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Asiatic Expedition which were sent out through our Bureau 

 of Public Information reached sixty million readers in various 

 parts of the United States. Newspapers, journals, magazines, 

 weeklies and monthlies, secular and religious, as well as 

 school, college and university text and reference books, depend 

 increasingly on the researches and exhibitions of the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History for truthful and interesting 

 information about all the processes of nature which bear di- 

 rectly or indirectly on the welfare of man. In the whole his- 

 tory of education there has never been an influence so wide- 

 spread, so eagerly sought, and so rapidly extending. 



It is this school and broad educational work which has in- 

 fluenced the present city government to add to maintenance 

 $153,000.00 over the sum appropriated two years ago. This 

 is equivalent to the addition of $3,000,000.00 to the Endowment 

 Fund of the Museum because there is no likelihood that the 

 present total maintenance allowance of $353,025.52 will be di- 

 minished in future years. On the other hand, it will be increased 

 when the new building sections are secured, because it is esti- 

 mated that each section adds about $15,000.00 to the main- 

 tenance costs. The appropriation for maintenance was adopted 

 by unanimous vote of the Board of Estimate and of the Board 

 of Aldermen. The Museum at present has the unanimous sup- 

 port of members of the Board of Education. There is no doubt 

 that the Museum has never been so firmly established in the 

 confidence and esteem of both the people and the government 

 of the City of New York as at the present time. 



TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW ENDOWMENT 



NEEDED 



The present General Endowment Fund of the Museum, 

 which may be devoted to any purpose in the discretion of the 

 Trustees, amounts to $2,880,580.44^ During the present year 

 it will increase to $3,380,580.44 by the final payment of the 

 Margaret Olivia Sage Bequest, yielding a total income of 

 $134,541.57. To this General Endowment, which represents 

 the gifts of many devoted friends of the Museum, there must 



