1 8 Report of the President 



Contributions of the Museum and of the City During 

 the Decade 1902-1911 



Contributions to 

 Contributions Maintenance Permanent Building 



Year from Trustees Appropriations Endowment by Appropriations 



and Others by the City Trustees by the City 



and Others 



1902 $108,964 71 $160,000 00 $32,208 57 $200,000 OO 



1903 90,196 38 160,000 00 4,933 12 188,000 00 



1904 84,21022 160,00000 569,761 39 



1905 85,387 30 160,000 00 1,000 00 500,000 OO 



1906 132,718 10 170,000 OO 



1907 125,85816 160,00000 33.79925 



1908 159,705 52 159,930 62 1,000,00000 



1909 176,008 04 179,999 60 12,000 00 100,000 OO 



1910 196,63400 185,75700 132,00000 



1911 218,713 65 189,757 00 26,070 37 275,000 00 



$I,378»396 08 $1,685,444 22 $1,811,772 70 $1,263,000 OO 



As shown in detail in the above table, the Trustees have 

 more than fulfilled the spirit of the obligations of the Charter 

 of 1869, having contributed for all purposes during the past 

 ten years $3,190,168.78, an excess of $241,724.56 over the 

 contributions of the City, which reach a total of $2,948,444.22. 



It is apparent from these figures that the annual contribu- 

 tions by the Museum, amounting in 191 1 to $218,713.65, should 

 be compared with the annual Maintenance appropriations by 

 the City, amounting in the same year to $189,757. In general 

 the contributions to the Permanent Endowment should balance 

 the City appropriations for building. The inference is that 

 our Endowment Fund should now equal the total amount 

 which the City has spent for building, namely, about 

 $5,000,000; and the growth of our Endowment Fund should 

 keep in advance of the growth of the building, as it has done 

 during the past decade. 



The appropriation for Maintenance for the year 191 2 is 

 $195,000, which still leaves a deficiency of about $80,971 to 

 be covered by Museum Funds. 



The preliminary estimate is that, to provide for the enlarged 

 Museum of 1919, the total income of the Museum from 

 Endowment, annual gifts, membership and City Maintenance 

 should be nearly double what it is at present, and that the chief 

 source of future income should be a largely increased Endow- 

 ment Fund, such as that enjoyed by our sister institutions 

 the Field Museum in Chicago and the Carnegie Museum of 

 Pittsburgh. 



