2& Report of the President 



ENDOWMENT AND BEQUESTS 



The Executor of the estate of Mrs. Morris K. Jesup has 

 made a first payment of $2,750,000 on account of the Morris 



_ - . ^ K. Jesup Fund of $5,000,000. The interest on 



Morris K. . 



Jesup Fund thls sum added $ 66 > 485-5° to the income of the 

 Museum in 1915. Another instalment of the 

 bequest will be paid as soon as the executor can profitably 

 dispose of certain properties or securities of the estate. 



The total income of the Morris K. Jesup Fund for the year 

 1915 was $117,473.44, a sum which has made possible the con- 

 tinuation of important researches and explorations, the acqui- 

 sition of valuable collections and the immediate publication of 

 scientific papers deferred through lack of funds. The appli- 

 cation of the Jesup Fund is restricted to the scientific work 

 of the institution, and in assigning it the Trustees have been 

 guided by the well-known wishes of Mr. Jesup. The follow- 

 ing are some of the principal purposes to which the Jesup 

 Fund was applied in 1915: 



The enrichment of the collections in practically all 

 departments of the Museum, including: 



Groups of Bear, Mountain Sheep and other North American 



Mammals 

 Additions to the Collection of Minerals and Gems 

 Ethnological Collections from the South Sea Islands 

 Ethnological Collections from the Pawnee Indians 

 Two Mural Paintings *,for the Northwest Coast Hall by Mr. 



Will S. Taylor 

 Marajo Pottery Collection from Brazil 

 Two large Mural Studies for Indians of the Plains Hall, by Mr. 



Edwin W. Deming 

 Two Mammal Groups in the North American Faunal Hall 

 Shore-life Group and Nahant Tide Pool Group in progress in 



the Darwin Hall 

 Additions to the Collections of Insects 



Exploration 



Completion of the six years' expedition to the Congo under 



Messrs. Lang and Chapin 

 Completion of the six years' exploration on the Red Deer River, 



Alberta, for Dinosaurs 

 Panama Isthmian Exploration for Birds and Mammals 

 Expedition to Florida for the Alligator-Crocodile Group 

 Biological Expeditions to Porto Rico for Collections of Inverte- 

 brates 

 Addition of 3,636 Books and Serials to the Museum Library 

 Continuation of the Bulletin, Memoirs and Anthropological 

 Papers 



