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FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT 



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TRUSTEES 



OF 



THE AMERICAN MUSEUM 

 OF NATURAL HISTORY 



For the Year 191 6 



A FREE INSTITUTION 



FOR THE PEOPLE 



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