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Mr. Carl Hagenbeck ; oil paintings of the transhipment of the 

 Peary Meteorites, by Mr. Albert Operti; twenty thousand 

 educational lantern slides by Professor and Mrs. Albert S. 

 Bickmore. Other valuable gifts are acknowledged on pages 

 94 to 123. 



The total accessions of the year number 836; estimated 

 value $75,000. 



To the Library are added four thousand volumes on Anthro- 

 pology, natural history and travels, containing many rarities, 

 the gift of Professor and Mrs. Albert S. Bickmore; also 

 rare classical works on natural history are presented by Mr. 

 Anson W. Hard. 



ORGANIZATION, STAFF 



Owing to the increased complexity of the scientific and 

 business affairs of the Museum, it appeared desirable toward 

 the close of the year 1910 to review the organization of the 

 institution thoroughly and to consider such alterations as 

 might seem advisable to the President and Trustees both in 

 executive and financial administration. A Committee, headed 

 by Mr. Seth Low, made a very careful study of the internal 

 administration, while the Finance Committee, headed by Mr. 

 J. P. Morgan, Jr., reviewed the financial methods of the 

 Museum. A third Committee on Revision of the Constitution 

 and By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, headed by Mr. Joseph 

 H. Choate, put into legal form the various recommendations 

 of the two committees first named. This revised form of our 

 statutes was presented to the Board of Trustees on November 

 13, and will be submitted for final adoption at the Annual 

 Meeting, February 5, 191 2. 



The duties of the Director, Assistant Secretary and of the 

 new officers, Bursar, Registrar, Superintendent of Building 

 and Chief of Construction, are carefully re-defined, with the 

 result that the business of the Museum is now being transacted 

 with rapidity and with a thorough understanding by the officers 

 of the various departments as to their respective duties and 

 responsibilities. 



In connection with this reorganization, Professor Hermon 

 C. Bumpus, who had served the Museum since 1901 as 



