﻿20 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
  

  

  individual 
  donors. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  means 
  for 
  this 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  may 
  be 
  helped, 
  as 
  the 
  Museum 
  must 
  grow 
  in 
  additional 
  

   buildings 
  by 
  the 
  City, 
  and 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  its 
  great 
  possibilities 
  for 
  

   the 
  future, 
  that 
  I 
  make 
  for 
  the 
  Museum 
  the 
  bequests 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   visions 
  contained 
  in 
  my 
  Will, 
  relying 
  upon 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  to 
  do 
  their 
  share, 
  by 
  looking 
  after 
  the 
  invest- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  funds, 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  its 
  income 
  and 
  by 
  carefully 
  

   watching 
  over, 
  and 
  wisely 
  planning 
  for 
  the 
  best 
  interests 
  of 
  

   this 
  great 
  institution. 
  

  

  STATUS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Under 
  Mr. 
  Jesup's 
  administration, 
  through 
  his 
  own 
  

   gifts 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  generous 
  cooperation 
  of 
  his 
  fellow 
  trustees, 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  has 
  gained 
  a 
  strong 
  and 
  sound 
  foundation 
  for 
  its 
  

   future 
  line 
  of 
  development. 
  A 
  few 
  comparative 
  figures 
  will 
  be 
  

   instructive. 
  In 
  1881, 
  the 
  year 
  Mr. 
  Jesup 
  assumed 
  the 
  presi- 
  

   dency, 
  the 
  City 
  Maintenance 
  Fund 
  was 
  $10,000; 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  

   $160,000. 
  The 
  Permanent 
  Endowment 
  Fund 
  was 
  not 
  then 
  

   established; 
  to-day 
  it 
  is 
  $2,047,750, 
  including 
  Mr. 
  Jesup's 
  

   bequest. 
  The 
  Special 
  Fund 
  gifts 
  of 
  that 
  year 
  were 
  $17,750; 
  

   for 
  1907 
  they 
  amounted 
  to 
  $110,000. 
  The 
  Museum 
  building 
  

   has 
  thus 
  far 
  cost 
  the 
  city 
  $4,838,000, 
  a 
  generous 
  sum 
  in 
  itself 
  

   but 
  small 
  in 
  comparison 
  with 
  that 
  often 
  expended 
  on 
  public 
  

   buildings. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  wise 
  expenditure 
  of 
  this 
  fund, 
  a 
  total 
  

   floor 
  space 
  of 
  438,859 
  square 
  feet 
  has 
  been 
  secured, 
  and 
  a 
  total 
  

   exhibition 
  space 
  of 
  262,236 
  square 
  feet. 
  This 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  com- 
  

   pared 
  with 
  the 
  164,850 
  square 
  feet 
  of 
  exhibition 
  space 
  in 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  best 
  known 
  national 
  institutions 
  abroad. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  contributions 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  and 
  explorations 
  

   of 
  the 
  Museum 
  — 
  since 
  its 
  foundation 
  — 
  amount 
  to 
  about 
  

   $3,000,000. 
  These 
  gifts 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  endowment 
  amount 
  to 
  

   approximately 
  $5,000,000. 
  

  

  These 
  material 
  strides 
  are 
  no 
  more 
  important 
  than 
  the 
  

   growth 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  and 
  public 
  educational 
  spirit 
  which 
  

   pervades 
  the 
  Museum, 
  the 
  wide 
  geographic 
  extent 
  of 
  its 
  

   exploration 
  and 
  the 
  reputation 
  it 
  has 
  gradually 
  earned 
  of 
  

   being 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  foremost 
  centers 
  for 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  natural 
  

   history. 
  

  

  