﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  45 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  THE 
  YEARLY 
  EXPENDITURES 
  

   FROM 
  1901 
  TO 
  1908 
  

  

  Enlargement 
  of 
  Collections 
  

   Maintenance 
  of 
  Museum 
  by 
  Exploration, 
  Purchase 
  

  

  and 
  Publication 
  

  

  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  • 
  From 
  Endow- 
  From 
  Gifts 
  

  

  Year 
  Appropriations 
  Appropriations 
  me 
  nt, 
  Mem- 
  of 
  Special 
  Totals 
  

  

  by 
  City 
  by 
  Trustees 
  bersbip 
  Dues 
  Funds 
  

  

  1901 
  $130,000.00 
  $17,733-75 
  $56,077.52 
  $43,811.50 
  $247,622.77 
  

  

  1902 
  160,000.00 
  59,787.14 
  70,436.73 
  290,223.87 
  

  

  1903 
  160,000.00 
  7,368.54 
  61,140.24 
  28,089.54 
  256,598.32 
  

  

  1904 
  160,000.00 
  8,158.69 
  66,882.64 
  TI,26l.05 
  246,302.38 
  

  

  1905 
  160,000.00 
  19,506.41 
  54,378.82 
  16,709.56 
  250,594.79 
  

  

  1906 
  170,000.00 
  2,924.04 
  66,673.35 
  56,467.96 
  296,065.35 
  

  

  1907 
  160,000.00 
  26,828.52 
  63,951.44 
  58,035.62 
  308,815.58 
  

  

  1908 
  159,930.62 
  33,475-97 
  82,012.48 
  20,296.81 
  295,715.88 
  

  

  $1,259,930.62 
  $115,995.92 
  $510,903.63 
  $305,108.77 
  $2,191,938.94 
  

   I909 
  $l8o,000.00 
  

  

  City 
  Maintenance 
  Account. 
  — 
  All 
  bills 
  chargeable 
  to 
  

   this 
  account 
  are 
  first 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  Museum 
  out 
  of 
  its 
  own 
  funds, 
  

   about 
  once 
  a 
  month 
  or 
  as 
  often 
  as 
  is 
  practicable, 
  then 
  

   receipted 
  bills 
  are 
  assembled 
  and 
  with 
  proper 
  vouchers 
  are 
  

   submitted, 
  through 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Parks, 
  to 
  the 
  City 
  for 
  

   reimbursement. 
  In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  three 
  to 
  six 
  weeks 
  the 
  

   City 
  reimburses 
  the 
  Museum 
  for 
  these 
  expenditures. 
  In 
  order 
  

   that 
  the 
  Museum 
  might 
  not 
  be 
  obliged 
  to 
  draw 
  on 
  its 
  general 
  

   funds 
  to 
  make 
  these 
  advances 
  for 
  the 
  City, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Pierpont 
  

   Morgan 
  gave 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  $15,000 
  to 
  serve 
  as 
  a 
  capital 
  in 
  

   the 
  City 
  Maintenance 
  Account. 
  A 
  statement 
  of 
  this 
  account, 
  

   therefore, 
  must 
  always 
  show 
  a 
  balance 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  $15,000. 
  

  

  The 
  City 
  appropriated 
  $160,000 
  for 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  during 
  1908, 
  but 
  this 
  sum 
  was 
  so 
  apportioned 
  by 
  

   the 
  City 
  that 
  only 
  $159,930.62 
  was 
  available. 
  This 
  amount 
  

   is 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  appropriation 
  of 
  six 
  years 
  ago 
  and 
  is 
  quite 
  

   insufficient 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  present 
  running 
  expenses. 
  During 
  

   this 
  period 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  has 
  continued 
  without 
  

   interruption, 
  new 
  exhibition 
  and 
  storage 
  rooms 
  have 
  been 
  

   added 
  and 
  the 
  scope 
  of 
  the 
  educational 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  con- 
  

   stantly 
  expanding. 
  

  

  Rather 
  than 
  curtail 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  the 
  Trustees 
  

   authorized 
  a 
  deficit 
  of 
  $33,000 
  in 
  this 
  account, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  

   met 
  by 
  their 
  contributions. 
  

  

  