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Report of the President 



Hiawatha, Fiber and Cord, Bird and Native Woods exhibits, 

 and plans for the further development of this feature of the 

 Museum's work are under way. 



Statistics Relating to the Circulating Collections 



Number of Collec- 

 tions in use 



Number of Schools 

 of Greater New 

 York supplied. . . 



Number of Pupils 

 studying the Col- 

 lections 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



120 



400 



435 



45o 



484 



435 



115 



200 



300 



325 



383 



419 



250,000 



375,000 



800,000 



725,000 



575,8oi 



922,512 



1910 



390 



334 

 839,089 



Lectures to School Children. — Owing to the many de- 

 mands that were made upon the time of the assistants in this 

 department, the regular informal course of lectures to school 

 children was omitted in the spring. The fall course, however, 

 took place as usual, with an attendance of 9,242. These 

 lectures are given by various members of the Museum staff, 

 with a view to supplementing the class-room work in geography 

 and history. 



In addition to the regular course of lectures to school 

 children, on request, special lectures were arranged for pupils 

 from the High Schools and the Training School for Teachers. 



General Lectures. — The general lectures have included 

 two courses to Members of the Museum, the usual series 

 given under the auspices of the Board of Education, free 

 lectures on public holidays, and special lectures in conjunction 

 with the New York Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Socie- 

 ties. The attendance at these lectures has been 58,961. 



Photography. — The general photographic work has been 

 extensive. The special feature of it has been the prepara- 

 tion of the large transparencies for the African Hall, which 

 have been colored in oil. 



The reference file of photographs has received several 

 important additions. We are greatly indebted to Mr. A. 



