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of 750 copies, and a de luxe edition of 100 copies to be sold by 

 subscription only. This monograph represents ten years' work 

 by the author and special studies in all the great museums of 

 Europe. 



Among the popular volumes issued in recent years, based 

 chiefly on research by present or former members of the 

 Museum Staff, may be mentioned: 



Frank M. Chapman, " Camps and Cruises of an Ornithologist," 

 ' ' Bird Lif e, " ' ' Guide to the Study of our Common Birds " 



H. E. Crampton, "The Doctrine of Evolution, Its Basis and 

 Its Scope " 



L. P. Gratacap, "Popular Guide to Minerals" 



Henry Fairfield Osborn, " The Age of Mammals" 



William Morton Wheeler, "Ants" 



RELATIONS WITH THE CITY 



The Museum is indebted to Commissioner Stover of the 

 Department of Parks and to the members of the Board of 

 Estimate and Apportionment for cordial cooperation in the 

 progress of the year. 



The matter of the publication of a complete list of the 

 employes of the Museum in the City Record and of the stand- 

 ardizing of all salaries paid out of the Maintenance Fund, led 

 to a careful inquiry on the part of the Finance Committee of 

 the Board of Aldermen and of the Comptroller, which in each 

 instance resulted in confirming the contract of 1878 between 

 the Board of Trustees and the City, which provides that the 

 Trustees " may appoint, direct, control and remove all persons 

 employed within said building." The Trustees of the Museum 

 are responsible for both the employment and the fixing of the 

 salaries of the employes. 



Pension Plan. — The responsibility of caring for our staff 

 and our employes in case of disability or retirement has led to 

 the preparation of a Pension Plan, originating with a com- 

 mittee of the employes appointed by the President, and put 

 in form by a sub-committee of the Board, of which Felix M. 

 Warburg is Chairman. This provides for the accumulation 

 of a contributory savings and pension fund, made by the em- 

 ployes and Trustees, respectively, in equal amounts, which 



