2 2 Report of the Presiderit 



especially gratifying when it is considered that the abolishing 

 of the transfer system on the surface cars has unquestionably 

 deprived many, who could not afford the extra carfare, from 

 visiting the Museum. 



The free lectures given in cooperation with the Board of 

 Education, the New York Academy of Sciences and Affiliated 

 Societies were attended by 48,988; Mrs. Roesler's lectures by 

 1,136 and those for school children by 20,165. 



LECTURE COURSES 



The lectures delivered at the Museum during the year 

 number 139. These include (1) a spring and fall course to 

 Members; (2) a spring and fall course for the pupils of the 

 public schools; (3) free lectures on public holidays; (4) a 

 course of Jesup Lectures, given under the auspices of Colum- 

 bia University; (5) four lectures on biology for the Normal 

 College and High Schools of Manhattan; (6) special lectures 

 in conjunction with the New York Academy of Sciences, Lin- 

 coln Centenary Committee, etc., and (7) three courses given 

 in cooperation with the Board of Education of the City of New 

 York. 



The following lectures to Members were delivered by 

 members of the scientific staff and others: 



Lectures to Members 



March 4. — Birds in Their Relation to Man Frank M. Chapman 



" II. — The Conservation of Our Rivers and Lakes 



Charles H. Townsend 

 " 18. — The Conservation of Natural Scenery in America. . . . 



J. Horace McFarland 



" 25. — Conservation from Palisades to Adirondack's 



Edward Hagaman Hall 



April I. — Hunting with Canoe and Camera in New Brunswick. . 



William Lyman Underwood 



November iS. — Alaska and the Exploration of Mt. McKinley 



Herschel C. Parker 



December 2. — Camera Adventure in the Wilds of Africa 



A. Radclyffe Dugmore 



9. — With Peary in the Arctic Donald B. McMillan 



" 16. — The Coast of Brittany and the Industries of the 



People , Hugh M. Smith 



