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insects showing the life history of the destructive tent-cater- 

 pillar and of the useful silkworm. The collections were 

 further augmented by the preparation of fifty cases of moths 

 and butterflies for the use of classes in drawing and design, 

 while twenty-five special collections of birds and shells have 

 been provided. 



Statistics Relating to the Circulating Collections 



Number of Collec- \ 

 tions in use \ 



Numberof Schools 

 of Greater New 

 York supplied. . . 



Number of Pupils 

 studying the Col- 

 lections 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



484 



435 



390 



512 



537 



597 



383 



419 



334 



486 



491 



50i 



575,801 



922,512 



839,089 



1,253.435 



1,275,890 



1,378,599 



675 

 470 



1,273,853 



From statistics furnished by the teachers the circulating 

 collections were studied by 1,273,853 pupils. Fifty of the 

 collections were rented by the Board of Education of Newark 

 and these were studied by 50,632 pupils. Thus through 

 this form of extension work 1,324,485 children have been 

 reached. 



The special collection of material illustrating the customs 

 of the North American Indians was loaned to the 135th Street 

 Branch of the New York Public Library 

 in connection with the New York City 

 Tercentenary Celebration. Besides being 

 of interest to the general public, it was studied by nearly a 

 thousand children. 



Cooperation with 

 the Libraries 



During the spring and again during the autumn, four series 

 of lectures were given by members of the department assisted 

 by other members of the Scientific Staff. One 

 series was devoted* to the geography and indus- 

 tries of the United States, another to the current 

 history and geography of the world, a third to 

 the early history of America and the fourth to subjects of 

 natural history. All were planned to correlate with the 



Lectures 

 to School 

 Children 



