28 Report of the President 



Material for reproduction of Weyers Cave 



Paintings for Northwest Coast Hall 



African collections 



Preparation of African collections 



Educational extension 



Herpetological groups 



For exploration 



To Crocker Land 



To the Congo 



To Alaskan waters for Bowhead Whale 



To Alberta, Wyoming and New Mexico for fossils 



To Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Manitoba 



and Saskatchewan for work among the Indians 

 To Nova Scotia and Cuba for marine invertebrates and insects 



For the purchase of books for the Library 



For the development of the Jesup Collection of North 



American Woods 

 For scientific publications, including the Memoirs of 



the Jesup North Pacific Expedition and the Elliot 



"A Review of the Primates." 



Of the twelve Me?noirs of the Jesup North Pacific Expedi- 

 tion, begun in 1898, under the editorship of Professor Franz 



iLY ^t_ t-» -f Boas of Columbia University, seven volumes 

 North Pacific , J ' 



. and one part each of two volumes have 



been completed, Part III of Volume VIII, 



"The Eskimos of Siberia," by Waldemar Bogoras, having been 



issued during the year. There remain two full volumes and 



one part each of two volumes to complete this important series. 



The editor reports that Dr. Oettinger is now engaged on the 



data for the volume on Physical Anthropology, and that he 



hopes the entire series of these Memoirs will be completed at 



an early date. 



BUILDING, EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE 



In view of the present financial condition of the City, the 



Board of Estimate and Apportionment has suspended all 



„ . appropriation for building. Consequently all 



Suspension , , , , , „ T . 



15 -t j- work on the construction of the Southeast Wing 



and Court Building has stopped, although the 



excavation for the foundation has been entirely completed and 



everything is ready to proceed with the construction of these 



