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bequest of ]Mr. Jesup has indirectly enabled the Trustees to 

 extend the scientific staff (pages 13 and 14) for the first time 

 to cover all the branches of natural history, some of which 

 were, of necessity, slighted or set aside in the early develop- 

 ment of the Museum. The gifts and special funds for the past 

 year (pages 58 to 63) have been more liberal than ever before, 

 and promise to increase year by year. Through these gifts a 

 number of very important expeditions has been fitted out, 

 including among others two to Africa, one to the East Indies, 

 one to the Arctic Ocean and one to the pueblos of the South- 

 western States. All of these special gifts increase our collec- 

 tions, but none of them provides for their installation and 

 exhibition, which are the legitimate uses of the Endowment 

 Fund, on the theory that the Trustees present the collections, 

 while the City houses and cares for them. The uses of an 

 increased Endowment Fund are to widen our already wide 

 sphere of exploration, to further enrich our collections and to 

 hasten the installation of material now in hand. 



Similarly, to meet our present needs, the City Maintenance 

 Fund should be increased to the legal limit of $200,000. 

 During the present year it has amounted to $180,048.69. For 

 purposes of bookkeeping the Maintenance Account has been 

 kept separately, so that it does not show the deficit which 

 actually exists this year of $36,670.01 over and above the 

 amount provided by the City. The Maintenance deficits 

 between the years 1901 and 1909 have reached a total of 

 $152,665.93. Every dollar thus expended by the Trustees 

 from the Endowment Fund and from special gifts is a direct 

 loss to the City, because it means so much less expenditure on 

 collections. 



APPOINTIVE COMMITTEES 



The various Appointive Committees have become important 

 agents of the Museum's growth during the past year. Through 

 special interest and through service of time and advice most 

 generously volunteered, as well as through special subscrip- 

 tions, these Committees are greatly increasing the efficiency 

 of the administration. As at present established (see page 

 12) the Committees are as follows: 



