30 Report of the President 



of war, and that the Museum is in a position to send to the 

 Belgian Government a report on the achievements of the Congo 



Expedition, which, it will be recalled, was insti- 

 Publications tuted with the financial and political support of 

 Expedition tne Belgian Government in 1908. It is proposed 



to publish these reports under the general title, 

 "Zoology of the Belgian Congo," and to issue a series of eight 

 to ten volumes composed of articles contributed to current 

 numbers of the American Museum Bulletin by members of 

 the Museum staff and by other foremost naturalists and special- 

 ists of this country. When the various groups of animals are 

 fully reported on, the reports will be gathered into volumes 

 according to their taxonomic groups, that is, the papers on 

 mammals will be published together, the papers on birds, and 

 so forth. 



MEMBERSHIP AND STAFF 



At the Annual Meeting, held February 4, 1918, Mr. William 

 Averell Harriman was elected a Trustee in the Class of 192 1, 

 to fill the vacancy due to the death of Seth Low. 



Through the death of Dr. James Douglas on June 25, 1918, 



the Museum lost another of its most honored 

 Trustees , 



members. 



The Trustees of the Museum, at their regular meeting on 



November 11, 19 18, adopted the following minute and ordered 



it suitably engrossed : 



Doctor James Douglas became a member of the Board 

 of Trustees on November 8, 1909, and at once showed a 

 very active and intelligent interest in the development of 

 the Museum. His principal solicitude was for the devel- 

 opment of our collection of minerals, the anthropology of 

 the southwest, and the future educational influence of the 

 Museum, especially in applied and economic mineralogy. 



The Museum is deeply indebted to Doctor Douglas for 

 his princely donation of the model of the Copper Queen 

 Mine, which is the most perfect example of an educational 

 exhibit of this character. 



It was on the public educational side that his thoughts 



