44 Report of the President 



The printing office, under Miss Clara M. Beale and Mr. 

 Stephen Klassen, has turned out, as usual, a large and varied 



amount of work, ranging from single labels to 

 Printing and p am phlets, and including 29,000 color plates and 



"inserts" for the Journal, requiring 89,500 impres- 

 sions, and 1,500 color plates for the Habitat Groups Leaflet, 

 calling for 6,000 impressions. Besides the numerous small 

 booklets needed for lecture work, 1,500 copies of the first part 

 of a Teachers' Handbook, comprising 48 pages and cover, were 

 also printed in the Museum. Aside from these, the printing 

 for 1916 may be summarized as follows : 



Summary of Printing— 1916 



Impressions 



Letter-heads 55,8oo 



Field and Reserve Collection Labels 96,170 



Report, Requisition and Similar Forms 107,305 



Catalogue Cards, Tickets, Miscellaneous 294,445 



Programs, Circulars, Statements 149,540 



Color Plates and Inserts 95>5oo 



Individual Labels 371 



Descriptive Labels .... 1,169 



1,540 (average of 5 each) 7,700 

 806,460 



The total number of labels printed during the past five years 

 is 12,550, so that it may truthfully be said that good progress 

 has been made in labeling the collections on exhibition. 



The City has again shown its good will by making an appro- 

 priation of $15,657 for necessary repairs, and this has per- 

 mitted much visible improvement in the exhibi- 



Care of Building t j on halls and much invisible improvement in 

 and Equipment . . . ' . ■ 



the way of sadly needed repairs to various 



sections of the roof, and, above all, to the roofs of the end 



towers, which have been for years a source of almost constant 



trouble. Also included in special repairs was the painting of 



the Forestry and Mexican Halls, the making over and painting 



of the South Corridor, second floor, and the painting of the 



Hall of the Age of Mammals and that of the Age of Man. 



The Visitors' Room, Superintendent's Office, Primates Hall 



