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priated by the City for maintenance of the Museum. This 

 appropriation in 1911 was $189,757, an increase of $4,000 over 

 the appropriation of the preceding year. The major part of 

 this increase was used in providing a general increase of wages 

 for all classes of employees exclusive of the members of the 

 scientific staff. The actual cost of maintenance of the Museum, 

 even under the strictest interpretation of the contract with the 

 City, is greatly in excess of the City's appropriation, and, as 

 has been the case for many years, the Trustees have had to 

 meet some of the cost of maintenance out of their own funds. 

 They have applied $64,131.10 to this purpose in 191 1. This is 

 exclusive of many items which legally could be charged to the 

 City, but which the Trustees feel morally should not be classed 

 as maintenance. For example, the entire corps of preparators 

 is paid exclusively out of Museum rather than City funds; also 

 the time of Curators devoted to research is sustained wholly 

 by Museum funds. 



Trustees General Account. — It is upon the receipts of 

 the General Account that the Trustees chiefly draw for the pur- 

 chase of specimens, the support of field parties and the carrying 

 on of research and for publications, in short, for the scientific 

 development of the Museum. It is gratifying to report that 

 the receipts in this account have been larger than ever before, 

 reaching the total of $177,366.98, a sum nearly $15,000 greater 

 than last year. This increase is largely due to the generous 

 personal contributions of the Trustees. The principal items 

 of income are as follows: 



Interest on General Endowment Fund $56,064.63 



Interest on Morris K. Jesup Fund 50,986.00 



Life Members 4,900.00 



Annual and Sustaining Members 19, 100.00 



Special Contributions of Trustees 29,600.00 



Trustees Special Funds Account. — The Special Funds 

 Account, as its name implies, is made up of contributions which 

 are to be expended only for specific purposes. In reality each 

 fund is treated as a separate account: thus the Treasurer is 

 prepared at any time to disburse all or any part of a special 



