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quests will be realized through the recent action of Congress in 

 repealing the iniquitous Federal Tax on educational bequests 

 imposed by the laws of 1916 and 1917. 



The financial, material and scientific accomplishments of 

 fifty years may be summed up as follows : 



Total expenditure for building by the City of 



New York $5,318,820 



Total expenditure for maintenance by the City of 



New York 4,241,492 



Total gifts to Endowment by Trustees, Members and 



friends of the Museum 7,322,707 



Total contributions and gifts to the collections, publi- 

 cations and scientific work of the Museum 7,250,000 



Total number of exhibition halls at the present time . . 35 



Total exhibition area 271,886 sq. ft. 



Total number of professional or Scientific Staff, 1918. 54 



Total number of employees, 1918 340 



Total number of volumes of publications issued by the 

 Museum (Bulletins, Memoirs, Monographs, Spe- 

 cial Publications) 90 



Total number of American Museum Members, 1918. . 4,568 



Average number of visitors annually for the last ten 



years 806,005 



Average number of school children reached annually 



for the last ten years 1,121,799 



The development of the Museum during the next five years 

 in preparation for its Golden Jubilee will, we trust, include 

 three great features, namely, extension of building, firm foun- 

 dation of popular municipal maintenance, and increase of our 

 general or unrestricted endowment fund to $5,000,000, the 

 amount needed to place the Museum on a financially sure foun- 

 dation for the coming quarter of a century. 



THE MUSEUM'S CONTRIBUTION TO VICTORY 



Owing to the number and variety of specialists in its many 

 departments, the Museum was able to render a very real and 

 valuable service, not only to the United States but to the Allies 

 in general. The various preparedness and food utilization and 

 conservation exhibits drew crowds of people eager to see how 

 they could safeguard and improve their health, and how to 

 obtain the most nourishing and attractive food at the lowest 

 cost. Special exhibits of insects and their work, and the pub- 

 lication of leaflets on insect pests and insects and gardens 

 opened up another large field for service — nor was the public 



