no Report of the President 



It is gratifying to note that the subscriptions for Special 



Funds do not show a considerable decrease, in view of the 



urgent demands made upon all classes of our 



Special Funds c jti Z ens for war relief work. The special sub- 

 Account ... „, . - 



scnptions for 1917 were $17,391.21; in 1916 the 



sum received was $22,588.82. 



The Museum continued to act as Treasurer for the funds of 

 the Crocker Land Expedition, and during the year the General 

 Account loaned large sums to this Account, 

 Crocker Land pending the receipt of subscriptions or special 

 Account " Fund g if ts. On December 31, the Crocker Land 

 Expedition Fund Account owed to the Gen- 

 eral Account the sum of $33,000. It is hoped that subscrip- 

 tions covering this deficiency will be made in 19 18. In 19 17 

 this Fund received $50,000 from the General Account and the 

 Morris K. Jesup Fund Account, this sum representing the 

 unexpended incomes of both these accounts for 1916 and 1917, 

 which were transferred by action of the Board of Trustees. In 

 addition to this sum, there was transferred from the Morris 

 K. Jesup Fund $1,500 for special services of a field assistant, 

 and from the Angelo Heilprin Exploring Fund $500 for geo- 

 logical work in North Greenland. 



As explained in previous reports, the expenses connected with 

 the equipment work are met largely through appropriations of 



corporate stock by the City. In 191 7 the ex- 

 Corporate Stock penditures for these purposes amounted to 

 Account 



$9,496.74. On December 28, the Board of 



Estimate and Apportionment granted a further release of $42,- 

 438.01, to provide for the continuation of this work. 



The need for additional building is so great that when in 



19 16 it became evident that the City could not provide new 



building for some time, several of the Trus- 



Museum Building tees and other f r i e nds of the Museum per- 

 Fund Account r 



sonally subscribed to a building fund, and 



the moneys paid in now amount to $106,050.83. Two subscrip- 

 tions have been received during the year, namely, Mr. Archer 

 M. Huntington, $2,008.94, and Mr. George B. Hopkins, $1,000. 



