on holidays was 

 3,290; Lectures to Teachers, Spring Course, 7,232, Autumn 

 Course, 7,420; Lectures to Members, Spring Course, 4,804, 

 Autumn Course, 3,997. 



The following scientific societies have held meetings at the 

 Museum : 



The New York Academy of Sciences. 



(Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry; Biology; Geology and 

 Mineralogy; Anthropology and Psychology.) 



The Linnaean Society of New York. 

 The New York Entomological Society. 

 The New York Mineralogical Club. 

 Audubon Society. 



